How to make Painted Plant Pots for Mother’s Day!
There’s often mention on All Things Spliced about both my love of crafts and the fact that I often like to give something a little bit homemade when it comes to gifts. Last year, as Read More …
Category: Celebrations
A Rollercoaster First Visit to Disneyland Paris
The last time we went to Disneyland Paris, Mrs Lighty was eleven weeks pregnant. We hadn’t even met our little chappy on the dating scan, let alone in person. It was an exciting trip, as Read More …
Liked and Loved: December 2017
Christmas is always a busy, busy time of year. And this year I feel like it crept up on me stealthily and without warning!! But that doesn’t mean that we haven’t packed a lot in Read More …
Easy Toddler Thank You Cards
Mrs Lighty is a little bit old fashioned in many ways, but particularly when it comes to snail mail. I still send paper invites for parties, because I always feel that you get a better Read More …
Here’s to you!
New Year’s Eve. Another year over, and a new one just begun, or so the song would tell us. I feel like this year has been hard. Lots of bad news, and a difficult year emotionally Read More …
The Toddler Twelve Days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas, my Mummy gave to me, something called a ‘Christmas tree’?! On the second day of Christmas, my Mummy gave to me, two strict instructions: not to touch the Christmas Read More …
The ‘What’s in your Christmas Stocking?’ tag!
My lovely friend Annette from 3 Little Buttons has one of the most positive blogs I’ve ever come across. Her posts are always super uplifting and at the moment she’s positively shimmering with Christmas cheer! Read More …
“You’re Cooking Mr Elf a BBQ?!” and Other Ridiculously Christmassy Things I Never Thought I’d Say!
Just when you thought parenting couldn’t get any more ridiculous, you find yourself trying to explain Christmas to a two and a half year old. Parenting, and the things we find ourselves saying to our Read More …
When Daddy has to Work at Christmas
In the past ten years, Mr Lighty has worked all but one Christmas day. This was last Christmas, when Baby Lighty was just 18 months old, when he wanted to be at home because Baby Read More …
Creating a Toddler Book Advent
This year, at age two and a half, Baby Lighty is super clued up about Christmas for one so young! This is the first year where he understands the idea of Father Christmas, he can Read More …