Rustic Decorative Items for Your Home As many of you are aware I adore the farmhouse rustic look. I am always searching for new ways to give my home a more rustic feel. When I come across enough interesting ideas I like to write an article like this one just for personal inspired if nothing else! Create beautiful rustic canvas prints Firms like hello canvas make it really easy for you to create your own artwork for your home. They can take […]
A while back Florence told me that she wanted to be on stage. It was a matter of fact statement more than anything else and as she told me she just really needed to feel that way again, after she’d been in a show with her ballet school, I knew exactly what she meant. I had the same passion in my heart at her age, still do in fact, and the thought of stepping out of the wings into the […]
Camp Bestival what to pack?! This is what’s been on my mind ever since I woke up this morning and I’ve been making lists, lists, lists ever since. There’s just one week to go until the 2018 Camp B extravaganza and I realised, as I packed the glitter and the face paints all ready (I like to be practical…), that I probably do have some top tips to share with you all when it comes to knowing what to take! […]
We have a new Sports Power trampoline and the kids are beyond over the moon – they’re bouncing over it repeatedly! I can’t tell you how much they’ve wanted one or the amount of times I’ve been asked if we can get one soon but it’s a LOT on both counts! We lived in a tiny flat in London with no garden and short of pitching one up on the Wanstead Flats (can’t see Waltham Forest council having gone for that […]
Dearest Raffie, You are nine months old! There are babies being born today who hadn’t even been thought of when you arrived yet it still feels like I’ve only just had a baby! You are strong and fierce and you know exactly what you want as well as how to communicate that! You have even begun to actually start speaking and said yogurt! YOGURT! What a brilliant first word! I’ll concede it does sound more like ‘ogurt’ and you DO say […]
Shrek the Musical on tour hits Norwich Theatre Royal this week and next – Jimmy and I went to press night last night to confirm it’s blooming brilliant! The last time I saw Shrek the Musical was in London’s West End so the tour had big shoulders to match up to – yet match up it did! I took Jimmy as my date, my little big boy has been crying out for some one on one attention and do you […]
Summer Saturdays at Newmarket racecourse are a winning day out in so many ways! I had no idea until recently that they provided such family entertainment throughout the summer but now that we’ve been and seen for ourselves, it’s very definitely something we want to do again before the summer is out! From June through to August on selected Saturdays the Garden Enclosure (which costs just £11 for adults and is free for children under the age of 18) is transformed […]
Dearest Raffie, You Are 8 Months Old! I am wowed every day that this time last year we didn’t even know it was you in that growing bump of mine. We speculated if you were a boy or a girl and tossed names around but we simply had no idea and here you are this time this year with so much personality we couldn’t actually imagine the not knowing! You have two teeth at the bottom which poked through after […]
Hello Fresh V Gousto V DIY! That’s the question right?! I really wasn’t going to write about this, had no intention in fact and certainly wasn’t asked or paid to by either company but I’ve been so bowled over by using these meal kits that I just had to write about them. They have changed the way we eat for the better and that’s not just because the food is good, it’s also been kind to our pocket believe it […]
Simply Swim is a company specialising in providing all the finest items you need for a family swim! If you follow me then you’ll know that we are big pool dwellers, HUGE in fact and as members of our local Holiday Inn Spirit Health Club we aim to go with the kids at least once a week while I tend to go at least another three times with my Mum. It’s the perfect exercise to have with a tiny baby […]
