When we moved last month one of the things which didn’t make the cut of the removal van was our horrid old printer. It was ridiculously big and SO old that you couldn’t even buy the cartridges it required in normal places anymore and instead had to order them from the only place that still stocked them on line which also charged a small fortune! It really wasn’t ever the best at its primary job of printing so coupled with its ageing […]

My friends and I all love a bit of what they call ‘mother’s ruin’ these days although I think it might be a taste which comes with age. I don’t ever remember drinking it when I was in my late teens and early twenties, instead favouring more sickly alco pops and the like but as time’s gone on my taste buds have rejected the latter in favour of a more subtle flavour. I absolutely delight in a summer evening tipple during […]

In typical boy mode Jimmy is the sort of lad who runs around with his coat out of the arms and the hood on his head pretending to be a super hero. He is captured by all things ‘boy’ like that and fascinatd by all of the things the big boys like to play with. From Lego rather than Duplo even though the pieces are really too small and difficult for him to do on his own, to the things […]

To celebrate the launch of NEW Premium Protection™ Active Fit, Pampers want to see your LO’s #babygrooves for the chance to win a starring role in their upcoming video! Pampers have recently launched their latest, revolutionary new technology – Magical Pods. New Pampers Premium Protection™ Active Fit is the first and only nappy to feature Magical Pods– clever absorbent channels that help to distribute wetness evenly so the nappy stays up to two times drier and doesn’t sag like the […]

I loved Beatrix Potter when I was little and enjoyed looking at my copies of her books all lined up on my shelf almost as much as the stories inside them. They were vintage ones that my Mum had picked up in a charity shop I think and I thought their uniformity was absolutely perfect. I think my favourite tale was Jemima Puddleduck’s because I loved her name and I was also rather fond of Jeremy Fisher. I don’t have those books […]

As far as my family is concerned the height of any celebration is always a meal at Pizza Express. Both children choose to go for their birthdays every year and when we make a visit at any other time it is always met with great squeals of delight. They love it! They absolutely enjoy every element of being in the restaurant which treats them enough like children that they are kept entertained with stickers, colouring and puzzles on the menu but […]

I don’t have to be asked twice if I want to make (and drink – obvs!) cocktails and being a bit of an Aldi fan, it’s never a chore to experiment and create new alcoholic deights with their booze. Because I had friends up from London recently I’ve a bottle of Aldi Amaretto in the cupboard with my pal’s name on it as it’s the only thing she really liked to drink and when she she left, having not quite finished it (rookie), […]

This is the time of year when voting opens for the prestigious Mummy and Daddy Blog Awards, the Mads, and as I see MAD Award fever fill my timeline with people asking for your vote I’m left feeling somewhat ‘Hmmmm’ about it all. I work really hard on my blog. Every single day. I’m a pro blogger and it’s my business so it’s how I make my money but… I also love it and try my darndest to make it the […]

This time last week I was flinging random things in a bag for an overnighter in west Wales with my buddy Katy from Modern Mummy. I lived in Wales when I was a baby until I was five but aside from one fleeting visit to Cardiff for an audition when I was about 20 I haven’t been back; I was very excited to finally be making a trip. Saying that, Wales, west Wales in particular, is a long way from […]

Last summer the children and I were invited to a party where we were introduced to The Irish Fairy Door for the very first time. We delved into a magical world where all children can have a real live fairy, sent straight by Queen Kate of Fairyland to come and live with them. All you have to do is choose a door, give it a home in your bedroom, leave a key out for a fairy to claim and then… If […]