Athena has always been interested in my jewellery, and in her Nanna’s too, she’s often wearing different dangly earrings and necklaces unlike me, I tend to wear the same things day in, day out! I thought it would be lovely to get her a bracelet or necklace that were ‘for special’ rather than the plastic… Read More
We reviewed the gorgeous Hardback (or ‘for best’ as Athena calls them) Mibo Books a while ago, and although we do read them quite often we have to be so careful as Arlo is still in the destructive phase and I don’t want anything to happen to the ‘best’ books! But now he can look… Read More
Arlo loves trains, still calling them ‘choochoos’ rather than trains, although he can say train of course! We were lucky enough to go and see the premier of the latest Thomas film ‘The Great Race’ last year, went to Thomas Land at Drayton Manor on little holiday and have got lots of Thomas & Friends… Read More
I feel like the general consensus is that this year so far has been a little glum, to put it mildly. Naff weather, political happenings oversea that we can do nothing to stop, and general January ‘it’s dark when I get up, it’s dark when I get home, I’ve got no money and gave up… Read More
It’s that time of year where everyone is being enthusiastic about their resolutions, be that to eat better, exercise more or get more sleep. I have decided not to make any solid resolutions this year so that I can’t be annoyed at myself when I don’t achieve them, but what I DO want to do… Read More
Next up in my festive gift guide series is presents to suit ladies, be they mums, sisters, colleagues or friends… I know it’s tempting to just attack the boots 3 for 2 offers and stock up but who really needs that many bath sets? Here are a few things that I am either giving or… Read More
We’ve been fans of From Babies with Love for a while now, so were excited to see the new additions to their website; postal themed organic toys in keeping with the signature designs! Each toy is shaped differently with a really unique graphic animal printed on it, incorporating envelopes, packaging and postal marks. all present… 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
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
I was very VERY close to losing all the pictures I had taken since Arlo was born, and from my last couple of months of his pregnancy. Sam bought me a lovely new laptop in January last year and when it unexpectedly died in November I hadn’t backed up a thing. No photos, no documents,… Read More