I love TOMS, love the shoes, love the ethics (they give a pair to a person in need every time they sell a pair as well as donating substantially to charity with lots of their new ranges) and now I also love their accessories! A while back I went to their flagship store and saw for the first time just how much TOMS have to offer besides shoes… And I fell IN LOVE with their sunglasses. Katy and I both came […]

When we moved house it was very high on my to do list to make sure that the children had the most brilliant bedrooms. They’d spent too long sharing one room, which also had to house Daddy’s guitars and other instruments and having a midi bed stood over Jimmy’s toddler bed for Florence was rather cramped and uncomfortable. There was no room for them to play and no way they could have their individual personalities indulged in just the one […]

This year Camp Bestival was wet, windy and cold. To go with this I am heavily pregnant and had to sleep on a rapidly deflating air bed while my tent swayed (that’s putting it delicately) all night long under gale force conditions – all our poles snapped and had to be taped up with super strong gaffer in between running around it all night long re-pegging. To say that the experience was less than luxury is somewhat putting it mildly yet somehow […]

Despite living in London for years and visiting Corams Fields (a park just behind Great Ormond Street Hospital which is free, amazing and only allows adults in if accompanied by a little one) on many, many occasions (it has always been our stop gap when being in central gets too much for the kiddos), we had never been to The Foundling Museum which stands just behind it. The park is only there because of the hospital so it’s very odd that we’d never […]

Pizza Express is one of our firm faves when it comes to dining out with the kids in tow – in fact it’s a firm fave regardless of the kiddos but one of the beauties is that when we do take them out to dinner we know that PE is going to cater for them both in the sense of the food AND the welcome! They are always given a special pack to entertain them as they choose their food and then […]

Ok, well we’ve ALL heard of the now famous Hatchimals but did you know that there’s a new Pengala on the block who goes by the same name only this time he glitters! Yes, you heard it right, Hatchimals are now available in the glittering variety and my two couldn’t WAIT to get their hands on one. They have, in fact, been after a Hatchimal for a very long time so were super thrilled that this brand new shining version came into their […]

Being 32 weeks pregnant is not easy and I am suffering with all the things you would expect. Heartburn and tiredness are just one symptom but I am also finding it very hard to breathe when I lay down. It almost feels like I’m having a panic attack and I hate it. I mentioned it when I went for a growth scan this week and they immediately sent me for an ECG but it proved everything is fine. My midwife, […]

Norfolk Museum’s Norwich Castle is where I remember going on the majority of my school trips and things haven’t changed much as Florence has already been on her first school outing to this fab museum with, I’m sure, many more trips to come! We also visit quite a bit ourselves because as Norfolk Museum annual pass holders it’s the perfect place just to slip into post shopping for a little bit of respite for the kids. They’re always happy to visit […]

On Sunday, after a fun filled day in London, we headed to the garden of England for an overnight stay before more family fun the next day. Seeing where my Mum grew up that evening and then visiting my Grandmother in her home on the Monday morning was high on the agenda and after a hearty breakfast in our Dartford based Holiday Inn (seriously the best value hotel EVER with breakfast included and a family room for four people costing […]

When you’re pregnant and can only have one drink every once in a little while for a treat you need to make it count. And REALLY count! There’s no point in supping on a can of warm beer or pouring yourself a cheap glass of wine when you could instead be drinking something divine from 31Dover.com and I have just the ticket! I just ordered some Tarquin’s Brilliantly British Blackberry Gin from my fave on line supplier and as with every order […]