When I was pregnant for Rayne I felt like I had done quite a lot of research and preparation for the labour and birth. We did hypnobirthing and I had a very detailed birth plan, I was hoping for a home birth . After giving birth and after the shock of having to care for …
Traditional Welsh Cakes Recipe
We like to home school in a way that allows our children to learn through their interests but we also like them to learn about important topics such as Welsh history. It is up to them to decide how deep they want to go with their learning, we will just give them the subject and …
Best friend or secret bully – How to tell the difference
Do you remember having a best friend in school but that same best friend often made you feel like you weren’t quite good enough? Maybe you didn’t realise it at the time but as you got older you started to recognise what she was doing was wrong. Or maybe you did or said things to …
Travel Gift Guide for Adventurous Children
We are travelling around Costa Rica for a month straight after Christmas so it makes sense to buy gifts related to our travels for Christmas this year. However these gift ideas are suitable all year round, not just for Christmas!! Some of the gifts are specific to Cost Rica, however you can make them specific …
How to Give Up Work and Home School – Top 5 Money Making Tips
I needed to come up with a plan fast in order to give up my job and stay at home to home school. In order to convince my husband it was doable I save up 3 months worth of my wages without him knowing!
How to Give Up Work and Home School – Top 10 Money Saving Tips
Often when I tell other parents we home educate they say they would love to but couldn’t because of money. They say they wouldn’t be able to afford to give up their 9-5 job, even though they truly believe their child would be better off home educated. I am here to tell you that it …
Hair brushing and body autonomy
When I was pregnant one of the things I was looking forward to was having a little girl I could dress pretty and do her hair. It was really important to me that her hair would look healthy and shiny and well maintained with pretty little clips and bows in it. I didn’t think much …
Why we took away food restrictions
Before I had children I was certain that they would not be allowed sweets, chocolates, junk food and most of all fizzy drinks. I believed those things were not healthy and bad for your body and I was going to ensure my children knew this from a young age. I even banned my husband from …
Ten tips to keep messy play clean
I was in an independent lovely little toy shop on my local High Street browsing for a birthday gift when a mum came in with her little girl. The little girl picked up some putty and asked her mum if she could have it. Her mum took the putty off her and said ”definitely not, …
A forgotten Anniversary
So yesterday was our 8th wedding anniversary. I know what you are thinking ‘oh how lovely, I wonder what Nadia and Sy bought each other, something bronze or made of salt I bet!’ Well actually we didn’t buy each other anything, why, because we both forgot about it! Well I didn’t actually forget, I knew …
