How can I help my child succeed in school? It's that time of year when the holidays are drawing to an end and we begin to think about getting back to normal with school starting soon. For some, this time of year is full of excitement but for others there is apprehension about the unknown ahead - and that's the parents I'm talking about, not the children! If your child is about to embark on their school life voyage there are certain things that you can do to help them in the early stages of transition from nursery to school. As a Primary Teacher for 17 years and having spend years of my teaching career in the Early Years your...
Wedding Facts I recently read that Saturday is the unluckiest day of the week to get married. I was really surprised by this for two reasons, namely Saturday is the most popular day of the week to get married and it was a Saturday that we got married on and 15 years later we are still happy. Accordingly to English folklore, Wednesday is considered the "best day" to marry. It got me wondering about all the other facts about weddings. Here are some of the more fascinating ones. A Malaysian man holds the record for being the best man at over 1000 weddings - think of all those presents that he had to buy! About 70% of all brides wear...
Luxury Wedding Gifts Following on from my last blog about the worst wedding presents ever received, I thought I would do a bit of research and investigate some of the most expensive wedding presents ever given. With the average wedding in the United Kingdom costing approximately £27,000 and with 4% of weddings in the UK costing over £100,000 it is quite easy to see that wedding guests might feel under a bit of pressure to spend a lot of money on an extravagant wedding present. Here are some of the most expensive/unusual wedding gifts that were given: * In 2006 Katie Holmes received a gulf stream jet from her then husband, Tom Cruise. * George Clooney bought his new wife a...
Top 10 worst wedding presents ever As the busy months for weddings are fast approaching, I am delighted to be now stocking even more personalised wedding gifts that any couple will be delighted with. It has encouraged me to do lots of research on weddings and there are so many fascinating things that I have found out along the way that I wanted to share some of the funnier ones with you. Standard wedding etiquette is to spend a certain amount on a wedding present depending on how close you are to the couple. A great rule to follow is, the longer you have known someone, the more expensive the present. However I don't actually agree with this. I...
Unusual Father's Day Facts I have spent the past few months searching for the ideal Father's Day Gifts that can be personalised to stock on my website. It made me start to want to find out a bit more about Father's Day. It didn't surprise me, at all, to learn that Mother's Day started way before Father's Day. Us woman are always doing things first, right? Scholars believe that Father's Day can be traced back to the ruins of Babylon where a young boy carved a Father's Day card nearly 4000 years ago. Modern versions of Father's Day believe that it originated in North America thanks to a woman who believed that if there was a day to honour Mothers...
