This week is Neva’s last few days at Primary School, to celebrate I have somehow been talked into letting her entire class come and camp out in my back garden!! Many of the parents have said to me, they have big family tents, but not smaller ones just for a couple of eleven year olds, … Read more
When Matalan put a call out for bloggers to review their School Uniform, I filled in the form IMMEDIATELY! Not only do we love Matalan for clothes shopping, but I currently have four children to buy school uniform for, and as you can imagine finding the right fit, style, size etc is a bit of … Read more
Im sure you can imagine, trying to buy any kind of product or gift that is personalised becomes extremely difficult in our household, well, except for Amanda, that is pretty easy to find! For Fathers Day I wanted to get something for Asa that was personal, just for him, thankfully I had a little tweet … Read more
Now that Xene has left school, she has started thinking about College, she has a place ready for a September start, but that also involved a few taster Days and enrolment, which all require the right kind of clothing to wear! The very wonderful Joules came to Xene’s rescue, they understood her plight and gave her … Read more
Last week Xene had her Leavers Prom, which was quite an emotional evening for me! Not her, she had a great time with all of her friends, dancing the night away until midnight, I on the other hand started thinking back to when she had her first day at Primary School.. When she first started … Read more
BRITAX URGES PARENTS TO BIN THE BOOSTER AND TRAVEL SAFELY THIS SUMMER BRITAX partners with Emma’s Diary to advise parents about the benefits of high-backed boosters in Group 2-3 This week, leading child safety brand, BRITAX, has launched a nationwide initiative designed to educate parents about car seat safety in Group 2-3 and to highlight … Read more
Our Kitchen sees quite a lot of action. We have family mealtimes most evenings, and whoever is at home for lunch, we eat together at the table. When we moved into our house six years ago, it had an old barn attached to it, when we bought it, someone else took on the Barn, meaning … Read more
Last Friday, Viggo and I attended Brit Mums Live in London, it was the first time that Viggo had been on a train!! He certainly enjoyed climbing up the seats to try and eat the little cardboard reserved signs… We haven’t been to London as a family for quite some time, so I began thinking … Read more
Xene has now finished High School, and the customary ending is a Leaver’s Prom, which took place at a lovely barn in Suffolk. The arrangements were quite simple, I would drive to collect two of Xene’s friends, E and C, take them for make-up, drop them home to get ready, then take Xene for her … Read more