With it being half term, Zach had no performing arts but still had his usual swimming lesson. I took him alone while the other half stayed home with Oscar, and he did amazing swimming – on his back with no floats for the first time. It’s been his most recent fear – the laying back […]
He’s been on my mind a lot recently, my Dad. He always is at this time of year. It would have been his birthday a couple of weeks ago, and now it’s Father’s Day. What used to be a busy month of celebrations for him, with him insisting that we didn’t need to buy him […]
I wrote a post a while ago in which I mentioned that I wasn’t the biggest fan of playing, and in all honesty, it is still the case that when Zach says the words “I’m going to put on a show”, my heart sinks to the ground! And with Oscar now being into the whole […]
The morning started out way too early for me as Oscar decided that he wanted a wee at 5.55am and that was it, we were up. Zach joined us shortly after and I spent the morning struggling to parent! The other half joined us at 7.30 and then I jumped in the shower and got […]
This is a paid advertorial for Ossett Tyre House I don’t know about you but I am not the best when it comes to cars. Yes I can drive well, and I am pretty epic when it comes to parking (you have to be on our very narrow road), but when it comes to maintenance […]
Owing to the fact that we are currently on our summer holiday (although I wouldn’t exactly call it Summer right now), I am in full on holiday post mode! I know we are a few weeks away from the actual Summer holiday season (we were naughty and took a term time one – totally approved […]
This is a paid advertorial for Walkers I am a nineties girl. Born in the eighties, but well and truly living the best of my childhood through the nineties. And my god the nineties were epic. They hold so many memories and for so many reasons. So I thought I would take a look back, […]
AD – Gifted/Review Saturday 8th June Saturday started early as always but it did mean that we were pretty organised, although somehow Zach and I still managed to be in a rush for swimming! His lesson was great and he did some super swimming on his back. After his lesson, we popped into the cafe […]
There is no such thing as having an easy time working from home with a toddler. Someone posted on Instagram recently asking how people managed to get any work done at home with two kids, and I remembered back to when Oscar was born and how much easier it was to blog when he was […]
AD – Gifted When I think of a fair, I think of fast waltzers, loud thumping music, and the kids asking to go on every single thing in sight. I remember the fun of the fair as a child but it has a completely different aspect as an adult when I see the usual Easter, […]
This is an advertorial post in collaboration with Yorkshire Linen Curtains are a bit of a sore topic in our house. You see we decorated our bedroom when I was pregnant with Oscar – painting three walls, wallpapering another, and buying new wardrobes. But we never quite got around to buying new curtains. Oscar will […]
Collaborative post with Leasecar. We watched a film recently where the main protagonist had a driverless car, and it really got me thinking about not only the pros and cons of them, but also the future of driverless cars and what they would look like. In this film, the whole driverless car thing wasn’t exactly […]
The other half was heading out for the day but we were all taking Zach to his swimming lesson so that it was easier for me, and I could drop him at the train station on the way home. The boys actually laid in for once, Zach waking just after 7 and Oscar 7.15 (yes, […]
It’s been a while since I have spoken about our sleep habits, and in particular, my bed-sharing with a toddler. In fact I don’t think I have written anything about it since I wrote the post about the end of our breastfeeding journey back in March. I don’t think enough is spoken about co-sleeping and […]
