OK, strictly speaking, we should be absolute experts on entertaining kids in cars on a road trip. When ours were babies, we lived in the North of Scotland and regularly made a 5-6 hour journey to visit my family. As they got older, we started driving to France on holiday from the North East of […]
Kids
Keep Calm and Carry on Crafting!
Crafts have long been my thing, but as my kids are getting older, it is becoming harder to find the type of crafts which they want to get involved in too. Perhaps it’s because they are boys, and many of the crafts I enjoy don’t appeal to them anymore. We therefore have to choose our joint […]
Things to Do With Kids on New Year’s Eve
Do you let your children stay up to see in the New Year on New Year’s Eve? We don’t usually, but the boys are getting a little older now, so if they can manage it, I think we might let them stay awake. Otherwise, it’s just the two of us plus Jules Holland, and Cal […]
Half Term Bucket List From A Kids’ Perspective – What They Really Want To Do
Half term is here, and I’m trying to be a good Mum and making a list of things we should do together to fill our time. I’m mindful of packing in travel, outdoor activities, nature, crafts and of course lots to do with Halloween. Then I stopped and thought – what do the children actually […]
Little Loves #5 – Proud
#LITTLELOVES They say pride comes before a fall, but I think being a proud Mum is perhaps excusable? My kids have made me very proud for various reasons recently, so that’s what I’m sharing today. READ Hugo finally finished his school reading book ‘Moby Dick’ this week. He has really enjoyed reading it, and afterwards, […]
A Marche Against Time!
We saw this great advert for a Marche in France made out of hay bales. My son thought it was particularly good as the event had already passed, so his theory was that “Anyone who sees this photo will think we’ve travelled back in time!” Errrrrm, yes. Think I get what you mean there!! Enjoy […]
Why Dens Are Still Cool- Come build a den with us!
Our boys are getting older, and it seems like each day there is something else they used to enjoy, which is now no longer cool. Thankfully, building dens is not yet one of them! This summer, my boys teamed up with children from a few other families staying with us at Chataigne, and they all […]
From the Mouths of Mums
I have always enjoyed linking up with Louise at Little Hearts, Big Love for her ‘From the Mouths of Babes’ linky about the funny things kids say. I’m really bad, however, at remembering some of the things my kids say for long enough to make a blog post about them! This week though, I turned […]
Look Inside an Xbox 360
We were really excited to be able to find out what’s inside an Xbox when we got to our house in France. Some of you had requested or suggested this as the next in our series of ‘Look Inside’ items. Our old Xbox was broken, so we decided to open it up to take a look inside. […]