No post from me today because Im busy organising this: wish me luck and see you next week!
Author: Kat
Katherine has a background in special education, early years childcare, and has a BA and MA in the creative and performing arts. She blogs at Creative Playhouse about her children’s activities and interests, including offering an Ecourse on Connecting Family through Creative Play, she also runs parent communities, is a designer and a work at home mum to Jake (3.5) and Poppy (15 months).
5 Ways to Turn Your Day Around
If you are a parent you undoubtedly will have had days where you feel like your ears might bleed, head may explode, eyes are going to fall out… when you’re so tired from another sleepless night, so exasperated with tantrums, so frustrated with teething troubles, just so………. These days can spiral into a miserable day […]
20 Fun and Simple Snack Ideas
This post is sponsored by Mu Cheese. I received compensation for this post, however I only recommend products that I personally believe in and think my readers will appreciate. All views and words are my own. Here is a selection of ideas for 20 fun and simple snacks! For Lunch boxes Homemade Cheerio – […]
Regression Revolution
I’ve mentioned before that I’m scared of the world and where it’s going. I wonder sometimes, although admittedly more for conversational dramatic effect than genuine concern, if by the time Sonny has grown up all communication will be via text messaging or similar, and we will re-evolve to have no vocal chords? Don’t laugh, it […]
Silent Saturday; Poppy
Connect with Your Kids
For the month of September Im doing an E-Lab with Mama Scout. Its hard to define it absolutely, but it is about creatively connecting with your family and yourself. Im really enjoying it (though wish I had more time to immerse myself in it) and it is definitely inspiring some change in my thinking, and […]
Silent Saturday
Taken, whilst doing Mama Scout’s Creative Family E Lab
5 Favourite Blogs for Purposeful Play
Over at Creative Playhouse Ive been thinking a lot about purposeful play and have started a 5 days of Play pin board to help plan some activities for Jake and I to do together. So, this week I wanted to share 5 of my favourite blogs that generally focus on purposeful play ideas. It was difficult […]
Staying Sane while Travelling with Kids
I am lucky enough to have two children who are extremely well travelled. My Relaxy Boy knows every ‘bing’ and ‘bong’ noise an aeroplane has to offer. He knows when to put his seatbelt on, when the food is coming, how to work the In-Flight Entertainment System, and how to sleep like a contortionist. He […]
10 Reasons Why Babies Don’t Sleep….
… and how you can help! There is an expectation that babies sleep a lot, 12 hours at night, 4 or 5 hours during the day, that they will start ‘sleeping through the night’ from 6 weeks old, that they can be popped in their cot and they will happily drift off to sleep with […]