Over the last month or so, Master Frugal has started sneaking into our bed in the middle of the night and snuggling in between us. He's such an expert at it now that he can climb in, get himself under the quilt and manage to half push one of us out of the bed before we wake up. There doesn't seem to be any underlying reason for him wanting to sleep with us, it's just that when he gets up in the night to go to the toilet, he uses the bathroom in our room and when he's done, I think ours is the closest bed! We send him back to bed as soon as we notice he's in with us (most of the time) … [Read more...]
Snowman Soup….
We're a bit short on Christmas spirit over here at the moment so if you have any spare, we'd be grateful if you could send us some.... The kids have been ill on and off for almost two weeks now, I'm exhausted because they're not sleeping properly and Mr Frugal is working really long hours in the run up to Christmas so he's shattered as well. As you've probably gathered, we're all feeling a bit sorry for ourselves at the moment.On the plus side, things are starting to look up a bit, the kids seem to be a lot brighter today and tomorrow is Mr Frugal's last day at work so we've decided … [Read more...]
Don’t Forget Your Reindeer Dust….
I originally posted this a year ago today but seeing as it's getting close to the big day, I thought I'd repost it for you ;-) We've just made our reindeer dust ready for Christmas Eve. If you are planning to make reindeer dust, please, please don't use normal glitter as birds and other wildlife might try to eat it and it can make them ill.The mixture is about as easy as it gets, there's not really any set measures but I used about a mugful of oats (Tesco Value 42p).I had some pink cooking glitter left over from Miss Frugal's Birthday cake so I was just going to use that until … [Read more...]
It’s Snowing Inside and Out….
We love snowglobes here and every year we buy a new one to add to our collection. We haven't seen one we like yet this year so thanks to some inspiration from MakeDoMum, we decided to make some Christmassy snow globes of our ownWhat do I need to make my very own snow globe I hear you ask ;-)Well, you need a small glass jar, it's a good idea to check your jar for water tightness before you start as I didn't think of that and it was only after we'd finished that I realised that Ikea spice jars are possibly not the most watertight containers I could have used! You also need some sort of … [Read more...]
A tale of two jugs….
Anyone who reads this blog regularly will know that I regularly have ideas above my station as far as domesticity is concerned. So you can imagine how excited my Domestic Goddess side got when I saw this during a recent browse of the Emma Bridgewater catalogue:This gravy jug is quite clearly exactly what I need to turn our Sunday Dinners into a sophisticated dining experience.... However, when I pointed out to Mr Frugal how much we needed this gravy boat, he had the cheek to laugh at me! Apparently, apart from the fact that one of our rather clumsy children would probably drop and … [Read more...]
Oh Christmas Tree….
After sucessfully managing to persuade Mr Frugal to venture up into our loft to get all our Christmassy things, we've just spent a lovely afternoon decorating the house....Here's our tree and some of our favourite decorations.All the special cards the kids have made over the years for us.These are the wind up toys we've got in our Christmas crackers the last few years - we've started a new tradition where every year after Christmas dinner we have a family wind up toy race. I'm on the look out for some different ones for this year so if anyone sees them, let me know. In the … [Read more...]
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