Baby’s First Christmas
This year has been a rather exciting one for us, 2018 has brought us a brand new, beautiful family member. Odette Edith was born on the 27th October, just in time to celebrate Christmas for the very first time. Christmas to us, is a time to spend with family and friends. A time to look back in fondness on the year that we’ve had, and having children just makes it even more special. The build up to Christmas is by far my favourite part of it all. I love to engage in all the festive activities and I just adore…
Top 8 Christmas Events & Concerts in the USA
One of the best ways to celebrate the Holidays, and most common days out during the Christmas Season is to go see a Christmas Show, Play or Concert. I've seen quite a few Christmas Musicals, and even been to New York to see a few on Broadway, and I have to say nothing quite gets you in the spirit like hearing amazing music, or watching a festive play. Here I've put together a list of some of the BEST Concerts, plays and Musicals that are available this year. There's something for everyone - and fun for the whole family. I've…
Keeping Kids (and Parents) happy this Christmas
Christmas is a time when we are all supposed to feel happy isn’t it? But, sadly it can often leave people feeling stressed over excited and grumpy (and that’s just the parents!) So I have a plan to stop the Christmas stress and help keep kids happy over Christmas. Here are my happiness boosting ideas: Watch the sugar intake. A limit of sugary sweets is a really smart move over Christmas. Too much sugar gives children that buzz/slump effect and can make them very irritable. Keep a limit on it and you will all be happier. Regular sized meals…it is…
5 Ways to Ensure Winter is The Season of Family Joy
With the winter weather approaching, it’s tempting to prepare for more time indoors while is calm and warm, especially as more extreme winter will become more common in some places. But I’m here to say to you that you and the kids can still have a good time playing outside, in fact it’s vital that you do! Getting children away from just screen time, and getting them outside opens them up to new mindsets, especially at winter. Embrace the winter weather by bundling up and going outside to play with snow and do fun experiments. Here’s some of our best…