As 6 weeks of summer stretches out before us, I am a little overwhelmed by the challenge to trying to make this summer special. Last year, we were so excited for the summer. With 6 glorious weeks of freedom ahead of us, we loved every day. This year though, the challenge will be to try and make the ... READ MORE »
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Dear Henry – on your fourth birthday
Oh, my darling boy. I cannot believe that you are 4 already. It feels like only yesterday that we were dropping the Bear off at Grandma and Grandads house on the way to the hospital. You took a while to arrive after a complicated birth, but once you made your way into my arms you completed our ... READ MORE »
Where I am…and where am I
Confused? Yeah, me too. It's been a while since I've had a personal post and to be honest it's because my head is full of the chaos of the world, but I don't really know what to say. There is just so much going on at the moment that I don't seem to be able to find the words to articulate the ... READ MORE »
How We’re Planning to Celebrate VE Day
Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of VE day. Although both my children are only KS1 at primary school, I was surprised not to see anything in their home schooling provided by their teachers this week. I think it's incredibly important for our children to understand our history and so, off to ... READ MORE »
3 ways to have a great Easter in lockdown
Needless to say this is going to be an Easter with a difference. With a semi lockdown in place and social distancing in the forefront of everyone's mind, Easter isn't cancelled in our house but we will be doing a few things to try and make it a little more special for the kids this year. ... READ MORE »
Stop trying to keep things normal, because they’re not
Today is our third day home schooling and our second day on lockdown. My kids are currently sat enjoying a movie while they eat their lunch - despite it being a lovely day outside - and I'm grabbing a quick 15 minutes at my laptop while they're happy. Is this normal? No. Is this structured ... READ MORE »
This Mama Loves….January
I'm making a few changes on the blog this year, stripping it back from what I think people want to read and instead concentrating on what I want to write. This was always meant to be a space for me to simply write and create a scrapbook of our lives. That means that things are going to getting a lot ... READ MORE »
This year I want…..
Bollocks to resolutions. This is the year that I am unashamedly listing all the things that I want. Who's with me?? ... READ MORE »
What’s inside our Christmas Eve box
We started our Christmas Eve box tradition when Darcie was born and it's something that we have continued to do each year. This year is no different and I thought I would give you a quick sneak peek as to what we put inside it. Now just to clear our Christmas Eve box contains no toys at all as to ... READ MORE »
Dear Darcie – on your fifth birthday
To the one that made me a mummy. Five. Wow. I honestly have no idea where the time has gone. It's such a cliché but the days really are long and the years short as we already find ourselves at 5 years old. This feels like such a milestone age where things are changing. You are leaving behind the ... READ MORE »
To Henry, on your first day of pre-school
Oh, my beautiful baby Bear. Where do I start? I am sitting here writing this instead of turning up the hem on your trousers. No matter how much we looked we couldn't find a pair that would fit. That fact alone has my heart aching for your first day at school tomorrow. You still feel so ... READ MORE »
Starting School: helping my daughter prepare for reception class
Starting school can feel scary. The Bear has just spent a wonderful year in nursery class. The way her school works, is that their pre-school ... READ MORE »
