Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
Being your own boss has its perks, but there may be some unexpected downsides. If you’ve set up your home office on the cheap – or if you don’t have a dedicated workspace – your working environment might actually be damaging for your back. More and more people are experiencing back trouble every year. This [...]
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 [...]
I LOVE Autumn – it has to be my favourite time of year. The trees start to change colour, frosty mornings, boots and jumpers are back ‘in’ and I can have a bath and get in my PJ’s at 7pm and it doesn’t seem too strange! Now you all know that here at MTB we [...]
This guest post comes to you from the pen of Tamsin Oxford, staff writer on PlayPennies.com , a UK website for pennywise parents. There is nothing quite as terrifying as the prospect of going shopping over the weekend in search of school supplies. The endless queues, the crowds of harried shoppers, the whining of hungry [...]
We have something a little bit different this week and are pleased to have teamed up with Aramazu for this week’s competition – but firstly what is Aramazu? Aramazu is a completely original and new way to teach children to tell the time, and here’s the proof; 85% of children Learned to Tell The Time [...]
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 [...]
This week’s guest blogger is Interior Designer and mum of two Sarah Barnes, owner of Ivy House Interiors. In this blog Sarah gives some handy hints on how to organise your workspace in the home. It has to be said that the benefits of working from home, especially with children’s hectic and somewhat unpredictable schedules, [...]
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 [...]
Halloween has become a massive event in the UK over the last few years, and the shops have been packed for weeks with all sorts of accessories, dressing up gear and decorations. This is all very well, but if you want to celebrate Halloween with your children, once you’ve dressed up, what can you actually [...]
Now my children are at school we have entered the realm of friends coming to play after school, and usually for tea as well. So what do you feed them? You want them to be happy, and to eat, and generally the obvious staple is fish fingers or chicken nuggets , chips and beans . [...]
When the weather is good, getting out in the garden is one of summers pleasures. I am sure that most of you, like me, have a garden littered with an array of brightly coloured plastic toys, balls, bats, bikes, scooters, slides etc. However children often tire of their toys and are quick to announce “I’m bored……..”. [...]
