Next year will be our first full year as a family of four, and will hopefully be the year we move into our first home that we own rather than rent. For that reason we really do need to think carefully about our travel plans so that they don’t get too out of hand and bankrupt us! We already have a…
Both Athena and Arlo got a new Christmas book last week from Parragon, for Arlo it was ‘Jingle Jingle Little Reindeer’, a cute little board book with a finger puppet reindeer for the reader to use to help the story come alive! It’s a nice catchy rhyme and the story is about helping the reindeer get to the sleigh on…
When we eventually get the keys to our new place I will do a happy dance (or three! I’ll be that relieved!) but also will have that ‘what have we let ourselves in for’ feeling because the place needs a lot of work! In the meantime we’ve decided to make it as nice as possible whilst we live init for…
For the last few weeks I have been feeling increasingly overwhelmed. With everything. Blogging, housework, day to day chores, freelance work, preparing proper meals for us, the house buying, and even looking after myself. I can’t remember the last time I managed to dry my hair and comb it through after washing it, or apply moisturiser even! My baths are always…
I’ve got three really fun festive festive themed books for kids on the blog today, and your chance to win them too! We’ve been reading them over the past week, but I’ve not put them away till a little closer to Christmas to use as part of our book advent in December. Annoyingly when my laptop died the nice photos I…
We started the weaning journey with Arlo around the time he turned six months, and have been doing it the ‘baby led weaning‘ way. To make Arlo’s introduction to food as fun as possible those lovely people at Cosatto sent us the incredibly funky Waffle Highchair in Pitter Patter pattern! What is it: A chair to take you from baby…
Last month the little people and I caught a train to London for the My 1st Years Christmas showcase. Held at Maggie & Rose in Kensington it saw a whole pile of family bloggers get together to peruse all sorts of personalised festive treats for children. My 1st Years has been a favourite of mine ever since I was introduced to…
Next up in my gift guide series is toddler gifts and toys. Other gift guides already published: gifts for babies, gifts for guys & gifts for foodies, gifts for older children, children’s clothes & personalised gifts. First up is this gorgeous wooden advent calendar from Born Gifted, so that you can pop whatever you like in for each box (sweets, lego, notes etc!)…
I’ve written about a lot of my plans for our new home, annoyingly it looks like we won’t be in till after christmas now as the vendor has changed solicitors half way through the process (who DOES that!?) and is also arguing with someone over the cost of extending the leasehold… but i’m still throwing ideas about for how we want…
I always think personalised gifts add a little extra special something to present giving, so here is my pick of the best that i’ve come across when looking! I’ve also published: gifts for babies, gifts for guys & gifts for foodies, gifts for older children, children’s clothes & toddler gifts. There’s a giveaway at the end of the post too! First up…
The last few weeks have been a bit manic, we were away last weekend so I didn’t get a Stuff on a Sunday post up so this is two weeks worth of nothing very exciting really! My poor mum came home from a holiday in Vienna two weeks ago with a corneal ulcer in one eye, so she’s been in excruciating…
Sam has been to the world’s biggest indoor ski sports centre in Landgraaf, Holland for a weekend a couple of times now in preparation for our snowy holiday in January. He’ll be doing a lot of snowboarding and I’ll be doing a lot of sledging with the kids probably! On his last trip sunglasses-shop.co.uk sent him a snazzy new pair…