Parent Gossip

If you are meeting your partner’s parents for the first time it is important for it to go well because first impressions count. Here are a few tips to ensure it goes well:

Dress to impress – turning up in ripped jeans, greasy hair or messy stubble on your face will not bode well with your [...]

Long gone are the lazy summer days full of sunshine, the noise of the grass being mown in the distance and light evenings spent walking and pottering about. Or that’s how it should have been - think we’ve just seen rain, rain and even more rain!
Autumn is on the way - you can tell by [...]

The bank holiday weekend is fast approaching and we are hoping for some great weather. In fact we are praying for some sunshine as the O’Griffiths are going camping!
It began as a bit of a whim really. Why not get outdoors and enjoy some fresh air and have a cheap break away with the Witchlings? [...]

Sorry about the pun but with the Easter school holidays right around the corner I am sure there are a lot of parents out there looking for activities to keep their little people amused.
A great way to pass an afternoon is to decorate Easter eggs for an egg hunt.  These eggs are great for tiny [...]

The Witchlings are both due birthdays in the next couple of months. Witchling 10 is going to be 11 and Witchling 12 is soon to become Witchling 13. They both want parties.
In the halcien days of Witchling 3 and Witchling 5 this was as easy as falling off a log. Plenty of pink icing, jelly, [...]

As a parent in the middle of a credit crunch I don’t like paying for anything! The price of school shoes is going through the roof and somehow Witchling 10 keeps putting her feet through her shoes! And it’s winter. Outside it is cold and dark and miserable. I have the little people underfoot all [...]

In the holidays, children always start complaining about being bored after only a few days. They don’t need structured activities all the time, but it is nice to arrange some simple outings and activities to keep your child entertained.
Here are some easy ideas for low-cost or free things to do together:
• A picnic – [...]

The Witchlings want to have a Halloween party.  Well they ARE Witchlings after all! It is not even the 1st of October yet but the plans are already afoot for the big night!  And do you know something? I am very nearly as excited as they are!  So here are my top tips for throwing [...]

It’s never too soon to start planning a birthday party for your little people.  I have come up with my own ultimate survival guide for the planning and preparation of a stress free Birthday Bash for kids.
Trust me when I say that planning well in advance pays off.  We live in a high speed hectic [...]

We are a growing nation, horizontally that is! With obesity reaching epic proportions in the UK it is little wonder that we are being urged to get ourselves and our children out there and get active! When I was a littler person we spent every moment of our free time climbing walls and trees [...]