Staying in: 5 easy and fun New year’s Eve crafts to entertain the kids with
No point in going out to celebrate New Year’s when we can’t eat out past 8 PM. I don’t know about you, but I really can’t wait to see the back of this car-crash of a year. Again. And in the meantime, while we are waiting on 2022 to arrive, here are five easy, yet […]
5 years ago
“As a dad, I feel so passionate about it” – Johnny Sexton on teaching kids healthy habits
“I think over the past year-and-a-half, every parent across Ireland has seen just how important healthy habits are.” Johnny Sexton might be the the captain of Ireland, and Leinster, Rugby, but he is also a dad of three young children. And so when it comes to establishing healthy habits – and helping children do so […]
5 years ago
These craft kits are the perfect way to keep the kids busy indoors this autumn
Autumn is around the corner. No, really – it is – much as it is hard to believe summer came and went so quickly. And so soon, we will have to think of ways to entertain the kids indoors again, when the cold, dark evenings return once more. Fear not – we found some cool […]
5 years ago
Entertaining toddlers: 5 easy ideas that turn a cardboard box into hours of fun
If you have ever watched a toddler open a wrapped present, you will soon realise they often find as much joy in the wrapping as they do the actual present inside. Kids love cardboard, it’s just one of those things – and when you realise just how much affordable fun these boxes yield, you’d be […]
5 years ago
The trick for getting chewing gum out of hair all parents need to know about
The first time it happened she was about five. My little girl had gotten some bubblegum in her Halloween bucket when we out tricking or treating, and just like that, within seconds, it was in her hair. Her beautiful, long, blonde hair. Which I then, having tried everything else, had to chop a lump out […]
5 years ago
Too wet to play outside? 5 activities to keep your toddler busy inside
If you have ever been in possession of a toddler, you will know they only come with two settings: Full speed ahead and bouncing off the walls – or asleep. Which means, of course, that entertaining them can sometimes be somewhat of a challenge – putting it mildly. But if you are in dire need […]
5 years ago