Pregnancy Diary Week 16 Mum v Consultant

I am very behind writing these up, its not easy when all six children are home for the holidays! But peace has now returned and its time to catch up!! Week 16 I had an appointment with the consultant at the hospital, although I had a home birth with Tyrus with no problems, because I … Read more

Graco Evo Mini Review

The lovely Carly over at Mummy And The Chunks has been testing out the new Graco Evo Mini, here is what she thought of it Graco Evo Mini: These are a few of our favourite things 1. Lightweight My favourite thing about the Evo Mini is how light it is to steer! Even with a chunky … Read more

What Will The Weather be Today ?

So, It is now the first week of April, on the lovely East Coast we have experienced a little bit of sunshine, some very cold and blustery winds, with some snow flurries thrown in for good measure. Wellies I am guessing we will not be seeing the heatwave of 1976, as this was the year … Read more

Shnuggle Basket Review Part One

I am now 18 weeks pregnant, and have started to think about what I need to get for Wiggly, I guess the main thing he or she will need is somewhere to sleep!! For the other children I have had two moses baskets, one for upstairs and one for in the lounge, as I have … Read more

Zubu Baby Review

As you all know we shall be welcoming our seventh child into the world In September 2013. I will not lie, he or she was a BIG surprise, therefore we have NOTHING for a new baby, apart from the pram that I still use for Tyrus, so when I was given the opportunity to choose … Read more

Five More Sleeps To Go!!

  Only five more sleeps until we begin our car journey to Skegness for our first ever Butlins holiday, the children are extremely excited and have been on a sleeps countdown since the school holidays began!!   I cannot believe we are in April already, this year is flying by, it only seems like yesterday … Read more

Very Proud Parents!

Yesterday was Parents evening for Neva and Kaide, in the eleven years that we have been attending their little village primary school we have had nothing but glowing reports from Xene, Lochlan, Neva and Kaide, today was no exception. I sometimes wonder when I am listening to their teachers if they have got my children … Read more

Pregnancy Diary – Week 14

So, I have decided to keep a pregnancy diary as I have been hopeless at recording things with the other children, thank goodness for blogging!! According to the pregnancy books ‘wiggly’ is now 8-9cm long – half the size of a Banana… The fingerprints have now developed, how amazing is that!! I may start to … Read more

Looking forward to Summer Evenings

With the evenings slowly starting to get lighter and hopefully warmer, the chickens are going to bed later, which means it won’t be long until we can start thinking about Garden Parties, a thing we love in the warm summer months. We are very fortunate to have a rather large garden, which does mean that … Read more