This week, frankly, it’s all been a bit much and this is a two week dump of our week in photos and what we have been up to or not. Life feels a bit strange right now. As we adjust to Covid rules changing (and we watch and wait and see if yet another variant […]
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*We were kindly sent a set of books around Raising Confident Children to review. All opinions are our own* As a parent, one of my main goals is to ensure, to the best of my ability is that are happy, healthy and confident. Confident children are more likely to mamage life well and as their […]
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Dear Virgin Media About those scam calls we have been getting? We have a home phone. A landline. We never use it. We have it because even if we don’t have it you still charge us for having a landline and our bill doesn’t change. This makes no sense in itself but is another rant […]
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I don’t drive. Not because I can’t (well, technically now I can’t because my license is no longer valid in any form) but I choose not to drive a car. I don’t like driving. I just don’t. I tried driving when I was 17. My dad did a stint or two with me in my […]
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There, I said it – I am not going to let grey hair take over any time soon, I plan to cover my grey hair and use colour for a long time to come. That’s actually ok, despite what seems the trend calling for people to embrace it. It’s not that I am ageist, I […]
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Is your child ready for ear piercings? Ear piercing is a subjective topic. I am aware that some cultures choose to pierce ears very early in their children’s lives, but for us, it’s not something that is really done culturally and tends to be more of a “when a child is ready” type event. The […]
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*This is a review post in collaboration with Yo-Yo Desk, all opinions are our own* Working from home can have many advantages and for working parents, it can be a much more flexible option when juggling families and childcare. However, if you are working from home regularly, you know that there are things you have […]
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As we start to ease back into some sort of normal life (again, as lockdown rules change and we are allowed to) we are looking at the permanent changes that have happened as a result of a year of Covid and what we will or will not being going back to, as we move forward. […]
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Life can be challenging and it throws things at us, and we all go through hard times but it’s not a misery competition. Before I continue I need to say that I am NOT telling you or anyone else reading this, that what you are going through, whatever it is, isn’t valid. I am not […]
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Welcome to Meal Plan Monday, sharing what we eat in a week and feeding our family and this week school and life are back, in some sort of normal. It’s taken a little adjusting to, but we are slowly sliding into lockdown ending, with back to ballet, gymnastics, swimming, work for both adults is more […]
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