The beautiful, funny & unsightly truths about raising 3 year old twins & an 8 year old singleton… with one on the way!
When people look at going on a family holiday to America, they usually head straight for the most popular tourist spots. Orlando for DisneyWorld, the golden beaches of Miami, “America’s finest City” San Diego, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, Los Angeles and the Hollywood Hills, the Seattle Space Needle, the bright lights of Las Vegas […]
We started the May half term holidays a bit glum about the fact we had no plans. That all changed very quickly on the first Saturday afternoon. A family member had offered to lend us a 12 man tent and despite us both saying, “we will never go camping”, we had the sudden desire to […]
It’s no secret that we are a family who LOVE holidays and day trips. We love to always be active and cram as much into every day as we can. We love action, adventure and silliness. We love to make each other smile and laugh. We also love to have a little bit of rest […]
When you become a parent, holidays can become less about indulgent relaxation and tranquil peace and more about entertaining the kids; keeping them healthy, happy and alive! Choosing the right location for you and yours is vital if you wish to get the best out of the experience. For beach holidays, bear in mind you […]
Last week I met 120 other bloggers for a conference on board the cruise ship MSC Preziosa. We boarded the ship at 9:30am and had a day packed with fun activities and fabulous food, until we sadly had to disembark seven hours later. You can watch the short video I made here: (Apologies for the […]
This week I was lucky enough to spend a day on board the MSC Preziosa cruise ship with Tots100 and Trips100 for #BlogCampOnBoard. I had a fabulous day and have cruise wanderlust now. I wish I could take the hubby and kids on a cruise with them. Anyway… Whilst there were many beautiful things to […]
People who have been reading my blog for a long time, will know that I have a huge love of travel (so much so, that I started a second blog, a travel blog, just for my travel posts) and a huge love of writing. I used to blog poetry and prose every Wednesday back when […]
For those of you who don’t already know… I have a brand new family travel blog! It’s called South West Reviews, because I have always lived in the South West of England. There will be backyard blog posts, based in the South West of England, but there will also be many reviews of national and […]
Last weekend, I travelled to Reading for the Matilda Mae Welly Walk and Fun Day, organised by Jennie (Edspire Blog) to raise money for The Lullaby Trust, in memory of her beautiful daughter Tilda. I went with my friend Sophie (known to the kids as Auntie Sophie) and my three gorgeous children. In my photos, Sophie is the […]
When we went Gromit spotting as part of Gromit Unleashed, the charity art project in Bristol, we had no idea that it would turn into an addiction. Our Gromit obsession meant we spent 4 afternoons photographing Gromit’s as we couldn’t possibly stop until we had all 80 Gromits. So without further ado, I give you… 80 Gromits… I […]