When I was a child my Mum and I often used to go on holiday in Norfolk so I love taking my children to some of the places that I visited as a child, it always brings back happy memories. During #MummyMattersSummer2015 Hubby and I decided to take the Beans to Langham Glass near Fakenham … Read more
As much as the Beans and I love to do crafts, sometimes the house can be a little overrun with all of their nick-nacks and makes. I’m a hoarder too so I don’t like to throw away anything they have made because they all hold special memories for me and I am a Mum who … Read more
Little Bean is very much a girly girl, she loves all things pink, sparkly, fluffy and floaty so I knew the Interplay Indoor Fairy Garden would be right up her street. It arrived just before we set off for our holiday in Menorca and thanks to the house being upside down with builders so it’s … Read more
DISCLAIMER: We received a reduced price Birthday Party at Riverside Beads in exchange for Lillie’s Birthday Party’s honest account. All words, images and opinions are my own and may not be copied without my permission. As Lillie’s 7th Birthday approached, I racked my brains trying to think of a party that hadn’t already been done … Read more
Last weekend we celebrated Little Bean’s 7th Birthday with family and friends. She woke early and bless her waited patiently until I awoke. I had told her that she should wake me but she said that she knew I needed to sleep, I felt bad when I woke knowing that she had delayed her birthday … Read more
When I was a child my Mum would often by me craft kits for birthdays and at Christmas, each year I would look forward to finding out which craft kit I would be given next and I definitely think it was those kits which spurred on a passion for crafting that has stuck with me. … Read more
After school I tend to keep ourselves pretty busy to avoid the pleas for watching the TV or worse still the continuous arguments of children who are overtired from a day at school. On nice days (and often on some rainy days) we will go out for a walk, collecting leaves, looking for treasures or … Read more
Breakfast is the best meal of the day, or at least it is in our house when trying to feed the Beans. Perhaps it’s because they have been asleep and without food for so long, I don’t know but what I do know is that we get through A LOT of breakfast cereals. I’m quite … Read more
I have never made secret of the fact that we are yet to find the love for our garden since we moved here over four and a half years ago. It doesn’t have a personality, it looks like a really boring kids playground. Don’t get me wrong here, I have no problem at all with … Read more