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!
Away with your gossamer thin dresses and flower patterns! Be gone with your wicker hats and stylish sunglasses! Banish your Jesus sandals and your bright colours! As Game of Thrones didn’t say, autumn is coming – so it’s time to sort out your wardrobe. We often think of autumn as the awkward child of the seasons, not quite as… Read More
It can be easy (and fun) to focus your fashion nous into creating big, bold looks for events or parties, but it’s much harder to take this sense of fun and glamour and channel it into your everyday outfits. Here are seven ways you can enhance the appeal of your daily apparel and appearance so that… Read More
Family holidays can be expensive, so much so more parents are opting for ‘stay-cations’ instead of booking a trip out of town or overseas. That may sound like a good idea at the time, but the novelty of staying home during the holidays quickly wears off! Adding up the costs of airline fares, larger hotel rooms… Read More
This last week has been a testing one – but we survived! I got back from my holiday last weekend and it quickly felt like a) I’d never been away and b) I needed another holiday to recover from being back to the daily grind. But we survived! It was the last week of the… Read More
The pros and cons of home schooling have been fiercely debated. It’s easy to highlight examples of parents who’ve prepared for home schooling poorly and their children have suffered as a result. But there are also families who’ve successfully home schooled their children so that they progress to rewarding adult lives. So if you’re thinking of educating… Read More
It’s that time of year again, the shops have got halloween treats mixed with Christmas variety boxes on the shelves. I’ve more or less finished shopping for the kids, and though Sam and I aren’t really meant to get each other presents thanks to a pact made years ago and the fact that we have… Read More
Isn’t it odd that only a few days away from your kids can highlight just how fast they grow and change? After just under a week away Athena seemed taller and more confident (though hard to believe she could get any more confident) and Arlo was chatting more and called me Lauren instead of Mummy!… Read More
So a brief post as I’m currently on holiday, and spent the last week either writhing in agony with my poor eyes or attempting to get everything sorted for going away (and going away without the kids and husband is more stressful I think as was trying to prep them for a week without me!)… Read More
Last weekend we spent the day strolling around Horsham for ‘AmeriCARna’ which was actually a lot of fun! Horsham is a pretty sweet little town, neither of us had been there before! It was packed full of gorgeous huge old american cars, bikes and trucks and the kids loved it, as did we actually! Some… Read More
Still on a roll with the outdoors photos! These are pictures my friend snapped for us at a Wedding last weekend, on my phone camera, would you believe? Blimming loving the Samsung s8! Anyway, it was the best day as the wedding was just so chilled out, no strict schedule to adhere to, oodles of… Read More