Gift guides for the whole family
With subscription box companies coming and going as regularly as I have hot dinners I wanted to share with you the BEST SUBSCRIPTION BOX FOR TWEENS in 2021. Although these are of course unisex and suitable for both boys and girls I haven’t included the “girly ” subscription boxes in this list. There are so…
Imagine the scene, the kids wake up early on Christmas morning all excited, they rummage through their stocking, and the disappointment hits! It is the first present they will open and although the smallest and generally the cheapest (certainly in our house) they still need to be AWESOME. Carry on reading for the best kid…
Are you looking for the best homeschool mom gifts? If so I have your back. Homeschool moms work so hard, literally 24/7. They have no break while the kids go to school, they have no break when they go to work (ok some do, but 90% of homeschool moms either don’t work, or like me…
Christmas is our absolute favorite holiday, in fact, the whole month of December is. We have always had a Christmas Eve Box for Freddie, but why should he get all of the fun? So this year, I have decided to create a Christmas Eve Box for us! I will go through all of my Christmas…
As we approach our first day back to homeschool, it got me thinking. Wouldn’t it be nice to get him a homeschool gift? He doesn’t get to go back to school shopping, so no new backpack, no new clothes, so I thought this year as he has a lot of public school friends I would…
Science is one of those subjects or at least for us where it doesn’t come naturally. Up until now, we have kind of winged it! For elementary we used a very ad-hoc homeschool science curriculum, but as Freddie is now going into middle grade I need to up my game! I have created this huge…
I just love writing these Christmas gift lists, as it always means Christmas is on its way! I have written gifts for 10 year old boys and gifts for 9 year old boys previously. But as my son is about to turn 12 this year I thought I would write a new post all about…
Educational board games are the best! We have always enjoyed playing board games as a family, but since we have been homeschooling (4 years now) we now incorporate them into our homeschool day. As we have been homeschooling I thought I would share our favorite educational board games. Trust me, they are so much fun…
I have compiled over 100 of the best books for 9 year old boys to enjoy that moms will approve of. We have been really lucky and Freddie has always enjoyed reading. Even from a young baby, he would always enjoy looking through soft books. Fast forward 8 years and he still absolutely loves reading…
As we are now homeschooling we thought we would share some of the best educational kids subscription boxes available in the UK and magazines that we think are great. This huge list is broken down into sections for easy viewing. We have either tried the kids’ subscription box or, we have heard excellent reviews. If…
I always struggle with buying Christmas presents for mum, and I absolutely know my husband has no idea what to say when our son asks! So I thought I would take the pain out of it for you! Mums do everything for us, and therefore should be treated this Christmas. I started putting this list…
Finding gifts for 9 year old boys is no easy task. They are not yet teenagers, but they are no longer happy with simple toys. In fact, for us, this has been the hardest year. All of these gifts have been on Freddies Christmas gift list, so I know they are all APPROVED by a…
Christmas is soon to fill our houses with endless toys that are played with for like 5 minutes! So why not this year go for a gift experience? There are so many awesome experience gifts for kids that they will just love. There will be no waste this Christmas, just super happy faces, and the…
We absolutely love Christmas and every year we try and find the best advent calendar ideas for both kids and adults. In this guide, you will find kid’s advent calendars, beauty advent calendars, alcohol advent calendars, DIY advent calendars plus more. Like most people, we always eat too much at Christmas time so we tend…
In the quest for finding the perfect birthday present for our nearly 10-year-old, we have come across Dribble Up Basketball. They have created the BEST BASKETBALL GIFT for both kids and adults. We will share with you our review of the smart Dribble Up Basketball but also add in our top 10 basketball gifts. It…