Next Monday will be Lillie’s first day at Primary School and whilst I can’t guarantee that I won’t cry as I say goodbye to her, I’m feeling surprisingly good about it at the moment. My little girl is growing up so fast and she CAN’T WAIT to get to school. School Ready She is so … Read more
Two weeks ago today I collected Little Bean from school and said “we’ll see you in two weeks” and dare I say it, I was kind of dreading those two weeks with her at home. Not because I didn’t want to spend time with my beautiful girl, of course I did but I’ve been so … Read more
I should start this post by saying that I CHOSE to be a stay-at-home Mum and I am very happy with my choice. To quote a friend recently, I BECAME a Mum, to BE a Mum. I didn’t choose Motherhood so that someone else could bring up my children and benefit from the joy that … Read more
It probably sounds daft to say this but today felt like my ‘first’ day out with Beanie Boy alone ‘but of course it wasn’t. I have been out with him on my own loads of times but today was different. This morning we took Little Bean to school, had a quick cuppa with Karin and … Read more
Being a stay-at-home Mummy I obviously spend a lot of time with my children and most of the time I love it. Come on, we all have one of THOSE days where you just rub each other up the wrong way and end up thinking how lucky the working mothers are but the very next … Read more
As a general rule I’m not a sick person, I get the odd cold here and there but that’s about it but for the last three weeks now I have have felt rubbish, I think I probably have flu – lots of aches and pains, hot one minute, cold the next, runny nose one day, … Read more
Before having children, I would have described myself as a bubbly, confident, outgoing girl who had no problem interacting with strangers. I was never fazed by going away with work to training centres where I knew no-one, I saw it as fun, a challenge. I would strike up conversations with people when out and about, … Read more