Arlo has been chilling in style since the day he arrived home in a Fisher Price Take Along Swing & Seat chair, which is great to use as a chair for daytime naps (if I can persuade him to nap on his own rather than on me!) and perfect as a swing to keep him happy when I am playing…
Before I had children I never really knew what to get as a gift for a new baby, and now I have children I don’t really have the luxury of time to browse for and buy nice gifts for new babies! Step up The Baby Box Company! They are a fairly new company who do the hard work for you,…
Festival fashion… okay so I’m not off to live it up in a field for four days, surviving off cider and hot dogs sadly. I am however off to Funk the Family festival which is happening of Saturday 30th at Hove Park (info is all here if you’re local!) So I’ve been thinking about what I would wear if I…
On Sunday we were up at the crack of dawn to go to the first car boot sale of the year! We arrived at 7am and spent a sunny three hours bargain hunting! We didn’t actually pick much up, I had Arlo in a sling so didn’t want to keep bending down to rifle through clothes, plus we don’t really…
I mentioned a few weeks back that my husband Sam is on somewhat of a health kick. He’s calorie counting, eating less meat and more veg and exercising fairly regularly. It makes me feel bad that I’m fairly frequently found sat on the sofa munching my way through a packet of dark chocolate digestives slurping on a hot chocolate (with…
Last week we spent five lovely days at Bluestone in Wales. If you’re not familiar with them then think mountains, peacefulness, family friendly and lovely lodges and you’ll be half way there! I’ll freely admit that I was a little sceptical about what to expect from our ‘free range’ holiday at Bluestone. I’d read a few other blog reviews and…
I set myself a challenge to read 30 books this year, after managing fifty two last year, yes I am aware that challenges should be greater than previously achieved but I have a new baby okay?! So I’ve only read a couple of books in the last month or so, but my ‘to read’ list keeps on growing! …
This month Athena has continued to be loving and caring (if a little rough at times!) with her brother. She makes sure we know when he’s crying, and pats him on the chest or back when he coughs or sneezes! He also is starting to be aware of her, and his biggest grin to date has come when she…
Both Arlo and Athena have been riding in style recently in the Silver Cross Pioneer. I’m sure you’ve heard of Silver Cross, they’ve been making prams since 1877, although they look a little different to how they did then! Both Sam and I travelled in style in Silver Cross buggies when we were younger, and in fact both our mums…
Toot Toot! I’m going to blow my own horn for a bit… allow me to indulge myself in a few moments of back patting if you will. I don’t often do it so I hope you don’t mind! I work hard on Belle du Brighton, but I primarily write it for my family as a sort of online diary. I…
Because we were away last week on holiday and not posting much I’ve not yet shared that we’ve been chosen to be Ambi Toys Ambassadors! I say we, but really it’s Arlo and Athena who will be putting toys through their paces! You can meet the rest of the Ambi Toys ambassadors here. Ambi is a new range of toys…
A shorter than normal post from me today (hurrah! I hear you shout…) Last Sunday we piled in the car and headed off to Wales! Luckily for us around the half way point in Chippenham is where our friend Elisabeth lives so we stopped off to have lunch and a break with her! After a roast and an Oreo cheesecake…