Mother’s Day is celebrated in 50 countries throughout the world (albeit on different days and in different months), and is seen by most as an excuse to spoil your Mum and show her how much you care. After all, the most important lady in your life needs a little TLC. But where did it all […]
Day 69 Today was an EPIC day!! It was our leg of the #Teamhonkrelay! We started early, collecting the baton at St Mary’s Church from the very lovely Grumpyishmum who had taken it out on the town the previous night. Dressed as characters from our favourite Julia Donaldson Story, Room on the Broom, equipped with […]
Twelve months ago today I sat in a curled up ball of tears on the floor and wrote a post to try to explain how much I was struggling with life. It wasn’t a post about saving money or having a fun day out with my children, to be honest with you it was a […]
As you know I am currently a very lucky Butlins Ambassador and as part of this great programme, our whole family visited the fabulous Butlins Skegness resort at Half Term for our summer holiday! One of the many highlights was the brand spanking new Splash Waterworld! We spent a huge chunk of our holiday in […]
Cumbrian Cottages recently ran a competition on Mumsnet where they asked 1500 families if they could identify four UK tourist hotspots in the British countryside by seeing just a single image . I had a go myself and I have to admit that my geography knowledge is a bit lacking, but being a a lover […]
Firstly I’d like to apologise for not updating you last week, there were a few reasons for this, as you know I was in Croatia (holiday spam coming soon!) until Sunday and my intention was to write my update on Monday, but after a day of travelling and with a mountain of washing to tackle all […]
64/365 A very cute cloth botty! I recently gave in and finally purchased the owl print pop in from Close Parent that I have been lusting after for ages and after a few pre – washes tonight is it’s first wear! It’s very cute and adds to the huge collection of pop in’s within our stash […]
On Friday Morning I was delighted to receive a phone call from the lovely William from Pushchair Trader giving me the exciting news that I had been picked as one of the Pushchair Trader living with testers for the Maxi – Cosi Noa!! I was thrilled! I first encountered the Noa at the Baby […]
Broadband is becoming a fundamental part of any home in today’s world, so much so that the right to access broadband internet has become a legal right for every Finn. While all telecommunications companies in Finland are obliged to provide all residents with broadband lines that can run at a minimum 100 Mbps by 2015, the […]
As you know I love to save money and find a great offer or bargain! However being a busy working mum it can be difficult to keep up with the latest vouchers and discounts. In the past I would fully prepare myself before going out shopping, checking out all the online discounts and printing out […]
We love our family adventures, and just because the summer is over doesn’t mean we have to stop having them, as the days have gradually got shorter and colder we have just wrapped up warm and carried on having little adventures…. This is my daughter holding a baby frog on a recent trip to the […]
Seven weeks ago my then seven year old, Ben, arrived home from Beavers with a huge grin plastered across his face. It was finally his turn. He got to bring Bernie the Beaver home…. […]
So like many children throughout the country my son finished school on Friday for the summer holidays, this is our first School Summer Holidays and we have some great days out planned! However sometimes you just need some simple Free Fun at home! Here are Five Free and simple play ideas…. 1/ Play Trains! Save […]
As you will know we love to get outside and play in the fresh air, so after spending quite a lot of time indoors over the festive period due to all of us being poorly, we decided to have a break from watching movies and playing Car’s Monopoly or Junior Scrabble and blow away those […]