I’ll be honest. Having passed the 30 mark, got married and had kids, I sort of assumed I’d be automatically enrolled into the Grown-Up Club. And that grown-up type things (think neatly-folded piles of ironing and an alphabetically-organised DVD collection) would just sort of, well, happen. Unfortunately that didn’t turn out to be the case. […]
Review: Santa’s Grotto At Frosts Willington
We’d not done the whole Santa’s Grotto thing with the kids before this weekend. Not properly, anyway – the closest we’d been was a makeshift Santa at playgroup who looked a lot like my friend’s dad wearing a beard made out of cotton wool. At the grand old ages of 3 and 1, the kids […]
Review: PacaPod Jasper Leather Baby Changing Bag
It’s not every day your handbag is out-classed by your baby changing bag. But that’s exactly what’s happened in my house since PacaPod’s Jasper bag arrived a few weeks ago. Suddenly – in the face of this shiny new luxury leather thing – my scuffed old handbag looks like it’s in dire need of a […]
Family: 13 Things That Will Happen When You Return To Work After Maternity Leave
{Pssst – fancy voting for a newbie in the MADs and BiBs? I’d love you forever! Badges on the right 🙂 >} Going back to work after being on maternity leave for a while? Here are 13 things you can pretty much count on… 1. One or more of your children will get ill. Really […]
Family: 6 New Baby Gifts It’s Probably Time To Stop Buying
When I had my first baby I realised pretty quickly that every new baby gift I’d ever bought for friends was useless. Save yourself the time and money – don’t buy any of these. Ever. 1. Proper outfits. I’m talking real clothes in teeny weeny sizes like ‘new baby’ or 0-3 months. Just don’t even. […]
Family: Shhhhh… I did the Facebook book exchange and I’m not sorry
I’m just going to come out and say it. I did the ’36 book exchange’ thing on Facebook. I know it’s bad. I know I should be ashamed of myself. I know I am basically a moron and I have done The Worst Thing Ever. But shall I tell you what else I know? We […]
Travel: Is it worth taking a baby and toddler to Whipsnade Zoo?
In our case, no. It’s not worth taking really young kids to Whipsnade zoo. Bear with me while I put that into context. Back in September we kicked off a 2-week staycation with a trip to Mead Open Farm and loved every second of it. The following day, though, things took an unexpected turn when […]
Family: 8 home truths I’d go back and tell myself as a new mum
Three years ago today I sat on my sofa with a beautiful, healthy, 4-week-old baby, at the start of my much-anticipated year of maternity leave. And I hated it. Every. Second.
Travel: our day at Mead Open Farm, Leighton Buzzard
We’re officially on staycation. The husband has 2 weeks of annual leave, and I have 2 weeks left on maternity leave. So we’ve got 14 days to pack in as many family-friendly things to do as possible before we’re both back at work and reality kicks in. We had our main summer holiday in June […]
Festivals: WOMAD isn’t cool. That’s why we love it.
I’m going to get straight to the point. We love WOMAD. So much so that we’ve been to the world music festival 3 times now. In 2010, 2011 and – after a brief hiatus with a huge baby bump – in 2013. I’m not going to lie. That third year with a 10-month-old baby in tow was […]
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