30Summer may be coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean that spending time with your family has to stop! Kids are home more often during the summer, which opens up opportunities to do plenty of fun activities together. When they start heading back to school, it’s still crucial to continue to have family time … Read more
Life is hectic, and busy schedules tend to limit the amount of time spent with family. With technology playing a huge role in our lives, it can be difficult to disconnect and be fully present with loved ones. Here are three tips to get your whole family spending uninterrupted time together while also developing a … Read more
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, not a creature was stirring . . . except for Mummy, Daddy and Nanna who are anxiously waiting to make sure that these little darlings are sleeping soundly in their bed. For once we are not still running around like headless chickens trying to get … Read more
Designing a family room is a challenging task for it must accommodate the needs of everyone in the family from kids to parents. It may be considered the heart of a home because it is where everyone gathers to chat, relax, watch a movie, read or simply chill. With a little creativity and a lot … Read more
Can you believe that Toy Story has been on our screens for more than 20 years? I remember when Toy Story first came out I was 19 years old but I still loved it. There’s a child within all of us that never wants to grow old, and at 19, I still remembered well, the … Read more
Sunday morning here was a beautiful (but freezing cold) sunny morning. We pretty much spent our morning snuggled up at home chilling out which isn’t something we do often. As a family we are always running about here and there, seeing people, doing jobs or getting to clubs/parties/events and the like. This year I want … Read more
Our usual plan of action for New Year’s Day is to go for a lovely family walk but this year the heaven’s opened and it poured with rain all day long so we switched our plans around a little and spent New Year’s day at Ikea looking for new bedroom storage and bed solutions for … Read more
Christmas 2016 was a very enjoyable and relaxing Christmas in the Mummy Matters household. As a family we like to keep things quite traditional, we get up at whatever time the Beans decide, this year it was around 6am so quite sociable as far as we were concerned. The Beans always lean over the banisters … Read more
We were invited to cross the waters into Wales and enjoy a long family weekend at Bluestone Wales. I think I may have actually squealed with delight when the invitation came through as it’s a place I have seen many people visit before but hadn’t had the opportunity to go to ourselves yet. By the … Read more