Explore cherished moments and memories in my family blog, a heartfelt collection of stories and experiences for future generations to enjoy and reflect upon.
It’s the third week of the Summer Holidays already!! The weekend wasn’t kind to Little Bean with her chickenpox making her feel utterly miserable. She had spots in just about all the worst places imaginable and struggled to sleep because they were so sore and itchy. It’s such a horrible part of parenting not being … Read more
The third days of the summer holidays for Beanie Boy also signalled the last day of school for Little Bean. Once we had dropped her off at school, the boys and I had a pretty chilled day. Beanie Boy discovered the Swashbuckle game on the CBeebies app which made him very happy and Jelly Bean … Read more
Beanie Boy spent the day at Nanny and Grandads today so I got some of my final ‘must-do’ jobs finished and then had fun playing with this cute little chap. Beanie Boy had lots of fun there playing with their little dog Georgie and the cats Rupert and Rosie (although Rosie isn’t a massive fan … Read more
We really like these new warmer weather spells we’re getting, it just makes you feel better, brighter and more inclined to get outside and enjoy it. As a family we are always on the go, apart from our #familyfilmnight once a week we rarely just chill out together, we are always ‘going’ somewhere to do … Read more
During the Easter break we received a special hamper from Mothercare packed with everything that my Beans would need to get outside and have fun. As a family we love being outdoors, our little people thrive on it and it’s definitely one of the ways that we interract best as a family which is why … Read more
It seems daft doesn’t it that you can live so close to family but hardly ever see them? Unfortunately I have found that is the way that it is when you have young children. Some people don’t worry too much about keeping their children into a routine and their children thrive on it but I’m … Read more
To say that Little Bean’s behaviour is a challenge of late would be a HUGE understatement. It’s rather like living with Jekyll and Hyde some days, one minute she can be the sweetest, kindest little girl and a pleasure to spend time with and in the next second she reminds me of the devil child … Read more
As the winter months settle in it can be easy as a stay-at-home Mum to get stuck into a rut of shooting home after the school run and locking ourselves away in the warmth of home for the day but this week when we ran out of Beanie Boy’s favourite biscuits I stopped in my … Read more
How cute are this big-eyed duo?! Really cute, that’s how cute. But today, they don’t look like this, they look heavy-eyed, a bit pale and they have very snotty noses, a horrible cough and a raging temperature. For the last week or so I have been struggling with a horrid cold and now it would … Read more