Back in February I did the #dechox challenge. The whole idea was to cut out chocolate in its entirety, so anything that contained cocoa was a no go. From hot chocolate to Magnums, chocolate donuts to the chocolate sprinkles on top of a cappuccino (the latter was never a problem for me because I don’t […]

I usually forget to write up our school holiday fun, but this week has been so epic, I felt like I had to document it! I already documented the Bank Holiday in my last weekend happy post, so I’ll leave that out and stick to the actual non cheat half terms days! Tuesday 28th May […]

I had a brainwave whilst I was thinking up this post (from a little prompt in the wonderful Socially Savvy subscription service that Aby over at You Baby Me Mummy has), and I decided that I could probably do a whole host of these posts! So, this one is the parenting edition. The things that […]

Willpower – the ability to resist short-term temptations in order to meet long-term goals. I mean it’s quite simple isn’t it? I want to be slim, fit and healthy, so I shouldn’t cave into the temptation of naughty treats. For me though, it is far easier said than done. When it comes to willpower, I […]

We all know about the 1p saving challenge don’t we? If you Google it, there are a fair few options that come up – so popular it has got. If you don’t know about the challenge then here are the facts: You start off the year by saving 1p on the first day. On day […]

This weekend probably wasn’t the most exciting to write about. Everyone except me had a bit of a cold, Oscar was in particular still suffering, and there was still a huge lack of sleep for me! That said, there is always something to write about so here we go. Saturday 26th January So the boys […]

This post contains affiliate links which are denoted with a *. This simply means that if you go on to order, I will earn a few pennies, with no extra cost to you. I started this little series a few months ago now, because I noticed that when we got a selection of books out […]

This weekend was a bit of a write off with illness in the house once again. I hate this time of year! Luckily we didn’t have any major plans. Saturday 9th February It started out with our usual Saturday morning. We were up super early, although the other half did sneak back to bed for […]

This post contains affiliate links which are denoted with a *. This simply means that if you go on to order, I will earn a few pennies, with no extra cost to you. Part two of my brand new series, where I pick a bunch of the books that the boys have been reading over […]

I guess it’s always been a bit of a dream to have the other half around the place more often, and when he took his current role as a contractor in Richmond – which is an hour and a half commute each way – we knew that we would be seeing him a lot less […]

{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 […]

We recently had half term and do you know how much work I got done? Sweet FA! Well…almost sweet FA. Blog posts went out on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday – but they were written and scheduled the weekend before! The next post that I got written went out on the Sunday. Slacking to say […]

It is Tuesday 3rd July 2018 (when I am writing this, not publishing), and I have just taken a pregnancy test. In fact, it is the second test that I have taken in a week, and that one thick pink line showed up. And I am disappointed. Again. Just like I was last week. The […]

There was no swimming again this week, but there was rugby. I was initially going to take Oscar alone so that Zach could go to the barbers with the other half, but Zach suddenly got major FOMO and decided he wanted to come with me. So the three of us went off in the car, […]