Baby loves: Matchstick Monkey

Arlo is due to get his next lot of teeth any time soon. He’s actually really suffering teeth-wise anyway as he has got ridiculously weak teeth and in the last couple of months not only has his enamel come away from 7 out of his eight teeth but he’s also chipped the top two at the front.

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Me & Mine – April 2016

We’ve managed to spend a fair bit of time together this month, between work shifts and other commitments I was quite impressed when I thought back over the month! We also had Sams sister staying with for along weekend, so she took these photos for us, finally an outdoor photo, one of many this year I hope!

Eating out: Wahaca Brighton

After what seems like months since I knew Wahaca was arriving in Brighton I finally got to enjoy a meal there last night and boy was it worth the wait! I’m a huge fan of Mexican food although I don’t like really spicy things I find that most Mexican dishes combine so many different flavours that my reluctance to try really…

Student loans and your child’s university education

The topic of student loans has been a controversial one of late, especially with plans set to come into place from September whereby prospective students will see the current grant they would normally receive be replaced by a student loan. Understandably, it has caused tremendous outrage across the board, with many believing that university education is becoming increasingly unaffordable. Certainly,…

Interiors: Posterlounge prints

As you might know we moved into our new house about three weeks ago. It is slowly starting to feel like home, the boxes are un-packed although nothing is quite where it should be yet! I wanted to try and make the place feel as homely as possible to help the kids settle in, although they’ve both taken it in…

Recipe: Slow Cooker Carnitas with Schwartz

I am so happy that we have a larger kitchen now, it means I have the space to really focus on devising and creating meals for us to enjoy as a family, and am really focussing on making meals that I can cook and freeze in batches but that we can all help ourselves to at the table. I’ve found…

What the children Read: The latest from Parragon

  It’s time I did a Parragon Book Buddy update! We’ve had some lovely books from Parragon over the last few  months and these books are all great for taking out and about as they’re board books so can withstand being carted about and being used as entertainment at restaurants etc!

Kids fashion: Rockin Baby S/S16

Rockin’ Baby are one of my favourite kids clothing brands, fun patterns, a great range and a a really ethical company too, you can read more about that in this post but they match what they sell item for item and send the clothes out to kids in over 30 countries in partnership with ChildFund International. When we were offered a…

April Showers

So it’s the middle of April and there have definitely been showers, which would be all hunky dory if a) I could drive everywhere we needed to go and not get wet and b) didn’t have a toddler that absolutely LOVES to splash about in puddles! I have a waterproof coat but it is slightly padded and really warm, great…

Baby loves: Make my Day Penguin Bib

As I said in Arlo’s 12 month recap he’s finally started eating a bit over the last few weeks although he’s still not quite at three meals a day just yet! I’m also finding that he’s so much happier to be in the highchair recently too, probably because we’ve been having a lot more family dinners round the table since…

What #MakesmeME?

Advertorial – written by myself in association with Nectar.   What makes you YOU? Ponder it for a bit, it’s quite hard to pick a few things let alone the ten that Nectar challenged me to do for their new campaign!  I have changed a lot (As have my priorities) over the last two or three years and I do…

Reminiscing: Old School Tech

I enjoy a bit of reminiscing about the past, I love it when a buzzfeed quiz pops up in my timeline that brings back memories of school and my early teens… this infographic from myvouchercodes.co.uk has brought back happy memories indeed! I remember being off school sick and completing Crash Bandicoot on my ps1! I never had a colour gameboy…