We have been making the most of a fabulous week of weather here in the North Yorkshire for the second week of the school Easter holidays (hence the lack of posting this week)! Holidays for us mean lots of family activities and lots of cooking and eating together. With two boys aged ten and […]
Yes I know it is a big things to say, but this really is the best carrot cake in the whole wide world. We have tried others and nothing comes close and other people have made out best carrot cake in the world and agree with us. We do to even peel the carrots, just
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One of the highlights of my days as the boys get older is afternoon tea. Once they get home from school we sit down to after school snacks and a pot of tea. I don’t take sugar, however, the MIL always sugared the boys tea and they love adding a sugar lump, so we have
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet one in six kids in the UK do not eat breakfast. I have two very different kids in this house, Maxi will not leave the house without breakfast and Mini would skip it given the chance. So we jumped at the chance to become representatives for
My boys seem to have hollow legs they are always eating. They both have school lunch and then we eat together as a family at six pm each evening during the week. So I need to find them an after school snack that satisfies their hunger, but doesn’t overfill them. They also have Judo, cubs
Just because my kids eat school dinners doesn’t mean that they don’t need a packed lunch occasionally and I have been a fan of Grace at Easts Amazing for a long time. Her lunches looks fantastic and really aspirational, however, as you can see from the fab post from Grace below they are easily achievable
My boys march on their stomach. They are at that age where they are bottomless and food is an important part of their day. They get ratty when they are hungry (we call it hangry) and also have adverse reactions to certain foods.
As adults, we’ll often rush out of the house in a flurry – if we’re lucky – with a slice of toast in hand. As role models to our children, it’s important to envision a healthy and balanced diet and one that involves sitting down to breakfast on a daily basis. Why is breakfast so
It was parents evening at the school this week. Safe to say we walked out of the school with the biggest grins on our faces. Mini’s conference was exceptional and he is coming on in leaps and bounds and his English work is fab (probably down to all the reading he does). Maxi is too
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