How to manage your partner’s mid-life crisis. You’ve been married for double digit years, had your kids, finally reached financial stability and are looking forward to the next stage of the relationship life-cycle – enjoying life as a couple without the stress and distraction of bringing up ankle biters.
Seemingly, your life is comfortable and you feel secure and content.
Then you…
Another great Spanish recipe for flores de carnaval provided by Ole Kids.
Around February every year Lugo (Galicia, The green bit of Spain) dresses up to celebrate carnival.
Days of parties, competitions and becoming whoever you want to be or love to hate being.
My grandmothers 92 and 81 years old and their friends do not give up this party for anything in the world.
They cook traditional…
Have a go at creating a toy for your child that looks like her pet. I took a Zhu Zhu pet toy and added some big ears. Coloured round the eyes and ears. Don’t you think she looks like Cindy Woo our cute black bunny rabbit?
Cute, but boy, does she get up to mischief. Will tell you all about it sometime.
Here is the video of my little girl also looking like Cindy Woo:
Video on how I…
You will not believe how easy it is to make churros!
My aunt Tete taught me a few Christmases ago and I can tell you she makes the best churros I have ever tasted!
As always the simplest recipes are the hardest to get right but ever since we learnt we keep trying and almost get there!
So, although she says the recipe must be very exact in terms of measuring, as every Spanish cook I know…
We all want to be in the best possible health – and we certainly want the best for our children. Most of us can get enough vitamins from a healthy balanced diet – but some of us need a little extra help.
Vitamins can be divided up into two main groups. The fat soluble vitamins – A, D, E and K – are mostly found in fatty foods like dairy foods, oily fish, liver and oils, margarine and…
Here is an amazing recipe for Pancake Rapids. Get creative while making a yummy pancake this Shrove Tuesday.
Ingredients
Crepe pancakes (see recipe below)
Lyle’s Squeezy Chocolate Syrup
Lyle’s Golden Syrup
Strawberries
Yoghurt
Blue food colouring
Equipment:
Frying pan
Spatula
Foil
Method:
1. Make up crepe pancake mix as per instructions. Add Lyle’s Chocolate Syrup to the mix and…
Research has shown that one in three working mums rely on their mums or mother-in-law’s for childcare when they return to work or further education.
At face value this is a wonderful arrangement that works for both parties – you have piece of mind that the person responsible for your child has a vested interest and granny has lots of precious time with her grandchild. Plus of course…
If you thought for a moment that teddy bears are boring, well think twice after checking this post about London Mums experiencing a Build-a-Bear workshop. I must admit I often passed by the shops across London and never dared entering as I found the idea of making a teddy bear not quite exciting …. I was SO wrong.
Check our videos here and see for yourself what the experience is all…
London Mums has teamed up with Serif, the award-winning creative software publisher, to give away two copies of CraftArtist Platinum (worth £39.99 each) – perfect for mums wanting to create personalised photobooks, stationery, cards, scrapbooks and more at home.
For your chance to win these tickets, answer the simple question below in our dedicated competition page…