We’ve been having a lovely day out at Peppa Pig World in Paulton’s Park with some other heart families from the hospital where Jessica had her surgery. This is the second year we’ve been on the family day out. It has been interesting to see the difference with how Jessica reacts to the rides and… Read More
Being back from holiday means facing an inevitable mountain of laundry. Thank goodness for washing machines and good weather. Four people and one fortnight’s worth of laundry has meant my washing machine has been working overtime this week just to get the laundry pile back to more manageable proportions. The fact that… Read More
I took a happy snap of hubby and myself when we were in the south of France earlier this month: It’s been a very, very long time since we last did this. Hubby’s login screen on his tablet features another happy snap of us in France which was one of his favourite photos.… Read More
One of the recent CBeebies magazines contained a Mr Tumble sock puppet craft kit. This proved to be very useful in providing Jessica with some distraction during the ferry journey on our recent holiday to France. The kit contained two small stripey socks, some googly eyes, Tumble family stickers, some self-adhesive foam stickers… Read More
For Father’s Day, I asked my husband to share a post about his journey as a heart daddy. This is his raw and honest account of his feelings about the journey we have taken as a family so far. It has been very hard and emotional for him to share this. I would like to… Read More
The Sweet Revenge of the Football Widows tells the story of four very different women – Belle, Maz, Ginny and Anna – who, frustrated by their partners’ constant obsession with the beautiful game, decide to take their revenge in various subtle (and not so subtle) ways. For me, this story was much less… Read More
During our recent holiday, we took a day trip from Barneville-Carteret in France to Sark (via Jersey). Four ferry crossings, juggling two small children, multiple bags and a double buggy down some steep steps and narrow gangplanks was all worth it for a lovely day out on a beautiful island. We declined the… Read More