Now you are three

Darling Sophie Today you are three years old.  Those three years since you were born have passed by in the blink of an eye.  No longer a baby, no longer…

A moment when I am just mummy and nothing more

There are days when motherhood feels overwhelming. Days when the to-do list seems too long and the time too short.  Days when I feel like I am trying to juggle…

Review – Large Talking Messy Monster

Jessica and Sophie love watching Messy Goes to Okido on CBeebies so when we were recently sent a Large Talking Messy Monster from Golden Bear Toys to review, I knew…

From the mouths of babes #92

From the mouths of babes is a weekly linky which invites you to share a post, old or new, about something your children have said. Those adorable mispronounced words, the…

#366daysofgratitude – Week 42

Throughout 2016 I will be posting a photo on Instagram each day, sharing something that I am grateful for each day as part of my #366daysofgratitude project.  Here are the…

My Sunday Photo 23/10/16

Do you want to build a scarecrow?

I’ve never attempted to build a scarecrow before but when I spotted on Facebook that a nearby farm shop was organising a community fundraising day to build a scarecrow and…

The Friday Focus 21/10/16

After the stress of the run–up to the HR workshop last Saturday, it was a relief to get it over with and to get positive feedback. It might not have…

Parenting Pep Talk #36 – Little Steps

Parenting Pep Talk is a weekly series of guest posts all about encouraging other parents by sharing some of our happy moments, the advice that has worked for us and…

This is our normal

Most of the time our family life ticks along quite normally and then every so often, we hit a little bump which brings a realisation that what’s normal for us…