I often think about my childrens’ future. I think about what they may be when they grow up, about their first relationships, their first jobs, whether they will go to university or travel the world, maybe both? I have no expectations other than wanting them to be happy, to follow their dreams. I wonder about […]
I post my photos each day and don’t usually do a weekly round up but I just couldn’t pick my favourite photo from this week so here we are… I really feel like I have captured my family this week, the large picture shows Ben and Elizabeth reading their current favourite book Room on the […]
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As part of the Imperirial War Museum North’s Free Summer Activities, they will be will be hosting a week-long programme of activities and events inspired by Bernard Ashley’s children’s book Little Soldier, which is one of the books that feature in the Once Upon A Wartime exhibition. Today he was at IWMN and visitors […]
My four year old Ben has a love of building things. From simple towers and bridges with his Lego to ‘helping’ Daddy put the IKEA furniture together! He has his own sets of wooden and plastic ‘play’ tools but he is fascinated by Daddy’s real ones! So I was very excited to discover Red Toolbox! […]
So as you may have seen on facebook and twitter this week I have finally starting something I have been putting off for too long… the dreaded weight loss programme! Since having Ben over five years ago, my weight has been up and down quiet a bit. I finally got back to a size I was happy with […]
A while ago I met up with some fellow northern bloggers at the wonderful Rosy Lee Tea Rooms in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, we were joined by some very creative ladies from the Ministry of Craft and some beautiful Laura Ashley fabrics and paper. I have been meaning to tell you about this event for some […]
83/365 getting ready for a sugar high! Posted by My Mummy’s Pennies at 22:21 Labels: #365, 365 photo project
Like most children, my two are huge fans of Disney’s hit movie Frozen, they especially love the songs and we can regularly be found singing along to the sound track CD in the car! You can imagine how delighted they were when we were invited to the attend the Singalong Frozen show at the Lowry […]
What’s Christmas without a visit to Santa’s Grotto? Last week we took a trip to Chill Factore in Manchester to visit a very special Grotto hidden away in the snow! If you like your family fun to be full of excitement, nothing beats the magic of Santa’s Snow Grotto on REAL snow this Christmas, It’s just like visiting the […]
This is a photograph of me taken by my 7-year-old daughter. I don’t like photographs of myself and am much more comfortable on the other side of the camera however, I am forcing myself to be on this side of the camera for a change to record a weight loss journey I am about to embark […]
Getting dirty is fun! Fact. Getting toddlers clean, not so much… We were sent a bottle of H&A Nemo bath bubbles to try out and see if we could make getting clean at bathtime just as fun as getting mucky in the first place… My children love mucky fun, whether that be jumping in muddy puddles […]
I love taking photographs, whether they are are my family, things I have created or just things that I see and want to capture, but I find that I take all these photos that all mean something to me and they are then abandoned and left hiding away on my phone or hard drive. So this […]
We love Wales, I fell in with the Llyn Peninsula as a child, spending my holidays in a caravan, playing on the beach and exploring the local countryside. I’m so pleased that we have been able to introduce our children to this UK holiday destination that holds so many beloved childhood memories. We have been […]