Tag: craft

July 5, 2021July 12, 2021Activity, adventure, attachment, attention, attunement, basic need, child right, choice, communication, connections, craft, Creativity, education, emotions, empathy, feelings, fun, mental health, mother, Parenting, play, toys

You’ve got a friend in me

Does anyone else ever look in their kid’s room and think “this room is bursting at the seams, there is literally no […]

December 23, 20202020, adventure, Christmas, communication, community, connections, craft, family, family time, glitter, mother, painting, Parenting, perseverance, positivity, zoom

Driving home for Christmas

…oh wait…we can’t.  I’m sure there are many of you who have had Christmas plans shattered as the news last week told […]

December 7, 2020Activity, attachment, attention, attunement, bonding, craft, Creativity, date, emotions, empathy, family, family time, feelings, guilt, learning, love, mother, Parenting

Wake up and pay attention

I learnt a valuable lesson on Saturday.  One of the challenges I have found in becoming a mum of two is making […]

October 5, 2020autumn, bonding, busyness, craft, Creativity, decoration, family, family time, fun, Holiday, indoor, lantern, light, messy, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, positivity

I see the light

Being a mum comes in all shapes and sizes.  There are so many wonderful experiences and so many challenges.  So many things […]

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020autumn, baking, blackberries, cooking, craft, Creativity, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, fruit, mother, Outdoors, Parenting

Brambly hedge

As a kid, I have a fond memory of going blackberry picking with my mum the first weekend after school had started […]

April 15, 2020baking, basic need, breakfast, cereal, cooking, craft, Creativity, family, Food, Health, Nutrition, fruit, mental health, morning, mother, self-care, Uncategorized

Morning has broken

I thought today it might be nice to write something which can draw us away from the topic that seems to dominate […]

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019Christmas, craft, Creativity, decoration, family, family time, foraging, glitter, Holiday, mother, Outdoors, painting, Parenting, presents, seasonal, winter, wrapping

Deck the halls

If you’re anything like me when your kid brings home a delightful hand-crafted decoration from school, you’ll do the classic “that’s lovely […]

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019Christmas, craft, Creativity, family, family time, Father Christmas, Holiday, Magic, mother, Parenting, play, positivity, Screen time, seasonal, winter

Do you believe?

My mum informs me that when I was a little girl she had to tell me that Father Christmas wasn’t real as […]

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019autumn, busyness, craft, Creativity, education, expression, family, family time, fruit, Holiday, indoor, learning, mother, painting, Parenting, play, positivity, seasonal, tiredness

Bubble Pop

Hasn’t it been nice to have the sun over the last couple of days and appreciate the warmth of it in comparison […]

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019Activity, anxiety, craft, Creativity, family, learning, mother, negativity, Parenting, positivity, self-care, stress, success, thankful, try

If at first

Have you ever heard of the expression “Achilles heel”?  So, it turns out my Achilles heel is quite prominent and features heavily […]