Glamping at Wroxham Barns 2024! I’ve thought about glamping at Wroxham Barns for the past couple of years. We visit often to see the farm, and I’ve had a look inside the bell tents before and thought what tremendous value they are so it’s always been on my list! Now, finally for 2024, we’ve managed to do it! I paid £130 per night for a bell tent with all the trimmings (it’s £25 for your bedding if you don’t want […]
Camping at Pensthorpe 2024! I’ve long thought camping at Pensthorpe would be a brilliant idea and they’ve finally taken the plunge for summer 2024 with their very own site set up for both tent pitches, and their own glamping bell tents! There are 24 tent pitches (non-electric) and six bell tents which are home to proper beds (a double and three singles) as well as being decorated with fairy lights. If staying in a bell you just need to bring […]
Summer Holidays 2024 – Week 3! Week three, half way through already and that just feels a little unfair because it seems like we’ve only just begun! We’re in the swing of it now and loving every second, even the ones with rain in them! This week we kicked off with some down time after a busy weekend and then hit camping hard at Pensthorpe. Two nights with no electricity and just us to entertain ourselves, and of course the […]
Summer Holidays 2024 – Week 2! Week two and we started off very tiredly after our wedding weekend away and picking up Florence from her Spanish holiday but we were all back together again and ready to make some fun. The sun shone and we splashed in our pool followed by lots more fun as a family. It’s a juggle at times keeping all the kiddos entertained, especially when they are all such different ages, but a little compromise and […]
The End Of The Summer Term 2024! Well, here we are, the end of another school year and yet again I wonder how time manages to race so fast. Posie started nursery this last term and the end of it also spells the end of Jimmy’s first year at high school! How?! My little boy was off to the big wide world of high school this time last year and now he’s done a whole year with a rather dramatic […]
May Half Term 2024! Well, half term couldn’t have come quicker this year. A week in hospital for Jimmy threw the term time into one we really wanted to kiss goodbye to, and with a week of exams before the holidays came, it was definitely time for a proper rest. I wanted to have a mix of all my usual chaos but with some down time because Jimmy really needed that. In fact, so did Florence after working so hard […]
Pensthorpe In May 2024! Pensthorpe has been one of our favourite places to visit ever since Florence was a baby. It gifts the perfect day out with something g for everyone and Iver the years I’ve seen their offerings just get better and better. The play areas, for a prime example, have transformed in the last 14 years making Pensthorpe potentially one of the most brilliant places to take children in the UK. Be it an indoor romp in Hootz […]
Posie Starts Nursery! Three minutes ago, or so it feels, Posie was born and I was holding her tiny, beautiful hand as I fed her on the constant and gazed at her perfect face every second of every day. The three seconds actually, as it turns out, is three years and though that feels impossible, here we are. I’m still holding her tiny hand and still gazing at her perfect face as I feed her in what feels like on […]
Dearest Jimmy – You Are Twelve! Dearest Jimmy, You are twelve! TWELVE! It doesn’t feel like it could possibly be twelve years since you were born in the living room but here we are and at twelve you are utterly fabulous! Quirky and kind and full of interesting facts! You throw yourself into everything, from sports to learning and we are so super proud of you! You love an argument (maybe not your best trait, but then you are mine) […]
Easter Holidays 2024! I love Easter, it’s like a promise of warmth and sunshine with it all still to come. And you get to celebrate with family but there’s not a massive expectation, or mountains of work like at Christmas. I mean, I love ALL the holidays but this one really does gift something special I think! It’s also two weeks, which is my main ingredient for any holiday, one is never enough! You only get to just about unwind […]
