Charity is a beautiful way for us to give back to others less fortunate than ourselves. I try to adopt the pay it forward approaches.
The sofa is a central part of the home. Mums know this better than anyone. When you’ve had to do the school run numerous times, cleaned the house, done a mountain of ironing, planned and cooked everyone’s breakfasts, lunch and dinner, do the weekly shop and somehow found time to go to work as well, … Read more
Pampers and UNICEF have come together for their eighth year running in their campaign to eliminate Maternal & Newborn Tetanus (MNT). So far the campaign has managed to eliminate MNT in 10 countries which is a huge achievement but we still have a long way to go. This time last week, I travelled down to … Read more
James Green, or ‘Jamie’ as he prefers to be called, is from Amersham in Buckinghamshire and has been diagnosed with a highly aggressive malignant type of brain cancer. His family and friends are desperately trying to raise £250,000 by 01 October 2013 for him to have life saving treatment in America. Jamie’s story On 19 … Read more
Yesterday we had a really fun day out and it was mainly just the girls (Jelly Bean gatecrashed) as we went to the Big Fairy Picnic in the Park at Burghley House. The Big Fairy Picnic is a fundraising event for the charity Anna’s Hope. Anna’s Hope was inspired by Anna Hughes who died from … Read more
At 7am yesterday morning I was rudely awoken by an alarm, my alarm! It’s been quite a while since I have been woken up in the morning by an actual alarm clock, I usually leave that to the children to do for me (they do it so well) but yesterday I needed to be sure … Read more
Yes, just 12 hours from now my 5 year old daughter – Little Bean, my Mum and myself will be setting off on our first ever Race for Life. I have always intended on doing it in previous years but I’ve been pregnant or had a sprained ankle. I have previously done the London Moonwalk … Read more
Don’t you just love how children often get their words muddled up? I do, I think it’s really cute and the majority of the time I know exactly what they are trying to say but the words come out in the wrong order or they choose the wrong words for what they are trying to … Read more
Each year millions of women up and down the country take part in the Race for Life to raise money and awareness for Cancer Research UK. Cancer has been wrecking lives and families forever but we aren’t prepared to sit back and take it any longer. This year I shall be taking part in the … Read more
Next Friday it’s that time again, BBC Children In Need!! Children In Need is the BBC’s UK corporate charity which makes a difference in the lives of children across the UK. Their vision is for all children to have a childhood which is; Safe Happy and Secure Allows them the chance to reach their potential … Read more