Family Wellness Mama

It's that time of year and we've been busy carving our super spooky pumpkins...

The little man and I made this delicious Toblerone cheesecake over the weekend. the recipe was given to me by a colleague and it tasted so scrumptious that I thought I'd share it with you guys. Toblerone Cheesecake INGREDIENTS: Base 200g Chocolate digestives /12-13 100g Butter The Filling 300g   Cream Cheese (Ricotta) 200g Whipping Cream 200g Toblerone Method 1. Crush digestive and melt butter in pan. Once melted add together and mix. 2. Place the base mixture in a spring frame cake tin (approx 8 inches) and press down until firm 3. Melt Toblerone in a bowl over a pot of simmering water. 4. Empty cheese into large bowl and beat until smooth. Lightly whisk cream until almost stiff and add to cheese. 5. Add melted Toblerone to mixture and mix well (light brown). 6. Pour mixture onto base, smoothing out. Bang cake tin on solid surface to ensure mixture settles. 7.   Refrigerate...

Competitive mummying is a trend  I've noticed a over the past six years.Whenever we come into contact with mothers who have children of a similar age to our own, the feelers come out- It starts innocently enough when we're pregnant... Bump Comparison   Size, waddle and bump holding; all things we note as we pass other mums-to-be in the supermarket aisles. Some mums have been known to compare morning sickness too. The Birth   People love a good birth story, the more drama the better. Thanks to our strained National Health Service (another blog another time maybe) not many disappoint. The moment the words 'I did it all without so much as an asprin'' are uttered, the competitive mummy dragon rears its ugly head and it's downhill from there. Sleep   We mums love nothing more than being first to announce to the world that our little darling has 'SLEPT RIGHT THROUGH!' Though this is absolutely fantastic news for the parent, spare ...

We went to the park on this lovely autumn day... and look who we found in the pond... Meet Miggy the frog! Miggy squirted us when we caught her... Miggy's tummy was swolen, is she pregnant or warding off predators?... We also found Kidis the newt..... Kidis was very small and fast, he ran off our hands and back into the pond before we could have a proper look at him!   And this cheeky chappy........ Climbed up the nearest tree and threw nuts at our heads! *All pond creatures were given adopted names by the little man and returned to the pond after we'd had a good look at them :-) If you liked this you might also like: Here's one we made earlier.... Mr Robot Face! Not so Incy Wincy Back from our hols! Gay pride

                                                         ( picture by  Taylor Dawn Fortune  ) So the little man and I were chatting at the breakfast table the other morning when quite abruptly he asked.  “Mummy we’re do babies come from?” after choking on a mouthful of cereal, I recovered myself quickly enough to reply.  “Well a mummy and daddy wish very hard for a baby and then the baby grows in the mummy’s tummy until it’s ready to come out. Then the doctor helps the mummy to get the baby out at the hospital.”  “Oh, is that what the mark is on your tummy?”  “Yes, that’s exactly what the scar is” I said, thanking god for my emergency c - section. Though I was pleased to have avoided ‘babygate’ relatively unscathed, I couldn't help wondering whether the little white lie I told wo...

So last month I wasn't having the luckiest of times with my bank account.  M y account was hacked, I had a transaction go wrong and encountered a backwards cash machine which gobbled up my card and took my money too!    As a result I had to cancel my card three times, leaving me with no bank card for an  entire month. What I had viewed as an extremely annoying inconvenience has turned out to be a blessing in disguise.   Not having instant access to my money helped me to pace my spending and ensured that I only took out only the money I needed. If   I had to purchase something I hadn't planned for during the week,    I would need to go to the bank to withdraw the money and I soon realised it wasn't always worth the trip.   By the time my card arrived I had saved a considerable amount of money and was keen to find more money saving ideas to help improve family finances ... Here are my top five tips for sav...

We made a boat using a mushroom tub, a straw, paper, string and a weight from daddy for the anchor.... The 'sinky sinky'  boat has already set sail on it's maiden vogage around the bathroom sink! :-) If you liked this you might also like: mr robot face Not sure if the two are compatible.... Fun with mum time Not so Incy Wincy Did Usain really create the lightning bolt