Posts about our family life, you’ll get to know more about us by reading our ‘Scrapbook Loves’, Everyday Us, Sunday Scrapbook and other posts. Family posts cover all the topics that don’t really fit anywhere else!
For most of us, our vehicle of choice will be the second largest investment that we ever make (after our homes, of course). We will spend hours poring over which manufacturer we should pick and what model will best suit us. Over the years, we will sit in it for hours getting from A to… Read More
Welcome to Share Your Year for 2017! Every year I host it as a way for people to share the past year, posts in any format are welcome as long as it includes a recap of your 2017 in some way. It could be personal memories, blogging related, or anything else! It could be a… Read More
Athena came home with her first Christmas card at the beginning of last week from a classmate. She was so excited to sit down open it and find out who it was from… I think their teacher hands them all out in bulk at the end of the day so she didn’t know exactly who… Read More
It’s been a huge fail on the ‘get a nice set of siblings photos’ this month, so this is a collection of photos from our weekend away last week and two are phone photos so awful quality! Anyway, these two are still close as ever, welcoming each other after school with hugs and sometimes if… Read More
No matter how much adults try to keep ‘bad things’ from affecting children, there is always going to be a time when they have to encounter bad news. Instead of keeping it from them, you are much better off learning how to speak to them about whatever it is you need to. Of course, you… Read More
We’ve been properly getting into the swing of Christmassy this week! We put up our tree, made mince tarts, went to a panto and did some Christmas crafts! Aren’t these little Christmas trees cute? They’re so easy to make too! Vision Direct have made a downloadable template and you just need to cut out two… Read More
When you’re trying to buy Christmas gifts you’ll have to wade through a lot of useless junk before you get to anything good. It seems like companies will put a Santa hat on almost anything and sell it as a Christmas gift. Thousands of these things are bought every year and given as gifts, only… Read More
Sam and I filmed the Mr & Mrs Tag yesterday, we were feeling a bit festive after picking out our tree at the garden centre! After leaving it in a bucket of water overnight we’ll be fluffing it up and decorating it today, after seeing Athena in her nativity play this afternoon! It’s beginning to… Read More
Another week of this year has shot by, this one on a blur of feeling dreadful and sleeping pretty much! We had a lovely day at Marwell last Saturday (here’s a video) but last Sunday I woke up feeling a bit rough and ended it with a fever in bed by 6pm. I’d fallen asleep… Read More
Our family photos were taken a couple of weeks ago after a very muddy walk around Swanbourne Lake in Arundel. As you can see there were more than a few muddy knees but we all had fun! This month has shot past, and the countdown to Christmas is really on I guess! This month I… Read More