EDIT: The story behind the Chocolate Piñata Cake ...Maybe not the neatest or best decorated cake I've ever made but certainly one of the quickest. I'd made the cakes on Friday morning (2 shallow and one deep in case you are interested) then ...
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One Direction Bento Box
It seems the craze for Bento boxes is getting bigger and bigger. For people new to Bento, they are packed lunches. You are 'supposed' to have a variety of smaller items rather than just a buttie and an apple. I say 'supposed' to because ...
Frozen Inspired Food – Marshmallow Olafs
It was a very exciting day for my children yesterday. Violet has never been the same since we took her to see the movie, Frozen just after Christmas. She has lived and breathed that film. Like a lot of children, she knows every word of ...
Winter Hands and New Babies – with Dettol
I was set the task by the good people at Dettol to come up with some tips of how to look after your hands. Its due to get a lot colder shortly and from my experience, hands soon start to suffer. Before I had babies, I didn't appreciate ...
Body Parts – Wots so Funee
What do you call this? A belly button? A tummy button? Navel (Eew!) Apparently in our house. we have a new word for it - Tara has this week become obsessed with showing everyone her BELLY BOOB!! We've had a few alternative names for ...
A Younger Me – The Gallery
I knew exactly which picture I wanted to use for this week's Gallery entry. I came across it recently when I had tons of pictures up of me all over the house for my 40th party. I'm 2 1/2 on this picture - almost exactly the age that Tara ...
Last night in our house …
Last night in our kitchen when I'm trying to make a cake ... Daughter: "Mum, what is Tou-rex?" Me: *Thinks hard before answering* "Its a condition that sends messages from the brain sometimes making the person do things that they ...
Funkita – Funky Swimwear – Brilliant PR
A couple of weeks ago I had the most lovely email ever. You may remember reading a post from during the summer where I talked about my kids using the paddling pool. In the post I used a picture of Violet acting the goat in the pool wearing ...
The Big Draw 2013 – Imperial War Museum Manchester
A couple of weeks ago we were invited to take part in a preview of The Big Draw 2013 at The Imperial War Museum in Manchester. This event is inviting families to take part in the world's largest drawing festival. The people at the Imperial ...
Meet the Chimps: The Costellos go to Chester Zoo #MatalanZooDay
The day the Chimps of Chester Zoo met the Costello Chimps! We were kindly invited by Matalan to spend the day at Chester Zoo last Sunday. They couldn't have chosen a nicer September day - the sun was shining & the animals were out in ...