I am delighted to announce that booking is open once again for my Calm Celebrations course, which will run again from Monday 4th November. As a parent, I know you want to give your children joyful experiences. You want to make memories that they will cherish well into adulthood, gifting them moments of calm togetherness alongside…
Read MoreSeven Tips For A Beautiful Birthday Party
Frida’s birthday is coming up soon, and I’m starting to get into planning mode for the upcoming celebrations. I love celebrating her birthday; it gives me so much joy to have a day dedicated to celebrating and honouring this sweet life that I brought into the world. But I also know that with enthusiasm comes…
Read MoreFrida Be Mighty Gift Guide: Toys
Welcome to the third instalment of the Frida Be Mighty gift guide! Here is a selection of toys that I am sure children would be delighted to receive and will enjoy all year round. It’s not an exhaustive list but I hope it will give you some ideas. Choosing toys Before we begin, I wanted…
Read MoreFrida Be Mighty Gift Guide: Beautiful Books
Welcome to the first instalment of the Frida Be Mighty gift guide! It is the season after all, and I am already getting more messages than I can reply to asking about gifts and suggestions. Over the course of the next couple of weeks I’m going to be sharing a number of posts with some…
Read MoreFrida turns three! Gifts for a three year old.
Last week Frida turned three. Three! My tiny baby. Suffice to say that I got very emotional and may have cried several times. Somehow three – this definitive leap away from toddlerhood, from being a baby – has affected me much more than previous birthdays. She is truly a little girl now. A pre-schooler (pre-homeschooler?).…
Read MoreBooks for Birthdays
The countdown to Frida’s third birthday next week is well and truly on. She is very excited about it (in fact, she has been talking about it constantly since Christmas!) so a few days ago I decided it was high time to pull out the birthday books which have been waiting patiently since last April.…
Read MoreMontessori Gifts for Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers
With the festive season fast approaching, I have updated my Montessori-friendly gift guide. I hope you find it useful! Below are a selection of toys I feel pretty sure would be welcomed by any family with an interest in the Montessori ethos – or actually, any family at all. They are well made, beautiful, mostly made of…
Read MoreFrida is two!
I wanted to share a few photos from Frida’s second birthday last week. I set up a Waldorf celebration ring with two candles for our dining table, Frida chose her own birthday flowers, and I hung the birthday banner. We had a lovely, relaxed day at home; playing with new toys, eating pancakes for breakfast…
Read MoreBirthday gifts, age two
Frida will be turning two tomorrow! It feels very strange. On the one hand, I can’t quite believe that I’ve been a mother for two whole years already. Two! It doesn’t feel very long ago at all that we first met Frida and instantly fell head-over-heels in love with her. On the other hand, she…
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