Today you have the pleasure of the Tween, in all her sarcastic and grumpy tween glory, having a moan about lack of lie ins in our house. Given that I can’t remember the last time I myself had a proper lie in, in fact I think it was sometime before SHE was born, probably, I […]
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5 Simple Ways to Secure Your New Family Home
*This is a collaborative post sharing some simple ways to secure your new family home we hope will be useful* Image by mohamed Hassan Moving homes is said to be one of the most stressful things that you can do in life. When you factor in having to get your whole family packed and ready […]
READ MOREMaking tea more special with Blue Tea Box – a giveaway
*This is a review post, I was kindly sent some tea to try* It is no secret that I am a fan off coffee, but what you may not know is that I am a bit of a tea drinker too. I tend to drink tea in the afternoons, or for a treat, or when […]
READ MOREProject 365. A photo a day. The face we make…
Project 365. A photo a day, every day of the year. Jasper and I make the same face. Why? Because the tween isn’t paying him any attention, due to the fact that she’s busy shopping for clothes online, and I make that face because that’s my laptop she has commandeered to do the shopping on […]
READ MOREOur week in photos 20/07/19 – 27/07/19 haircuts, cats, winding down for the holiday…
Welcome to Our Week in Photos. Our way of sharing our week and what we get up to with our family abroad and grandparents who like to keep up with our life and antics. We are winding down for the holidays and the next Week in Photos post will be after we come back from […]
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Project 365. A photo a day, every day of the year. Looking forward to this view again. Two weeks today we will be back in Issoire for our two week summer break. Leaving my phone, deleting the gram for two weeks, logging out of Facebook and e mail. I have a private twitter account that […]
READ MOREBaked cheese. Easy, cheesy and impressive
When we go to France, one of the things we love is the cheeses we can buy and eat. France is famous for it’s cheese and this baked cheese recipe can be made with a traditional French brie or you can use a goats brie/chèvre style cheese as long as it has a firm skin. […]
READ MOREProject 365. A photo a day. Stopping to smell my neighbours roses…
Project 365. A photo a day, every day of the year. My roses are almost finished, but thank goodness my neighbour has some left. His garden is always beautiful, and his roses are lovely. Stop and smell the roses, when you can.
READ MOREBaking with kids – Pretzels
I always thought pretzels were hard to make for some reason, but apparently not only are they fun and relatively easy to make but are also a good kids recipe too. We often frequent the rather amazing German bakery near us, for giant, salted pretzels (and let’s not mention their fabulous cakes, I am on a health kick, or their really good gluten free […]
READ MOREProject 365. A photo a day. Small boy will show bigger boy how to…
Project 365. A photo a day, every day of the year. Dad might have not one but two degrees in engineering and all things tech geeky, but he still needs a small boy to show him how to use an Apple pen… This is a new tool for work, home school and fun, that we […]
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