Sunday is here again, and with it another round up from #ShowYouWereThere, my little Instagram community aimed at getting more parents in more photos, both with and for their children. My first pick for this week is from the lovely Lucy at Mr ...
The psychology of giving and why it feels so good
Last Friday the children both came out of school with big smiles on their faces, feeling really excited because they had something special for me in their bags. The parents association had organised a really lovely event for Mother's day. The children ...
The siblings project – March 2018
How on earth are we already up to the third month of the siblings project for 2018?! It feels like we only just rang in the new year and now Easter is just around the corner. On Mother's day we met with Steve's parents for a little walk/scoot around ...
Developing child creativity with arts and crafts activities
Reading and mathematics are two "major" subjects in most schools, but what about creativity? Although arts and crafts are considered a luxury, they can also be the building blocks of child development. Learning to be creative and appreciating beauty is ...
Fun and easy butterfly painting #BostikBloggers
The theme for this month's Bostik Bloggers craft activity is 'flying', and I love it because there were so many possible crafts we could have done. Around this time last year I made a fun springtime bird craft so I wanted to do something a bit different ...
Living Arrows 2018 – 11/52
One afternoon last week while Rhys was at school, Nerys and I decided to do a spot of baking. We had a couple of bananas that were the perfect amount of over-ripeness to be made into yummy chocolate banana bread, so decided to whip some up. While we w ...
‘Show you were there’ round up
Is it just me or are the weeks starting to speed by a bit this year? I blinked and it was the weekend again, and time for another round up from my little instagram community, #ShowYouWereThere. My first pick for this week is this gorgeous collage of ...