Crafts & Activities for Kids Ladybird Learning-to-Count Craft Posted on April 4, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky Now that spring is here, I’ve been looking for crafts/activities that I can do with the children that are nature-related. We have a gazillion white paper plates in our craft store, and wanting to utilise them, I came up with this idea of a ‘learning to count’ ladybird, complete… Read more
Desserts Fresh Raspberries, Whipped Cream & Meringues Posted on April 3, 2014November 8, 2024 By Becky Hello! Here is Part Two of the awesome Mother’s Day Menu that I was treated to by Adam last weekend! You can find Part One, Wild Mushroom and Truffle Oil Risotto HERE. This is one of my FAVOURITE spring/summer desserts, and was my last big sugar pig-out before resuming… Read more
Life in general The Joy of Doing Nothing Posted on April 3, 2014November 8, 2024 By Becky As I mentioned in my post on Monday, we’ve been hit by the inevitable end-of-winter illness the last couple of weeks. First poor Freddie was ill with a nasty viral sick bug, which led on to a double bacterial ear infection, so he was knocked out for a whole… Read more
Mains Wonderful Wild Mushroom & Truffle Oil Risotto Posted on April 2, 2014November 8, 2024 By Becky Now, i’m not someone who is especially ‘big’ on Mother’s Day. Sure, I like a lie in and a bacon sarnie in bed, and to have a day where my family recognises the role I play en famille on a day-to-day basis, but other than that I don’t really… Read more
Crafts & Activities for Kids Marbled Easter Eggs Posted on April 2, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky In our house, anything involving paint, and/or things that roll, is always a winner. Enter, Easter Egg Marbling! An easy (and surprisingly non-messy) Easter craft suitable for preschoolers and younger toddlers (with supervision). My little ones are fascinated that a marble can make “all these pretty paint patterns Mummy!”…. Read more
UK Adventures I wanna be like the Common people… Posted on March 31, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky On Saturday we had one of the best kinds of afternoons (aside from the sort where you meet up with friends and put the world to rights in a sunny beer garden!). Near us is an old common, the sort you see in TV dramas set circa 1920, where… Read more
Family Diary Our week in numbers… Posted on March 30, 2014November 8, 2024 By Becky 2 :: the Number of pigtail plaits I can now do with Sasha’s hair. Big hair moment here! 30 :: minutes I spent in Cafe Nero on Thursday afternoon, trying (and failing) to hook… Read more
Photo Projects The 52 Project 2014 – 12/52 Posted on March 29, 2014November 8, 2024 By Becky Freddie: Up close and personal- and singing! Sasha: Loves concentrating on puzzles and games now. BeckyMeet the award-nominated UK lifestyle blogger behind Spirited Puddle Jumper – a mum of three living in South East London! Becky shares the real ups and downs of family life, parenting tips, and lifestyle… Read more
Our Home Home Comforts – 1970s Charity Shop Clock Find Posted on March 28, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky I seem to come across the word ‘thrifted’ a lot in the blogging world lately, which I guess is a slightly twee way of saying you nabbed something from a charity shop. Well, let’s call a spade a spade here- this fabulous (in my eyes!) 1970s clock was salvaged… Read more