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
I am determined to get back on track with my Project 366 so here goes with my past week in photographs. What better way to start the day than to be woken up by my beautiful Beans to wish me a Happy Mother Days (or Happy Birthday Mummy’s Day from Jelly Bean). With Daddy’s help … Read more
Daddy says . . . With all the different celebratory days in a year, Christmas, Valentines, Mother’s Day, Easter, Father’s Day, Birthdays and Anniversaries, it can be tough and expensive to make the day special and keep the gifts original and within a sensible budget. This Mother’s Day, I was lucky enough to have help … 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
February seemed to fly by in the blink of an eye AND it was one day longer than usual . . . not that we seemed to notice the extra day. The Beans have all settled back into school well and all seems to have settled down after a rather disastrous January for one reason … Read more
In a family with four children we have to work hard to make sure that each child get’s some ‘one-on-one’ time with Mummy and/or Daddy. Sometimes this has been made possible for me in particular if we have been invited to blog events which are mostly aimed at one child as I have then taken … Read more
The UK’s biggest family festival, Geronimo, has announced its partnership with Cancer Research UK Kids & Teens for 2016. Taking place over the weekends of 29th – 30th May (Tatton Park) and 1st – 2nd May (Harewood House), Geronimo is back, bigger and better with a huge programme of events lined up for both venues, … Read more