Easter has kind of crept up on me this year, I think because it’s the start of the holiday instead of in the middle I wasn’t really expecting it so soon and my mind has been so pre-occupied with car troubles and doing jobs around the house that I hadn’t considered where we were with … Read more
I couldn’t begin to guess how many times we have been to Pizza Express with the Beans but I can definitely tell you it’s our family’s favourite place to eat. Jelly Bean is only 3 years old but already he knows the Pizza Express sign and will point it out excitedly when we visit a … Read more
The London 2012 Olympics seem like a distant memory now, it’s scary how quickly time flies. It’s hard to believe that Jelly Bean was still just a growing baby in my tummy at the time and last week he was asking Becky Adlington to hold his hand as we enjoyed a tour of the London Aquatics Centre. … Read more
‘Do you want to play with Lego’ that was basically all that I read between the lines of the email asking if we wanted to take part in the Ocean Finance Lego Dream House competition. I didn’t need to know anything more than that, despite having loads of Lego in our house I never get … Read more
It was a cold but bright morning as the Beans arrived on the Island of Sodor at Thomas Land in Drayton Manor, they had been invited as special guests of Sir Topham Hat along with other blogger families. Naturally all of the engines were excited to meet their VIPs and show off their skills and … Read more
This year Sea Life Centres are celebrating their 20th Anniversary and I am still loving visiting as much today as I did all those years ago when they first opened, only now I have the added fun of visiting with my Beans and seeing it through their eyes. Yesterday we were invited to visit Sea … Read more
Huh? Where did January go? I swear it was there just a moment ago and now the calendar says February??? Last year I made a feeble attempt at joining in with the Me&Mine Photography project where you take a photograph or photographs of your family each other and give a little update on that month’s … Read more
As a family we love nothing more than to get outdoors walking, exploring, scooting and geocaching but this recent drop in temperatures has been a pretty tough one to weather when you have small children. I always remember as a child that I hated wellington boots because they were always so cold. I was NOT … Read more
I think we are perhaps one of the only families NOT to have seen the new Star Wars film over the festive period and it’s not because we don’t want to. As usual, it all comes down to lack of organisation on my part and yet another misplaced present!! I seriously need to find better … Read more