Author: Louise

Clearing out the garden

This year, we’ve been gradually trying to clear out all the unwanted trees and shrubs in our garden. Neither of us is a particularly keen gardener and given that we know very little about the plants in our garden – how to look after them, and whether they might be poisonous to the children –… Read More

Friday Fabulous Five #46

The Friday Fabulous Five is my regular feature where I share five of my favourite blog posts that I have read in the previous week – posts that have made me laugh, made me cry or made me think. Here are this week’s fabulous five:   Social media can be great for keeping up-to-date with… Read More

The Friday Focus 09/10/15

It’s been one of those weeks of feeling a little bit tired, a little bit sluggish and a little bit slow. After last week’s focus on decluttering, I have lost momentum slightly and struggled to regain focus. Hopefully I’ll feel a bit more energised next week, although there have been benefits to having a slow… Read More

Strictly Sophie

Strictly Come Dancing will forever be linked with Sophie in my mind. The start of the new series has brought back memories of those last few weeks of being pregnant with Sophie – from 37 weeks onwards, it seemed that every time I settled down on the sofa to watch Strictly on a Saturday night,… Read More

Review – Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere

With Hallowe’en coming up, the latest Book Buddy book from Parragon Books – Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere – was ideal to get us in the mood for thinking about what kinds of faces we could carve into our pumpkins later this month. Pumpkins, Pumpkins Everywhere is a fun picture book all about the different pumpkins that… Read More