Family and Lifestyle Blog
Gardening with children and watching the birds flitting to and from a bird feeder is a fun experience that is both relaxing and exciting. Children enjoy watching the ways birds interact with one another and are thrilled when a favourite bird stops by for a snack. By creating their own edible feeders for the birds, […] Read more…
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We moved house a couple of weeks ago and where we live now is really making me appreciate how beautiful the area is. The school is is surrounded by winding roads, hills and fields for as far as you can see. Rather than stopping for traffic and people crossing over, I’m pulling over whilst I […] Read more…
It can be very rewarding to do your own decorating but also hard work. One of the issues with painting ceilings and walls in stairwells, is that the height is often too great to reach with a conventional ladder. Propping a ladder against the wall can be unsafe and still needs to be moved in […] Read more…
In the UK we take for granted the amenities available to us, I had three banks in the UK, one for my bills, one for household bills and one for my spending money. It’s never been anything I’ve had to overthink as they can be opened within 10 minutes online and are free, […] Read more…
You’ve found your perfect wedding venue and now you need to find your perfect wedding DJ. There are several options available during a wedding reception such as music bands and DJ. Both are good, but if you choose a wedding DJ over a group of bands, there are several things to consider. If you […] Read more…
One of the first places we visited in the summer was the beautiful village of Aubeterre-Sur-Dronne. It is classed as one of the most beautiful villages in France which means it is extraordinary as most of the villages in France are like picture postcards. It has been listed as a “Petites Cités de Caractère” […] Read more…
You probably find yourself mopping up spills and wiping down kitchen countertops as you go, but does it feel like your kitchen could always be cleaner? That’s because kitchens are one of the busiest rooms in the house (often the centre of family life), and regular cooking leads to built-up grease and grime which […] Read more…
We were recently sent a couple of bracelets from Life Less Ordinary. Ethical, Fairtrade and cruelty free products are at the heart of everything Life Less Ordinary do. Their cotton bags are Fairtrade, their tagua nuts are cruelty free and their business cards are made from recycled T shirts! They are […] Read more…
It’s my birthday today, I’m not doing much but Lucas is off school today as he’s still on his Christmas holidays from school. This week, his school have been on a ski trip which Lucas didn’t want to go on. We didn’t want to push him either as he is only 4 and week away […] Read more…
It’s that time of the year where everyone is making or by now, probably breaking their new years resolutions. Whether this is to diet, exercise more or just make more time for a bit of self care, to relax in the bath with a face mask on and a wax melt burning. I worked […] Read more…