I might not yet have teens, but they do use a different language to me and for others that need some translation then Center Parcs have come to the rescue with their dictionary of teenage slangage (slangage? is that even a word?).
taking place.
I have a list of items that the boys need for next season or even in the next size in the back of my diary and I keep an eye out in Charity shops or any other shops that are having a sale. I work on making sure that each boy has at least 10 pairs of underpants and 14 pairs of socks (school socks, boot socks, trainer socks and regular socks!).
Now the boys are both at school they need much less clothes that what they did as preschoolers. They have at least five of each of their school uniform (trouser, shirts, jumpers and three pairs shorts for the summer.
The only time that they really need lots of extra clothes are during the holidays. I only wash twice a week and Mini is certainly a muck monster. So he needs more clothes that Maxi.
Now is also the perfect time to keep an eye out for thermals for next year. Both the boys wear thermals during the winter and they wear under layers when playing football in the winter.
Also why not keep an eye on the charity shop for winter coats for later in the year, as many people will be doing a spring clean and sending their children’s outgrown clothes to the charity shop, making it the ideal time for you to stock up.
Ella at Purple Mum has recently done a great post on how many clothes a child needs. I have top admit that I am guilty of over buying for both the boys and this is something that I am going to tackle this year.
So onward and upwards, what do I want to do achieve over this spring:
Sew some seeds for the raised beds. MadDad is the green fingered one, but I do love plotting and planning with him
Buying clothes for all the family is a costly business so you want to make sure these clothes last as long as possible. However, many families are unaware that if living in a hard water area that the water and limescale could be destroying their clothing. Luckily, there are a few simple tips to follow
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These are the clues we used, which I took from the Real Treasure Hunt website.
Refrigerator
A clue to find where you keep things cold
Where to go next is what you’ll be told.
Computer
Letters, a screen, and even a mouse,
look around, you’ll find it somewhere in the house.
Bed
When it gets late and you turn out the light
This is the place you’ll be found each night.
Socks
You’ll need to think hard to solve the next clue
Find a covering for your foot, but it’s not a shoe.
Oven
Turn up the heat it will help you bake
Cookies, casseroles, even a cake.
Shower
A place where water falls down like rain
after it falls on you it goes down the drain.
Microwave
A metal box with numbers is usually the norm
For this thing that helps us get our food warm.
The sun perhaps popped it head out from behind the clouds today, enough to make me see just how dirty my windows were!
The weather this time of the year is pretty changeable, but we tend to change over our winter duvets and clean and store them and replace them with our spring/summer weight ones.
My boys are growing up and are now eight and nearly seven and what we need in a family car has changed dramatically since they were newborns. However, it is not always financially possibly to buy a new car at every stage of childhood, so I thought I would put together a guide to what to look for in a family car detailing what we needed and why at what age. At the moment I am lusting after a new Honda CRV, especially after being in a friends on Mothers day at Maxi’s football match!
Ingredients
225g icing sugar, sifted
115g Condensed Milk
peppermint extract
Food colouring
Dark Chocolate
Method
Gradually mix the icing sugar together with the condensed milk. We used the mixer for this on slow.
Add peppermint extract to taste and knead until smooth.
Dust a clean surface with icing sugar and roll out the mixture to 5mm thickness. Cut into shapes with small cutter (the boys chose hearts and bells).
Leave in a cool place to dry for two to three hours.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over simmering water.
3. Drizzle the peppermint creams with the melted chocolate
Allow to set.
This keeps refrigerated for up to three weeks.
