When I was seven years old my friend Dominic died of a brain tumour. He was the same age as me. This was my first experience of death and it left me, although I didn’t understand it, somewhat affected. I remember my Daddy telling me that when he found out Dominic was ill he had fainted. I didn’t understand that either. I knew it was sad and I knew it was very, very scary but when Dominic passed away I […]
When I had Florence I didn’t really think much about what bra to wear. I went to John Lewis, got measured (by a rather rude lady actually which is strange for John Lewis I have to say) and bought the bra she told me to in multiples. So, that’s the one I wore. The way she treated me made me think it was really the only option I had and other than asking if it came in black I didn’t […]
We are super excited to be going to see ‘Madagascar Live’ when it hits Wembley Arena on 1st March! Florence has gone a bit ‘Madagascar’ crazy recently and we’ve had to watch the film over and over! She also really loves dancing and singing along to ‘Move It, Move It’ which is funny because my best friend Eve and I used to dance to that like mad things when we were younger! Florence knows we’re going and we’re taking my […]
I don’t know about you but when I go to the supermarket it really annoys me that I’ve always forgotten to bring my bags for life and I have to use plastic carrier bags… The thing is, the traditional bags for life sold by supermarkets are always HUGE and to be honest, where would I keep them? It’s fine if I’m specifically going out for a big shop, I always remember them then but I seem to be in the […]
The true story of seven teenage girls fighting for the rights of the children of asylum seekers. Doesn’t sound like it would work for a musical dramatisation does it? I was a little unsure of what to expect. When you think of the subject matter it certainly sounds interesting but as a musical, I couldn’t quite imagine it. What these girls in Glasgow did was to achieve a change and gain recognition for a cause they felt compelled to fight […]
I love the idea of being a really good photographer and being able to capture special moments in unusual and artistic ways. As a teenager I even took a photography course which I found really interesting. Unfortunately I was probably not, at 17, in the right stage of my life to properly concentrate and even though it was a topic I was passionate about, I just didn’t pay attention. I was too interested in boys and ‘being cool’, you know, […]
I just found out that our favourite farm has a special lambing event over half term and am absolutely gutted that I’ve arranged to go to see my Mum in Norfolk for the whole week! Willows Farm is so easy to get to from London that you can even get there by tube! It’s also absolutely magical and a place I always want to go back to let alone the children! We had the best time there last Easter and at Christmas […]
I love my Bugaboo buggies! I have not a bad word to say about the Bee and not one single niggle with my Donkey either. They are both very different though and serve entirely different purposes in my life so I really do need them both – well that’s what I tell my husband anyway, who doesn’t really understand why we need to keep the Bee now that we have the Donkey… I couldn’t part with the Bee though! She was my […]
It’s nearly Valentine’s Day and love is in the air… Or it would be, IF!!! IF we didn’t have 4 people in our bed… (but I wouldn’t change that) IF we didn’t have to have my Mum staying in order for us to go out in the first place… (we love having her around) IF we had any money to do anything majorly or vaguely romantic in the first place… (money doesn’t make the world go round but love and people […]
I often talk about my friends at Bizziebaby and have mentioned many times that it was through them that I did my first ever product reviewing. After you pay £5 for a yearly membership they will send out products to be reviewed which always come to a value higher than the fee and with a really simple form to fill in, the review doesn’t even take a lot of work if you don’t want it to. Obviously you don’t have to be […]
