It’s the Super Bowl tomorrow night (see what I did there?). My other half has been known to stay up into the small hours watching the biggest NFL game of the year, which kicks off at 11.30pm on BBC Two. Me? I’d rather be asleep – American Football (or sport, for that matter) has never […]
Giveaway: Win A Family Ticket To See Peppa Pig Live
Photographs © Dan Tsantilis. We’ve got a lot of love for Peppa Pig in this house. The littlest is verging on obsessed – Peppa was her first ‘proper’ word (aside from mama and dada), and it’s the first thing she says every morning, remote-control in hand, waiting for me to switch on the TV. Peppa […]
Family: To my second child, I’m sorry.
To my daughter, AKA The Second Child… I’m sorry I skipped the puréed sweet potato stage and went straight to chopped up chicken kievs for tea. I’m sorry that 80% of your wardrobe is hand-me-downs. And that most of them are blue, so people in the park think you’re a boy. I’m sorry I didn’t […]
Travel: Take Me Back To… Stanwick Lakes
**Update: seeing as everyone’s asking me where The Boy’s t-shirt is from, it’s Mini Boden!** I came across these photos of Stanwick Lakes today and am now suffering from a severe case of summerlust (yes – I just made that up. It’s a bit like wanderlust, only I’m wishing I was in another season, rather […]
Travel: Legoland Windsor with a baby and toddler
I was a bit apprehensive about taking the kids to Legoland. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve always wanted to go, and I’ve always thought they’d love it, but with them being so young (3 and 1) I thought we’d wait a few years to justify the ticket price. Then my sister offered us some […]
Family: 17 New Year’s Resolutions A Grown Mum Probably Shouldn’t Need To Make
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. […]
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