Hubby has been on holiday with us this week to spend time getting to know Jelly Bean and to help me out at home. Today we decided that we wanted to get out of the house and just go for a walk somewhere but we forgot how time consuming it can be with a newborn … Read more
This was my Little Bean sitting at the kitchen table tonight asking if she could write out the days of the week. I can’t help but look at this picture and jump ahead 10 years to see my little girl doing her homework. Tonight she read her first book from start to finish and did … Read more
Little Bean “Mummy when is Jelly Bean going to come out, we have been waiting for AGES to meet him”. When you’re only 4 years old it seems like forever waiting for something exciting like the birth of your new baby brother. To help her count down the days I decided to create her a … Read more
As a parent is there anything more awe-inspiring than watching your children learn and develop? Hubby and I have both been so proud of how well Little Bean is doing at school, she is soaking up every piece of information that is given to her at school and is loving ‘words’ at the moment. She … Read more
Each year i have tried my hardest to see this project through to the end but failed somewhere in the middle of the year. Well its the start of a new year and so i am going to try it again, who knows maybe this Will be the year that i succeed!! Kicking it off, … Read more
Today marks a significant milestone for Little Bean – the conclusion of her first half term at Primary School. And frankly, she’s exhausted. These days, tears are a common occurrence within thirty minutes of the school bell. I attribute this to the fatigue and overwhelming adjustment to her new routine. Whenever I’m asked, “How is … Read more
Since Little Bean has started school I feel like I haven’t (probably because I haven’t) spent any time with her on my own at all and I hate that. As another baby is due to join our family in the next couple of months I am feeling the pressure to make sure I spend as … Read more
This week everywhere we look the fairs are in town. This is a memory which sticks with me from my childhood, every October the fair would arrive in town and I would always see it because I lived on one of the main roads that the fair would drive down as it arrived in our … Read more
You have probably seen a few blog posts flying around at the moment with some really gorgeous canvasses of family photographs, treasured children and memories. Well I too was offered the opportunity to receive a special canvas of my choice from Photo-canvas.com but it takes me AGES to make up my mind. Some people love … Read more