Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
If you are looking at what to go and watch at the cinema this half term I would highly recommend Big Miracle. It is an endearing tale about 3 grey whales trapped in the ice in the Arctic and one woman’s unending campaign to mobilise anybody and everybody – including the Russians and the Americans to set them free. [...]
In this guest post professional ‘declutterer’ Cassie Tillett provides some tips on the seemingly impossible task of tidying your children! It’s been clear to me, throughout my experience of ‘stuff management’, that young folk are often very receptive to a structure for organisation. And before you fall about laughing, I don’t mean that they have [...]
It’s no small task to convince your kids about eating healthy food. Fast food chains, frozen fried snacks, sweets, and fizzy drink advertisements dominate every type of commercial media. Whether your child is watching the television or surfing the web, they’re constantly exposed to enticing images of junk food. Needless to say the path to [...]
Most children are skilled at using the computer and are keen to have a turn and there are a huge variety of websites designed specifically for them. It can be good way for them to spend some time over the long summer holidays and have some fun playing games, finding out information and getting ideas for [...]
The summer holidays are now in full swing and I really value this time to be at home, to allow the children to relax and indulge their imagination and also to catch up with friends and relatives who we are just too busy to see during term time. However it is also nice to make the most of the [...]
This week, as part of our re-launched Freebie Friday competitions, we’re delighted to give you the chance to win a £50 voucher for Argos. The Argos catalogue is one of the handiest resources for busy working mums out there – not only can you find everything you need in one place, you can keep the [...]
New research from Savlon and Play England reveals two thirds of parents always had adventures outdoors as a child but worry their children do not have the same opportunities today. This is a subject close to our hearts as we have written previously about how our children need freedom in play. Many of parent’s fondest childhood [...]
Who doesn’t enjoy a good book? Be it a childhood classic or something more obscure, reading is one of life’s great pleasures. World Book Day, on 3rd March, is all about encouraging children to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own but what [...]
Here at MTB we don’t agree with re-inventing the wheel – so what we have done is put together a roundup of some of our past posts which may give you some ideas for a happy half term ……….. How to get work done If you run your own business one of the reasons may [...]
These are biscuits which I regularly make with my children. I have tried many different biscuit recipes but these are our favourite as they make tasty biscuits that the children will actually eat – not just lick the icing off! Ingredients 175g Self Raising flour ½ tsp bicarbonate soda ½ tsp ground cinnamon 2 tsp [...]
Paper plates have to the number 1 item to have in your cupboard this summer for those ‘I’m bored’ moments or the second wet day on the run. They are cheap, last for ages and have endless possibilities………..hopefully you will have tried out some of the ideas in Part 1 and are ready for some [...]
Paper plates have to be the number 1 item to have in your cupboard this summer for those ‘I’m bored’ moments or the second wet day on the run. They are cheap, last for ages and have endless possibilities……….. 1. Favourite food Probably the most obvious and simple idea. Simply get them to draw their [...]
How about a little creative cookery to get the summer holidays off to a good start? Team Whole Grain is running a fun competition which you can involve your children in and where the winner gets a trip for two to Lesley Waters’ Cooking School in Dorset. And all you need to do is design [...]
I love all the school holidays – but this May half term is usually one of my favourites as the brighter and generally warmer weather is here and is a great time to have a fun relaxing week with the children before the last part of the school year. We tend to run out of [...]
This week’s guest blogger is children’s entertainer Vicky Robinson of Entertaining Acorns. Having spent more than ten years working with children she now shares some of her top tips for organising your child’s birthday party. Childrens Birthday Parties are very important, whether you have a small group at home, or a big event at a [...]
The idea for this blog came about when I read Rosie Scribble’s hilarious post The Little Girl Who Thinks She Runs The Country. Turns out quite a few mummy bloggers have been interviewing their children lately, all with similarly amusing results. Now my 4 year old quite frequently astounds and amuses me with the strange things [...]
