As a working mum, some days I find it extremely difficult while on others it’s nice to be able to sit and have a hot cup of tea without having to wipe a nose or change a nappy! I know there are a heck of a lot of working mums out there, some love it, […]

Christmas 2020. It was always going to be different wasn’t it? We had decided quite early on that we wouldn’t be forming any Christmas bubbles, so already knew that it would be a very different year. The other half’s Mum has spent most of the year shielding, there are a bunch of kids who are […]

159 days ago, Zach went to school in what (unbeknown to us), would be his last physical appearance in his Year 2 classroom. Myself and Oscar were already self-isolating with a horrible cough and that evening, Boris announced that anyone within a household who had members isolating, would have to also isolate. So that was […]

Sometimes I get an email pop into my inbox and I think, oh that sounds fun. And this happened very recently when I was contacted about the opportunity to interview Stuart Simmonds, an ex-pro cricketer and an accomplished sports coach, turned children’s author. I was interested because a) I have a big cricket fan of […]

When I found out that the other half would be away for a whole week in Texas, the first thought that went through my head was that I don’t know how I’ll sleep properly if he’s not there, the second thought was that whilst I would obviously miss him, it would mean a whole week […]

I thought the decision had been taken out of my hands. When schools started re-opening, it was only Reception, Year 1, and Year 6 who were asked to go back. There was talk of the other years returning, but then the Government did a u-turn and realised it was impossible for the majority of schools, […]

AD – This post contains one affiliate link and one company that I am Independent Ambassador for. No company has asked me to mention them and this post was written completely by myself.  The start of this lockdown was like a downward spiral for me. When Oscar went into self-isolation back in March, I suddenly […]

{AD – Gifted} I have worked with Moonpig on this blog post And here we are again. Another celebration to be had in lockdown. Admittedly slightly easier than the previous celebration of Mother’s Day because we had all just been put into lockdown, there was zero freedom, and if I remember rightly, we were self-isolating. […]

Good Friday brought beautiful weather, hot sunshine, and another day in lockdown. We are very fortunate to have a garden and the kids were pretty keen to get out there early. While I was getting showered and dressed, the other half was out there moving their playhouse and getting the paddling pool out ready for […]

Well it is all a little different right now isn’t it? A little crazy, a little overwhelming. Very, very strange. I have been pretty quiet for a number of reasons relating to the current situation, and when I do sit down and grab my laptop out in the evening, it sits to the side of […]

Well it was beautiful weather to wake up to – not!  We were all up pretty early and we all got ready, which meant that the other half could accompany the boys and I to their swimming lessons. They had good lessons and then had follow up fun in the cafe with their friends. We […]

AD – Gifted items – We were kindly sent a selection of products from Viking Direct for the purpose of creating this post The last few weeks have seen a whole nation of people trying to work from home, teach the kids, entertain the kids, and attempt to keep the house in some form of […]

AD – This is a sponsored post with childcare.co.uk. As always, all words and thoughts are my own.  Looking for childcare hasn’t been at the top of my agenda for a while now, but I still remember when I was looking for a nursery when Zach was a baby. I had to go back to […]

I know it myself – it happened with Zach. I tried him at the age of 2.5 but he just wasn’t interested. Fast forward six months and just before he turned 3, he did it all by himself. I don’t remember his toilet training because he just did it. It took him a bit longer […]