When I found out I was expecting a second baby Athena was about 13 months old and I naively thought that I would have her potty trained before her new brother arrived; around 20 months. I bought a potty, sat her on it every so often and very quickly realised that she had no interest… Read More
I’ve been writing Belle du Brighton for six years. Before that I wrote on Livejournal and prior to that on Diaryland; both sadly now long lost in the cyberspace black hole. But for some ridiculous reason many of my friends don’t know about the blog, or if they do know I blog they don’t know where.… Read More
Since getting pregnant and having two kids in a fairly short space of time my underwear drawer is not a particularly exciting place any longer, and no I am not in the 56% of people who fold their pants! Long gone are the matching sets, lacy bras and skimpy knickers (alright, they disappeared in my… Read More
On Saturday the kids and I headed up to Queens Park in Brighton the day for the McDonald’s Activity Day. These are being held by McDonald’s at locations all over the country along with some other fun family friendly activities, like appearances from Ronald McDonald himself and even Tinie Tempah putting on a gig inside… Read More
If you’ve just got the one child then it is fairly likely that their baby book is filled out completely, if you’ve got two or more then there is a high chance that these children’s books aren’t quite as filled in as they should be. Finding time to record memories is hard enough as it… Read More
I am a bad nursery mum, I think the only thing Athena has with her name on is her backpack, and that’s because it was embroidered on especially! Nothing I send her to nursery in has her name in but it really should, including shoes! Nameit Labels sent us a pack of ‘Back to School’… Read More
My slow cooker gets used far more than my regular oven these days so I thought a guide to slow cookers would benefit people who assume they’re old fashioned! So without further ado here are seven reasons why you should try using a slow cooker if you don’t already, and hopefully this smart little guide will… Read More
We’ve managed to spend a fair bit of time together this month, between work shifts and other commitments I was quite impressed when I thought back over the month! We also had Sams sister staying with for along weekend, so she took these photos for us, finally an outdoor photo, one of many this year… Read More
Advertorial – written by myself in association with Nectar. What makes you YOU? Ponder it for a bit, it’s quite hard to pick a few things let alone the ten that Nectar challenged me to do for their new campaign! I have changed a lot (As have my priorities) over the last two or… Read More
I enjoy a bit of reminiscing about the past, I love it when a buzzfeed quiz pops up in my timeline that brings back memories of school and my early teens… this infographic from myvouchercodes.co.uk has brought back happy memories indeed! I remember being off school sick and completing Crash Bandicoot on my ps1! I… Read More