At the end of today, I will have 7 working days left in my job before I finish to have baby number two. Due mid September, I am taking two weeks annual leave before my maternity leave officially kicks in at the end of the month. To say I am excited about finishing would be […]
The start of the long bank holiday weekend, and we kicked it off with a visit to Paradise Wildlife Park. The morning period of us all getting ready was a bit of a nightmare, but once we had set off with two excited kids, it got a lot better! When we arrived, it was already […]
With Zach starting school in just over a week’s time, I have been reading every blog post that I come across that feature hints and tips on dealing with the start of reception. I feel like I can’t be prepared enough for what is about to happen. From the emotions (mine and his!), the school run, […]
First of all, to all you Mum’s out there…Happy Mother’s Day. I have been a mum for 1993 days. And for 543 of those days, I have been a mum of two. Since Oscar came along, life has been crazy. I still can’t believe that in just a few days I will be writing his […]
With Zach having just finished his year in reception, I am well aware that the serious learning starts in September with his entry into year one. He already mentioned to me that he’s sad that he won’t get to play as much any more, although the head of early years did tell me that they […]
It’s been just a few weeks since a whole new bunch of parents received those emails that finally came through after the hundredth time of refreshing – the one telling them whether their child got into the school of their choice. Just over a year ago that was me refreshing my emails. We got our […]
Back in May I wrote a post about how Zach really wasn’t interested in animals, and that whenever we went to any kind of zoo or animal park, all he wanted to do was play on whatever play equipment was there. We were hugely disappointed; we love visiting these places ourselves, and with Oscar absolutely […]
We decided on Wednesday morning that it would be a good day to go and sort Zach’s school uniform. Originally I was going to take him on my own but then the other half mentioned that he needed some new trainers and footie boots, and so we thought we would kill two birds with one […]
It’s Sunday afternoon and I have an utterly worn out toddler! Yesterday, he had a birthday party to go to. One of the babies we used to see at baby sensory turned 2 recently and was having a joint party with a couple of other toddlers. Zach had a ball, playing in the tunnels and […]
This is a collaborative post I absolutely swear by online shopping. It took a serious amount of convincing the other half that it was a good idea, but around 3 or so years ago, he finally agreed and I have never looked back. At the time, I was working full time and spending half of […]
Zach is a massive fan of PJ Masks. He discovered them a while ago on YouTube and at that time, I had absolutely no idea where they were from and absolutely no idea that they were the current craze in cartoon. Suddenly his nursery friends were talking about them and then he came home a […]
It started out as a usual early morning. The other half had been out the night before, so we left him in bed for a while before I needed to get ready to get Zach to swimming. Once we were ready, we jumped in the car and he had his lesson, and then we popped […]
Today we meet the lovely Lora from 21st Century Mama. Thanks so much for taking park Lora 🙂 Tell me a little bit about yourself and your family. We are a family of expatriate/repatriates, having just landed back to the UK from Dubai. Gary and I met through my step dad, who worked with him. […]
Well we had a pretty busy Saturday planned but unfortunately, Oscar had a very bad night and I spent most of it with him asleep on me on the sofa! So when we had to start our day and get ready for swimming, I was not ready! I did however manage to get ready in […]
