Last weekend we went to see In The Night Garden Live at the o2 for a fifth year in a row. This tells you, I guess, all you need to know about how we feel about the show! I mean, you certainly don’t go back five years running if you don’t love it now do you?! And love it we do! The show dome, a purpose built theatre which inflates and looks like just an extra Ha Hoo travels with the […]

I have to say that I think if I mentioned a ‘duvet day’ to my husband he would retort with ‘don’t you have one of those every day?’ It would be part in jest but I’m sure a little of him thinks I really DO spend my days lazily doing nothing much! I’ve often threatened, on those days when he asks how come the washing up isn’t done’, to down tools for a bit and let him see what happens… It […]

I love television and always have done. I simply can’t understand why some people don’t even have one; It’s like a sort of mental middle class hippyish-ness where they think they’re having ‘quality time’ with ‘real people’ instead where as far as I can see they’re just cutting their noses off to spite their faces! They could be cuddled up with ‘real people’ enjoying a giggle over the box, why ever not?! Think of all the things they’re missing out on, […]

Do you remember when you were a pre-teen and waiting for your very first period? I do and I distinctly remember being on the school bus with my friend Carla Wright who had very cheerfully started hers and was lording it over the rest of us mere ‘children’ who were still to be deigned with a visit from ‘Flo’! Little did I know back then that the actual monthly call was NOT one I would relish for long. I so wanted […]

With Father’s Day just around the corner, many congratulations to you if you’ve already got a present sorted, but there are no doubt plenty of you out there who are struggling to come up with something. Father’s Day is the perfect time to show your dad just how much he means to you, so here are some great ideas for sentimental Father’s Day presents that are sure to go down a treat… Take them away somewhere If you want to […]

I’ve been having a lovely weekend but it’s making me feel very sad. That’s a bit of a juxtaposition isn’t it… It started on Friday at school pick up when Jimmy raced around the playground, happy after his first week at the same school as Florence having begun the nursery on Monday and we waited for friends before walking en masse to our local park. I’d had a conversation with Florence’s Mr Foxy at the school gate and told him […]

It seems only five minutes since Florence started nursery and yet somehow, this week, Jimmy has begun his academic journey… He turned three on the second of May and so on the first of June, Monday this week, he stepped into a classroom for the first time. We’ve done a settling in week where I stayed with him for the first visit and have left him a bit longer and a bit longer each day. Today, Friday, he will be […]

Last week the children and I were invited to a very special and very magical party. We had the most fairy-tastic time and are STILL talking about it! We got to know all about REAL fairies and we were even asked if we would like a fairy to come and LIVE with us in our house! Florence and Jimmy were simply enthralled and of course… They absolutely said yes please to the prospect of a fairy house mate! In Ireland […]

One of my favourite things about summer is having a BBQ! I am absolutely, well and truly, super duper-ly and over the top-ly INTO BBQs! My Mum and husband will testify that it doesn’t take a hint of sunshine for me to insist the coals get lit, it simply only needs the BBQ food choices being presented at the supermarket. We have been known to even BBQ under an umbrella and then eat huddled up in the warm by the fire… We have […]

Florence is very keen on Barbie sized dolls and has been for a while now. She’s a girl after my own heart as I too used to love playing with them when I was little so I totally see the appeal. One of her favourite brands is Monster High which provide a fabulously funky fashion doll with a massive twist. They’re a little darker as they are half monster and half human and they come with all sorts of fabulous […]