When the fab people at Mummy VS Daddy asked us to write a guest post about the meaning of Christmas it got us reminiscing. As fairly new parents we can still vaguely remember child-free festive seasons. Oh, how things have changed! You can read how much in our post Christmas: past, present and future. It…
At the risk of giving away what some of our nearest and dearest will be receiving from Tin Box Tot this Christmas (turn away now Grandparents!), I thought I’d post about our first attempt at Christmas crafts. Christmas can be expensive enough without buying family and friends gifts from your children as well as yourself….
Ask any road user what they hate more than getting stuck behind a caravan and they are bound to say: getting stuck behind a caravan that has broken down. Oh no, not another broken down caravan! Things go wrong sometimes – it’s a fact of life. However, when you find yourself sitting on the side…
‘Tis the season to be jolly so we thought we’d have a bit of fun creating our own caravan-themed 12 Days of Christmas. You know the tune, so here we go: On the first day of Christmas Mr Tin Box gave to me: blue for our chemical loo On the second day of Christmas Mr…
Before Christmas rudely gatecrashes our every waking moment, I thought I’d give a final word to autumn. A part from some inevitable wash out days, autumn is ideal for getting out and about. We’re really lucky to live on the Hampshire coast, so interesting dog and toddler friendly walks are never far from our front…
Back in the summer I had my first opportunity to spend a grown-up night away since Tin Box Tot was born. I was excited and nervous all in one. I was leaving my ‘baby’, but I would have my first uninterrupted sleep for more than a year. Sadly, sleep was the one part of my trip…
That’s it. Our 2014 caravan adventures have come to an end. We’ve had a great year with trips around Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, West Sussex and East Sussex. There’s also been Tin Box-less trips to Sweden where we experienced our first family holiday abroad, and Manchester where I spent my one and only (so far) night away from Tin Box…
Call me naive, but I never realised how much competition surrounded entertaining the nursery teddy. It’s a stuffed toy after all! But some parents go to great lengths with expensive day trips in order to make their teddy report the most exciting in their child’s class. It’s all well and good if you have the…
Being a doggy owner has given me a whole new perspective on Bonfire Night. I spent a small portion of my childhood in Hong Kong, so was exposed to a large number of exciting whizzes and bangs in what is the firework capital of the world.However, a lot of the sparkle goes out of the 5th of November…
Now that we’ve cracked caravanning with a toddler, we’ve decided to make things a bit more interesting…Tin Box Baby 2 is on the way! We’re growing our pumpkin patch This blog began two years ago when the imminent arrival of Tin Box Baby (now Tin Box Tot) inspired our decision to purchase a caravan. For…