Author: Jax Blunt
Saturday snippets 7 November 2015
{Reading} rattletrap car to the little ones, then Tigerboy did a drawing of the baby’s boat on paint, while Smallest and I did some nature drawing. {Experimenting} with pastels. I quite like the results. {Enjoying} a brisk walk to the beach in the only patch of dryness we had today. {Watching} Home Alone for family…
Things I love about netflix – the musical version.
Today is the anniversary of the first airing of Buffy Season 6 episode 7 the musical episode also known as Once More With Feeling. We started a tradition last year of watching it and singing along, and tonight we continued that tradition. Handily, it’s all on Netflix 🙂 I think that’s what I like most…
Wordless wednesday – a beach scene
(Actually this has a lot of words behind it. But for another day. )
Ginger bread and butter pudding
I have a habit of haunting the reduced shelves in the local coop. Recently they’ve been having some great deals on milk – we get through a lot anyway, but whenever there’s a big bottle (6 pints!) I bring it home and make some kind of milk pudding. Last night I grabbed a reduced price…
If you go down to the beach today
you’ll need to be careful not to get lost in the fog. Very very thick fog. No foghorns – I assume it was too thick for the ships to be coming in at all. I guess Operation Stack would have lorries lined up down the roadside. I don’t know though, because I didn’t leave town…
Win £100 to spend at Amazon with DC Kids
If your children are anything like mine, you may well have one or two superhero fans among them. If that means you’re looking for a good place to find lots of superhero action in one easy to find place, DC Kids is your answer. The latest animated series from DC Kids features all of your…
Saturday snippets 31 October 2015
{walking} to the beach whenever possible. This week has been good for chances to get out. I’m cherishing every one. {decluttering} a whole 11 books, a sack of toys and a sack of clothes this week. It’s a start. And I think it was slightly more than came into the house, so that’s a positive.…
YA or not YA? – the author Antonia Honeywell guest posts on writing and reading labels.
I loved Antonia Honeywell’s book The Ship and I’m thrilled today to be hosting a guest post and giveaway promoting the rather wonderful YA Shot initiative from Alexia Casale. (As an aside there *are* still a few tickets available for this set of events, please do click on through to the site if you are…
I'm a NickJr Pumpkin party host!
The goody bags are packed. The activities are ready, the table is laid. The children are bouncing off the walls with excitement 😉 In just over an hour, our guests will arrive for our Nick Jr Pumpkin party. We’ve got some great activities ready and waiting from Frankenstein cupcakes (green of course) to making (paper…
Sun dogs and sandcastles
I hate clock change time. I’m not good with sudden change, and this time of the year it seems to just pile up – one minute it’s summer (beginning of this month we were on the beach in T shirts), next it’s practically winter – it was 2 degrees this morning. 2! Best way to…
