Every Autumn the hedgerows around where we live are full of juicy blackberries. I used to pick them with my mum when I was a kid and she’d put them in crumbles – yum! Since Tin Box Tot was born I’ve been a bit of a foraging failure. I’ve noticed the blackberries coming into season…
At the tender age of two and a half the majority of Tin Box Tot’s dinosaur knowledge comes from George off Peppa Pig. Yes, dinosaurs go ‘grrrr’. I was keen to broaden her horizons a bit so last weekend I took her off to SeaCity Museum in Southampton.Mr Tin Box was busy preparing our top…
How many postcards did you receive this summer? We got one…a month after the senders had returned home! This made me wonder whether there’s still a place for the humble postcard? When I was a child I loved looking through boxes of old cards saved by my grandparents. They had mostly been sent by my dad…
A UK staycation destination that has surprised us is Essex. ‘Essex?’, I hear you say. Yes, it may not be top of the most obvious UK family holiday destinations but we had a great time with plenty of options for family fun. If you are looking for cheap days out in Essex with toddlers, read…
During our summer holiday in Essex we had the opportunity to visit The Beth Chatto Gardens just outside Colchester. We went with the grandparents while Mr Tin Box took Tin Box Dog on a long walk as four-legged visitors aren’t allowed. I can’t admit to being a plant expert but I do enjoy walking around…
There’s no dressing it up. The moment you put the key in your front door and step back into your pre-holiday life has to be one of most depressing of the year. I hate it with a passion and find myself getting wound up about the smallest things in those first few days of being…
I love a good meme post and was very excited to be tagged in 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Me by Mim over at Mamamim. Mim and I had our second babies within days of each other so I was delighted and relieved to find out she relies on the same mummy treats to…
This bank holiday weekend was a bit of a departure for the Tin Box household. Instead of taking away our caravan we threw up a tent in the garden instead. It may have just been a beach tent but it was a tent no less and allowed us to take part in the Caravan Club…
This summer, we were lucky enough to win a competition to stay in a brand spanking new Bailey Unicorn Cartagena at the Hillhead Caravan Club site in Devon. The competition was run by the Caravan Club to come up with ideas for the Meek family’s 2015 list of 100 summer…
I recently won a box of yummy meat from Jimmy’s Farm in a Twitter competition – you’ve got to love the power of tweets. As luck would have it we were holidaying in Essex this month so it was the perfect opportunity to visit the place where our goodies had been produced. A bit…