Ever since my two were little we've had an unofficial family rule that we'll try and get outside every day, no matter what the weather's like, for at least twenty minutes.That rule isn't as easy to stick to now that they're older because a trip to the park or a bike ride to the woods isn't of interest to them anymore. They don't want to go to the skate park to practice their stunts anymore and even though I've tried telling them you're never too old to splash in puddles, they don't even want to do that anymore!It's not that they don't want to get outside anymore, they really do, … [Read more...]
Five Simple Ways to Make Memories with your kids this Summer….
I have some amazing memories of Summer time from when I was a child and I want my children to grow up with similar happy memories of their childhood Summers. As a mum of a teenager and an almost teenager, I'm very very aware of how quickly time flies and how in just a few short years my two will be too grown up to want to spend their Summers with me so I'm making the most of them while I can. Spend one on one time with each child I always try to spend one on one time with my children at least once a week doing something I know they enjoy doing. It's much easier with Miss Frugal as … [Read more...]
Five Summer Holiday Sanity Savers….
In my mind, I have a lovely Summer planned which will allow me to successfully juggle my work and my blogging as well as making sure that I have more than enough time to spend with the kids enjoying long lazy days in the sunshine.Whether that actually happens or not is another matter but I'm going to have a good go! ;-)I shared a post last week about how I cope with the Summer Holidays as a working mum and manage working AND family time AND blogging without having a nervous breakdown. I wanted to follow on from that post a little bit this week and share some of the things that I use … [Read more...]
No Bake Unicorn Fudge….
I woke up early this morning feeling refreshed after a good night's sleep so I got up and while everyone else was still asleep, I cleaned the kitchen, put some washing on, had a cup of tea and made a batch of unicorn fudge.You know, the usual Sunday morning activities. ;-)No Bake Unicorn Fudge 800 g Icing Sugar10 tbsp condensed milk1 tsp vanilla extractfood colouring (I used red, blue and green)100 g softened butter Cream the butter, condensed milk and vanilla extract together.Add in the icing sugar and give the mix a good whiz with an electric mixer - … [Read more...]
Easy 3 ingredient no cook chocolate crunch cakes….
Seeing as it's half term for us here in the UK I thought you might like a quick and easy recipe to get the kids in the kitchen today. This recipe for my easy 3 ingredient no cook chocolate crunch cakes will not only keep them occupied for a while as they make them, you also get the added advantage of the end result being that you get to eat some amazingly tasty little cakes. Win, win.I don't think I've ever has such a simple recipe turn out so well and over the years that we've been making them we've tried lots of different combinations using digestives instead of rich tea biscuits and … [Read more...]
100 frugal but fun Summer activities….
(Updated for 2017)The sun is shining and we're expected to see hot weather for most of next week according to the handy little weather app on my phone so I thought I'd update this post from last year and share it with you again today so you have plenty of ideas to keep the kids occupied next week.As well as this handy little list, which my friend has printed out and stuck on her fridge like a little bucket list, you might like to have a look at my favourite bored jar ideas and my bored jar fit for a tween post too. Until recently our bored jars were used frequently and were brought … [Read more...]
