In about four years, I will be close to being able to purchase my first house. I will be close to 40 years old which I think is quite old for first-time buyers but nonetheless, that’s what I’ll be. The closer I get to…
Last week, I lost Dexter. It turns out that he was just hiding behind a bush from me but I can honestly tell you, I panicked. I had to call my sister in law out (we were near her house) and she came running across…
Fathers day. I never really understood it as a kid. You get Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, when was Childs day? Yet if you ever dared ask when kids they was, every adult within earshot would master the ability to shout in unison and inform…
I can feel the warmth of the sun coming through the kitchen window, I’m having to water my flowers and not just rely on the weather gods to do it for me and I can actually hang my washing on the line. Yes, it’s…
Since having Dexter almost 5 years ago, I’ve been hanging on to all manner of baby stuff from clothes to blankets and buggies to weaning books. But we decided ages ago that Bridget will be our last and with her turning one next month, we…
Over the last month or so, we have been preparing for Bridget to start sharing a room with Paisley. The house we live in is small and the rooms are pokey, so it was always going to be a challenge to get 2 separate people in…
Liam and I are awful with money. Dreadful in fact. So I’ve always wanted to give our children some sort of financial sense. I’ve been in debt to the point where you are using credit cards to pay off other credit cards and I…
As we head into the summer term, my newsfeed is awash with people finding out their child’s schools place for September. It’s crazy to think that this time last year we were excited to find out that Dexter had been given our first choice of school…
I feel like I have been weaning forever. It doesn’t feel like that long ago since I was steaming and pureeing all manner of veg for Dexter and now here we are, with 2 more children and it’s Bridget turn to explore food. I…
Hi Everyone, How are you all enjoying the warmer weather we’ve had over the last couple of days? We’ve actually had a bit of a play in the garden over the last couple of days. It’s been lovely. Spring is definitely in the air. There…
