As she lay on her sun longer listening to the gentle crashes of waves on the beach just behind her, Ruthie knew she’d made the right decision to come on this holiday. To say she was relaxed was an understatement and as that’s what holidays are supposed to be about she felt rather pleased with herself indeed. They’d been away as a family before of course but with children in tow the chill levels had never managed to quite achieve what […]

Everyone loves a bit of fancy dress but when it comes to the art I find we usually fall into two camps. There’s those of us who embrace it in every way, make our own costumes and don’t mind looking like a bit of a wally and there’s those of us (me) who prefer to buy their costumes and absolutely make sure that they still look as nice as possible when wearing them. I’ve gone to Halloween parties dressed as […]

Have you heard about the new #PampersLittleChampions Campaign? Jessica Ennis-Hill is the face of it and it’s all about getting our babies wearing the right kit (or nappies rather) for all the moving and shaking they do – as much as an athlete would you believe which is why Jessica is the perfect person to front it with Pampers! A couple of weeks ago I went to the launch of the #ThankYouMum campaign, something else that Olympian Jessica Ennis-Hill is […]

As a kid I was pretty lucky when it came to toys. My Mum was very kind and at Christmas and birthdays I remember always being given wonderful gifts. I don’t think I was overly indulged but my Mum knew which toys were important and did her very best to make sure I had the ones I was really hankering after. She somehow just knew (probably after looking at the Argos catalogue pages with the most thumb prints after I’d poured over […]

I used to love danger Mouse as a kid, it was SO funny and I was really pleased to note he’d made a screen comeback for the next generation to enjoy too. Of course with over 3.6 million viewers in its first six weeks on CBBC, the all-new TV series of Danger Mouse has been a ratings triumph and it was no surprise at all that he’s subsequently hit the toy shelves! Ready to replicate this on-screen success, Jazwares is set […]

Since moving house we’ve become quite familiar with home decorating. I have to say that I don’t enjoy painting, don’t seem to be terribly good at it and it takes me forever but I have been tackling the children’s bedrooms because I think it’s important, now that they have space of their own, it’s done exactly how they want it to be. Decorating Florence’s room is a work in progress. she has one pink wall but there’s more which needs to […]

Last night a friend from London, about to take the plunge out from City life, asked me if I could give her some positives about our recent move to Norfolk. I’m not sure she expected much from me because before we left I was rather down in the dumps about it. In fact, the thought of leaving my beloved London and the flat which was my first owned home and the place I gave birth to Jimmy, sent shivers down my […]

I’d heard of TOMS before but it wasn’t until they were mentioned in the Netflix series Orange Is The New Black that I realised what an ethical company they are. As OITNB character Piper is given her prison wear she decides her regulation shoes look a little like TOMS and explains to the guard how TOMS gift a pair of shoes to someone in need every time a purchase is made. I’d had no idea until I heard it on the show but […]

Today (2nd of May) is National Baby Day apparently and it’s very apt for us because it’s my ‘baby’s’ birthday. He may not be an actual new born but when you’re the youngest of the bunch I guess you’re always the baby and when the lovely people at Baby Annabell and BABY Born wanted to celebrate #NationalBabyDay with us by sending us a dolly to play with, it had to be a dolly for my birthday boy Jimmy! I recently read something […]