For Jimmy’s third birthday party this last weekend we held a ‘3 Is The Magic Number’ party. It was entirely his choice for a ‘magic trick’ party as he calls it which I find amazing! HOW is my baby old enough to choose his own party theme? My Mum excelled herself with the cake yet again and my Dad played the magician/story teller with my little sister as his helper (she decided in rehearsals that he was far too much […]
My baby boy turned THREE on Saturday and as it was a bank holiday weekend we spread his celebrations out over the whole three days and partied hard! He had the most amazing time with his ‘3 Is The Magic Number’ party, his family, Grand Parents, a theatre trip, South Bank dining, Pizza Expressing, THREE goes at blowing out the candles, presents and LOTS and lots of cuddles! Look what a fabulous weekend he had! What a weekend of fun […]
A few weeks ago I was invited to a new restaurant near Paddington in central London called Kupp. Scandanavian style food in a really exciting new development just a short walk from Edgware tube station, right on the canal and offering anything from that all important meal at the start of the day accompanied by aromatic coffees right through to cocktails by night and a menu which can offer a light graze or a full meal. Unfortunately I wasn’t available […]
When I ordered some cookie cutters from Mein Cupcake recently, I wondered if, because they were coming from another country that it might take a long time for delivery. Absolutely not! My cutters, a really great set of the alphabet and numbers and some gorgeous decorations for the side of a coffee cup, took only a few days to arrive and with Jimmy’s birthday party preparations not being decided until fairly late in the day, it was great news! I […]
The series ‘Back IN Time For Dinner’ which was on the BBC finished last week but I absolutely loved every single episode. It saw a real family live through the decades of food from the fifties to present day and each week, in their own home, they entered the era in complete authenticity with clothes, toys and even home decoration to match the decade. I absolutely loved the fifties, not the food of course as that was really bland and […]
We live in a Victorian terrace conversion which essentially means it’s half a house. This was fine when we were two, ok as a three, pretty tight since becoming a four and probably impossible when we think about adding our fifth person (not yet but soon I hope)! We’ve been trying and trying to think of ways around our small living situation, ways to solve it or change it and we basically have two options. Move house or do a […]
The other day I failed in my third, yes THIRD, driving test and it made me wonder about the bravado of youth. I was so nervous, as I have been in every test so far, that I shook for the whole thing. As a result, although I didn’t fail monumentally like the last time, I still managed to royally fuck it up! I’m 35 years old which means I could have done my test, passed, had a child and had that child […]
Today, 28th April 2015, is National Super Hero Day. True story! National Super Hero Day is all about celebrating the super heroes amongst us who give their all to inspire others. What a fun way of celebrating that! This year even 56 year old (she doesn’t look a day older than she did in her youth lucky gal) Barbie by Mattel is getting in on the action! Barbie wants to inspire girls to #BeSuper and in her latest DVD, ‘Barbie In Princess […]
I’ve always longed for fluffy bath towels, the kind you get in hotels that feel super decadent and expensive. The thing is, no matter how much money I seem to have spent on towels in the past, no matter how good the quality… They just never remain fluffy for more than one wash. The fact you generally have to wash a towel before you use it the first time anyway means we’ve never got to try towels at home when […]
Did you know that this year Aldi are celebrating their 25th birthday? I didn’t realise they had been around that long because, for me, they’ve only really come to my attention in about the last decade. Within that time they have gone from being somewhere I kind of wasn’t keen to try (no idea why, snobbery probably) to the shop I choose first when it comes to food and booze. This is purely and simply because of the quality. I […]
