Project 366 – Week 16 2016

#Project366

Woohoo I’m getting up to date with this little project, I am so determined that I will complete the full year so let’s get on with Week 17!! The morning after our night out celebrating birthdays we were all feeling a little ‘delicate’ but Hubby made us all feel so much better with a yummy … Read more

A Happy Family Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday

How can it be Thursday already?? This Easter weekend has been a lovely long weekend of family time, relaxation, crafts and fun but as usual it’s over all too quickly. Our Sunday started very relaxed which was very welcome bearing in mind the clocks had changed. The Beans all busied themselves doing crafts and playing … Read more

#PizzaExpressFamily Treat Night for the Beans

#PizzaExpressFamily

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

Fun and frolics at Fineshade Woods

Fineshade Woods

The Mummy Matters household is feeling a little jaded today, we’ve had a full-on weekend with my Sister and her beautiful family who came to stay with us for the weekend. Living a little over 3 hours away and all with busy lives we don’t get to see each other as often as we would … Read more

How did we fare with the Eon #SwitchOffChallenge ??

#SwitchOffChallenge

Childhood for the Beans is very different from the childhood I remember, technology has moved on at such a pace that children as young as Jelly Bean know how to operate a tablet, it just becomes second nature to them. As a parent it can be difficult to get the balance right between letting them … Read more

Easter Holidays 2015 – one week in . . .

Easter Holidays

Here we are always one week into the Easter Holidays, they just fly by don’t they?! As I told you here, I was really looking forward to having the Beans at home for a couple of weeks but I guess I hadn’t factored in just how tired they might be and how it might take … Read more

Saturday Snippets – 04/04/2015

Saturday Snippets

{Feeling} mixed emotions this week, I started off the week feeling positive and looking forward to having the Beans at home for two weeks. I had plans for all the things we would do but it didn’t get off to a good start at all. The Beans were demonstrating their most challenging behaviour which brought … Read more

Look what we found on our Autumn walk!

Autumn

I received a letter home from Beanie Boy’s new preschool asking if he could take in any little ‘treasures’ that he might find whilst out walking as they are talking about Autumn now. Well, we often go for a walk around our village and the Beans are always bringing something home with them so last … Read more