It’s finally bluebell season! Last Saturday we took a late afternoon stroll around the bluebells in Angmering Park estate. It’s always an a stunning sight to behold, and each year they never fail to amaze me with their colours, and Athena has a new dress and necklace that she was more than happy to show off! Her dress is…
Labelling the kids clothes is definitely not one of my favourite tasks but sadly it’s a very necessary one, as there seems to be some magic force field within a school that means that your kid will pick up the wrong jumper at least twice a week and end up with someone else’s PE shorts without fail! Every last thing…
Oh April, you lived up to your name that’s for sure! Showers and torrential rain were pretty much weekly occurrences! We had a pretty nice April though, all things considered though it would have been way better had we all not got sick, poor Arlo for two weeks!) We spent the first week of April in Wales, exploring Castles and walking…
As the weather is finally getting brighter and warmer by the day I’m getting excited about spending time outdoors and planning activities and fun things for us to do during the Spring and Summer, and expect quite a few others will be too! One of the things that is on our agenda for the summer is bike riding, we’re lucky…
If there’s one thing both my kids have inherited from me it’s a love of shoes. For as long as I can remember the sheer enjoyment of a new pair of shoes was practically unrivalled! I used to line them up next to bed so that they were the first things I saw in the morning, although I think I…
Life has been a bit hectic and stressful lately, so I’ve been trying to cheer myself up a bit by making a little list of things that never fail to make me smile… Walking on brick pavements when the bricks are a bit loose and the click and clack as you walk over them Seeing people almost fall or…
Isn’t it funny how different two siblings can be? Arlo seems to leap from one cough or cold to the next with only a matter of days in between, it seems. The poor kid had his first bad cold at about two weeks, and more than likely picked it up from his sister, who was surrounded by other kids at…
I’m lucky in that Sam is normally up for trying to fix most things that go wrong with our cars, and unlucky in that we can only afford to buy second hand cars so he actually has to try and fix things every so often! He has built up quite a range of tools and manuals over the past few…
I’ve finally decided to get off my bum and do something about my fitness and how I look. I have the agility of a sloth, the endurance of a goldfish and according to the NHS Bmi calculator jobby I am obese. I mean, I beg to differ with that last one and am convinced that being short doesn’t work in…
A sideboard isn’t just a great storage solution, it’s also a beautiful feature in any home Every home can benefit from a sideboard, as it’s both a beautiful and functional addition to any space. Whether you’re storing kitchen china, displaying family photos or simply finding a place for all the odds and ends you haven’t managed to sort out yet,…
We spent a week of our Easter holidays in Wales, via a day and night in Gloucester, and we were lucky enough to have been given a Kia Sportage for the week to put it to the test; both on winding Welsh roads and motorway driving to see how it fared as a family car for a week away. The…
Athena discovered Vampirina a few months ago, and it’s definitely in her top 5 favourite TV shows at the moment, and it’s also one that the kids will happily watch together, despite the main character being a girl (Arlo is a very typical just turned 3 year old boy, despite us trying to get him to like or even just…