When you are wandering round a hot house at Kew and your small child grabs the camera and you think he is taking a photo of the rather vibrant lily pads but actually he just wants to get a photo of the fish lurking underneath them… it made me laugh! (taken at the Princess of […]
READ MORECleo & Baloo – Finding their way home
If you know our blog at all, you know we love our cats and that Layla was a rescue kitten, and we are passionate about cats having good, loving homes and being cared for. Cats are amazing, intelligent and funny creatures and deserve the best life they can be given. Jasper and Layla are members […]
READ MOREProject 365 – a photo a day 10/09/18
Because I love bees and these flowers were just too colourful and pretty not to take a photo of…
READ MOREFun family days out with 365 Tickets
We love days out as a family, and finding fun new places to visit, explore, learn and enjoy. Part of our family “life” is to take one day a month, usually a weekend day, and go off somewhere to have a family day. We like to visit familiar places we know and love, but we […]
READ MOREMy Sunday Photo
Taken on our recent trip to Warwick Castle. When the children turn the tables on the parents and insist on an embarrassing photo… Taken by the tween. She is insisting this go on all my social media sites too, of course! 😉
READ MOREIs it possible to not buy new clothes?
The alterative title to this blog post should be “I have a massive hole in the ass of my jeans and I REALLY don’t want to go clothes shopping” because I have been wondering lately, about clothes shopping. I don’t particularly enjoy it. I like clothes, I like nice clothes, but because of the jobs […]
READ MOREProject 365 – a photo a day 07/09/18
Because Pastel de nata for breakfast is totally allowed because it’s Friday!
READ MORETangled curly hair problems solved with Hair Secretz
*we were kindly sent a product to review to help with tangled curly hair problems but all opinions are our own* The tween and I have wavy, long, thick hair. We are lucky, we know that. Unfortunately, whilst thick, long, wavy hair may be something others envy, for us, it can be a lot of […]
READ MOREProject 365 – a photo a day 05/09/18
This girl went off to Secondary school today. She was cool, calm and only a teeny bit nervous. Her parents managed to hold it together until she was well out of sight, and then a tear or two was shed. Where on earth did our tiny baby go? The verdict after her first day? “Secondary […]
READ MOREI’m still here. To my daughter on this big day…
To my daughter. Today is a big day. It’s a big day for you and a big day for us, and me. You are going off on a new adventure. Growing up. I’m sure it was only yesterday I dropped you off for your first day at nursery school and cried my heart out as […]
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