Since I’ve had babies I’ve wanted to build traditions around Christmas. I’ve dreamed about the sense of holy wonder in our home as we conte...

Today may you feel a genuine welcome into the ancient stable May you hear the tidings of invitation to you and may your heart have ...

Strictly we haven't actually moved at actual Christmas time - but for the last 2 years we have moved in early Dec (this year) and early ...

I am a great believer in the ability of art and the arts, to tell us stories, to lead us into new depths of understanding and to challenge u...

So as you can imagine we are always open to new books and I still find picture books scratch an itch for me that others don't. I'm s...

Even if I had a hundred Christmas decorations here (we currently have 4 that we have made and no others) I still would have bought this at o...

So I think we've talked about Christmas stockings before. The Atlas had them as child and wanted to continue the tradition. I quite li...

This year I want Advent to have more of a sense of the anticipation of 'coming'. So we'll still be doing a range of activities...

Now a baking babe may be a smoking hot mama who knows her brownies from her blondies ( I don't like white chocolate so you're gettin...

Grandies (by which I mean grandparents or other 'older' family members) are a tricky bunch..... they are (often) at a stage of life ...

Often board games can be expensive - too expensive for me to recommend to most people - but card games are not so bad. This year Flip turn...

The Atlas and I have an unspoken arrangement when we go out - I am allowed to wear whatever crazy ensemble I feel like and he can wear whate...