Everybody meet Aang, he has just turned seven and he is the Avatar. It’s actually Eli but Shhhh! that’s a secret. We decided to run the party like one of the Avatar the Last Air Bender episodes and have a storyline run through the day. As you can see from all the red, we set [...]

To help your little one make this cute little table centre piece you will need: a foam cone paint green paper sticky tape glue stick and a packet of decofoam pins   My kids weren’t happy with just one shade of green but I didn’t want the paintwork to be to busy and distract from [...]

This post contains no interesting stories just a desperate plea into the ether. Help!!!! I need a sewing machine and up until last night I was just putting the thought of it out of my head till some fictitious future time when we could afford one. But last night I got a letter from the [...]

November is a mad month in our family. Not only does it contain Sabrina and Elijah’s birthdays but four of our friends birthdays too, oh and my brothers but he’s to not too keen on parties which is quite a relief really. Also November is the month that Church, bible study, playgroup and sports groups [...]

My beautiful baby Sabrina is two. It’s one of those truly bitter sweet moments in life. On the one hand I’m bubbling over with excitement every time she produces a new skill from her bag of tricks but on the other hand each new word, each scribbly texta line is glaring reminder that very soon [...]