Category Archives: In the kitchen

The Gingerbread Boy – Learning Through Eating!

Gingerbread folk

They say there are three ways to learn – by watching, listening, or touching; but this list is missing one important learning style – eating! Today was all about ‘The Gingerbread Boy’ for us so we looked at the book, …

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Home Made Gifts – Cookie Mix Jars

Christmas cookie mix jars

I would have liked to share these before Christmas, but being gifts it would have spoiled the surprise for a few people! Anyway, these are my Christmas cookie mix jars. I love making cakes and cookies as gifts, but I …

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Little Autumnal Moments

daisy nook country park

Helping Daddy Dave was busy digging in the garden, and Annabelle pottered around collecting stones, twigs and leaves in her baskets. After a while, she stopped and watched Dave for a moment then dashed to her toy box – she …

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More little Moments

Here are a few of our little moments from the end of summer. Secret Moments Shhh…don’t tell Grandad, but Annabelle has been playing golf without him! My Dad is a retired professional golfer, and I am pretty sure that he …

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Easy peasy healthy home-made ice cream

I had always assumed that ice cream (home-made or shop bought) equals lots of sugar and cream, making it pretty unhealthy. I saw this lovely idea on Momma’s Fun World for a really simple home-made ice cream with no sugar. …

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