The beautiful, funny & unsightly truths about raising 3 year old twins & an 8 year old singleton… with one on the way!
The UK has been on “lockdown” to protect it’s citizens from Covid-19 (caused by Coronavirus) for over a week now. My family have been in isolation for much longer. For us, week 3 is drawing to a close (week 4 for Bear). Let me explain… A Cough and a Fever Four weeks ago, Bear was […]
The UK has gone crazy with panic buying amidst the Coronavirus outbreak. I went to the supermarket this morning at 10am, when it opened. I struggled to find a parking space, there weren’t many trolleys left and inside was absolute carnage. By 10:15am the toilet roll aisle was empty. The pasta was all gone, the […]
I know a lot of people don’t like new year’s resolutions but I do. I had such a lovely Christmas with my family. Cutting off from daily stresses and getting out into the countryside did me the world of good (post about our wonderful trip coming soon!). I started the new year surrounded by family […]
You are only 11 years old. Just a few weeks ago, you thought boys were gross. Now you have a boyfriend. You’ve been together a few weeks (4 or 5) and everyone around you seems to be talking about “young love”. You’re sweet on each other. It’s all so innocent. You don’t even hold hands […]
A few years ago, I left the job I was in because there were some vindictive people working there, who were deliberately trying to make my life difficult for me. They spread lies and nasty rumours about me for months to try and get me into trouble. They failed every time, but it caused me […]
Bunny has just finished her first week of secondary school. I say week, it was only actually three days, but nevertheless. As my oldest child, this is all completely new territory to me and the only comparisons I can make, are with my own secondary school experiences. I went to a very strict public school […]
Baby Bear is now 2 years old (his birthday was a few weeks ago, but we’ve been real busy). TWO! How did that happen? It seems like only yesterday that I was blogging Baby Bear’s birth story and wondering, “Will I be able to love a new baby as much as my existing children?“ I […]
Today is our first wedding anniversary. Tinderboy and I got married a year ago today. We eloped to Gretna Green with the children and one witness each and it was beautiful. We are now in a hotel in London, preparing to see Ed Sheeran live at Wembley as part of our celebrations. All wedding anniversaries […]
When you are living a busy family life, juggling parenting, work, blogging, housework, sports, days out and everything else that comes along, it’s sometimes hard to find husband and wife time. Take your minds out of the gutter… I’m not talking about what you do when the children are in bed! I mean finding the […]
We seem to keep jumping from snow to spring and back to snow again! Not long after my post about playing in the snow during The Beast from the East and Storm Emma, we had the Mini Beast from the East drop another load of snow in Gloucestershire. I’d mentioned on Twitter that I’d never […]