We are 8 months into a pandemic. 8 months. Almost three quarters of a year. I’ve been doing OK. Dealing with it. Dealing with all that it means. But I have hit a bit of a point now. A solemn point. One that I cannot shift and not think about. I really miss life. I […]
{AD – Gifted} I recently featured an interview on here with Stuart Simmons, ex-cricketer turned children’s author, and I was very kindly sent a copy of one of the books from his series featuring Hannah the Spanner. We always love getting new books and can’t wait to sit down and read them, and it was […]
AD – This is a collaborative post Do you spend most of your working day sitting at a computer? Do you regularly get headaches from staring at a bright screen all day? If so, you could be suffering from computer vision syndrome (CVS). Computer vision syndrome is one of many short-term health effects caused by […]
Keeping little ones amused in the bath can be difficult. There are days when they can happily go wrinkly and spend ages splashing around and there are days when they want to get out as soon as they get in. Bath toys help a lot and we are always on the look out for new […]
This weekend was pretty epic – I was supposed to blog about it last night but I was way too tired! It all started on Saturday morning when we drove to our friends’ house for our yearly Christmas get together. Six couples and now a toddler and baby in attendance for a catch up, a Christmassy […]
Today I have a bit of a different interview. Ian is not a blogger but runs the website Trains for Kids which has amazing things to buy and fab resources for train obsessed kids (which is how I discovered him!). Thanks Ian for taking part! Tell me a little bit about yourself and your family […]
It’s my last week of work until after Christmas and it has felt like the last week of school when all you really do is have fun! The social committee at my work are pretty good and along with organising the Christmas party this coming Thursday, they have also arranged a Christmas pod off. Each […]
This morning was crap. This morning made me hate every bit of being a working mum. It’s never easy but this morning was on another level and had me almost bursting into tears on the way into work. I don’t know why this morning I was feeling extra emotional but I just feel like a […]
I received the letter in the post a couple of weeks ago and today was the day for Zach’s two year assessment with the health visitors. Along with the letter there was quite a long questionnaire that we had to fill in. I realised upon reading this questionnaire last night, that I was supposed to […]
Sometimes when I look at Zach, I can’t help wondering what he’ll grow up to be. He’s too young to tell me at the moment but I have no doubt that if he could, he would be something like an astronaut, fireman or digger – the usual toddler job. But I do wonder what will […]
Even though I have a pile of boxes in our bedroom that are full of presents, in my head I feel completely unorganised for Christmas. With just two weeks until the big day I feel like there is so much I still need to do and I need to get myself in order to figure […]
Since we moved into our house in April, our main focus has been to complete Zach’s room. In our old flat, his cot was in our room (the only bedroom), the walls were already painted yellow and we stuck a couple of pictures on the wall along with his beautiful banner made by a friend […]
I’ve written about my anxious feelings a couple of times before, but they were very much centred around travelling. Not travelling around the world, but anxiety about getting in the car with my children and getting stuck in traffic, and also going on public transport and there being delays/getting stuck underground. That doesn’t matter whether […]
“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” Well we are firmly into lockdown now aren’t we? And it already feels like it has been forever! It is most definitely harder this time – I miss not being able to just chuck them out into the garden every day […]
