Jelly Bean’s 4th Birthday . . . in hospital!

Birthday in Hospital

In the days leading up to Jelly Bean’s birthday party for his 4th Birthday, things were starting to go downhill. He came down with a bit of a cough and cold which was going around his friends at preschool and as a result became dehydrated and began withholding his poops again. I preempted the fact … Read more

Our Luxury Spa Break at QHotels Nottingham Belfry

QHotels

As my 40th Birthday was fast approaching I knew that I wanted to have a little girlie getaway with family and friends but I wanted to keep the cost down so that others were able to join me. I asked around for recommendations of places to visit for a one-night spa break and was told … Read more

National Sea Life Centre Birmingham is gearing up for 20th birthday bash!

National Sea Life Centre

Tuesday 5th July 2016 is an iconic day for The National Sea Life Centre Birmingham, as it marks its 20th anniversary, and to celebrate, there are some super cool prizes up for grabs. To mark the occasion the attraction is giving the first 100 people who visit on 5th July the 1996 entry price of … Read more

Project 366 – Week 26 2016

Project 366

Grandad’s 70th Birthday celebrations were still in full flow on Sunday, we managed to squeeze as many out of days as possible not returning home until 6.45 pm so the Beans went straight to bed ready for school the next morning. We had all had a really lovely time together as a family with lots of great memories … Read more

Celebrating Father’s Day and Family Time

Project 366

Sunday was Father’s Day and the children always get very excited about giving presents to anyone, you’d think they were the ones receiving presents. I love that they love to give as well as receive. We enjoyed a pretty lazy day together around the house and then in the afternoon popped over to Nanny and … Read more

BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer Adventure #1 – Little Bean’s Birthday Treat

BMW 2 Series Gran Tourer

Where on earth does the time go? It doesn’t seem 5 minutes since I was laid in a spa having a relaxing massage for my 40th Birthday and now Little Bean has turned 8 years old, we have celebrated our 9th Wedding Anniversary AND we have had the beautiful family car BMW 2 Series Gran … Read more

A week of birthday celebrations for Little Bean

Birthday celebrations

Why celebrate your birthday for one day, when you can stretch it out for a week?! We began Little Bean’s 8th Birthday celebrations on the Friday before her birthday. It was the last day of the Half Term holidays so I had all of the Beans at home with me. I dropped the boys off … Read more

Entertaining the kids this May Half Term

Project 366

With the May Half Term holiday stretching out before us we enjoyed a trip over to Birmingham to the Sea Life Centre and had a great day. This time the ‘event’ was Mister Maker and the Beans loved it, they had lots of fun watching all the sea creatures swimming around in their tanks and … Read more