{Eating} lots of yummy birthday cake! I made a rather delicious (if I do say so myself) Chocolate Hedgehog for Jelly Bean’s second birthday yesterday. Little Bean and Beanie Boy aren’t overly keen on normal birthday cake with jam and cream in the middle but chocolate is always a winner in this house so I … Read more
It can’t really be two years since he was born can it? Who pressed fast forward on life because I swear it has never gone faster than these past (nearly) 7 years since I became a Mummy. Jelly Bean is the cherry on the top of our family pie, he came along to complete our … Read more
As Curly’s 13th Birthday approached I knew there was only one birthday cake I coud even consider making for him, a Minecraft one! Minecraft is taking over our house, it started with Curly but even Little Bean and Beanie Boy are jumping on the bandwagon now. I had a quick look around on Pinterest for … Read more
How can it be that this little cutie is 4 years old already? Beanie Boy is perhaps the most complex of our Beans, he is a sensitive little chap who seems to have grown up overnight. Beanie Boy was born just one day over his due date and just like his big sister before him, … Read more
How can it be that this beautiful little lady has been in our lives for 6 years already. I still remember the day that she was born like it was yesterday, it was hot sunshine and I had to have a fan constantly blowing on me in hospital (we were allowed them at the time). … Read more
Today was a day of celebration – it was Hubby’s 39th birthday and it was my brother-in-law’s 38th birthday. As it turned out it was also International Sibling Day which was perfect bearing in mind we were spending the day with my sister and her family and my brother and his family. We spent the … Read more
Hubby took Thursday and Friday off work this week as it’s his birthday on Friday and we will be away for the weekend. Today we have Curly with us so we are celebrating an ‘early birthday’ for Daddy which began with lots of presents from me and the Beans. I love watching them giving out … Read more
How on earth did it happen? The last time I checked, Jelly Bean was this tiny little bundle being handed to me wrapped up in a towel wondering what on earth had just happened to him. All of my babies are special, of course they are, they are my world but Jelly Bean’s arrival marked … Read more
I have always felt sorry for the children who are born so soon after Christmas, it’s really hard to know what to buy them and I often feel that they have been cheated out of a birthday in some respects. The thing that I found hardest for celebrating Jelly Bean’s first birthday was that it … Read more