Since Christmas and her birthday Florence has been massively into playing board games and the like. At just three she’s the perfect age as she understands the concept of everyone having a turn and we all have great fun playing with her. It’s something we do when Jimmy has gone to sleep or is in his door bouncer so it gives her some totally undivided Mummy and Daddy time and it’s just really great fun, lovely to see her enjoy […]
A couple of weeks ago we were all poorly with either a sickness bug (the children) or (proper) flu with a sickness bug and a chest infection (us)… It was horrible and we felt absolutely grim. At the tail end of it when we were feeling well enough to leave the house but still not great we came to Norfolk for a quick weekend to celebrate a friend’s engagement and unfortunately we managed to pass on some of our germs to my […]
I love toys. My children love toys. Absolutely, but… For some reason children, babies in particular, take great delight in playing with just an ordinary old box. Boxes, card board, wrapping paper… Jimmy is always happy banging two ordinary wooden spoons together – think he might be a drummer like one of my brothers, as a baby Ali was always banging sticks too! Obviously toys have their place but having a play with these types of materials is obviously great fun […]
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 […]
