Sometimes it’s the smallest things that capture a child’s imagination, and in this case, it’s the smallest garden with the smallest fairy inside. We made this little flowerpot garden using a kit which we bought from a craft fair at Calderstones Park last weekend. Amongst…
In just over a week’s time I’ll be joining 22 of my work colleagues to run the Great Birmingham 10k. We’re running as a team called the Substandards – as most of us are sub editors, all are journalists – and many of us could…
Gap is one of my favourite shops to stock up on basics; I’ve managed to get quite a collection of their t-shirts, light cotton knits and a fair few pairs of their pyjamas. When it comes to their jeans though, it’s been years since I’ve…
We’ve spent a lot of time together this month so far, what with the Easter weekend, the two-week school holidays and our trip away to North Yorkshire. You can really tell from these photos that Sam and Florence adore one another, and their sibling bond…
We spent a few days away last week at a beautiful little cottage in the village of Pickering, North Yorkshire. I had the week off work and wanted to take Sam and Florence away somewhere so we could have some fun and a few adventures…
I’ve just spent the past few days at home on my own – with no kids, no noise, no-one to look after, no-one to please but myself. When Roger died, I remember all I wanted to do was have some time to myself, a bit…
It’s becoming a tradition in our little family that on certain dates of the year we let balloons go into the sky for Roger. This week we did it for the third time to mark what would have been his birthday – it seemed a…
I think I must have got carried away with the taste of sunshine we had last week, as this month’s Five under £5 is all about ice cream, colour pops and spring. These heart-shaped sunnies look a bit redundant today though, typically I’m off work…
These monthly family portrait posts usually come around so quickly, I’m nearly always writing about how I can’t believe four weeks have passed already. This month seems to be different, and I’m not sure why as I don’t seem to have done that much but…
We spent the Easter weekend over at my parents’ house in Yorkshire, managing to pack so much into the four-day break. I took Florence to a friend’s daughter’s birthday party on Saturday, which was a really lovely get together involving a few rounds of pin…
Over a cup of tea with my friend the other day (we were at my kitchen table, while two out of the five kids we have between us were busy taking the clothes off every Sylvanian Family and Frozen doll in the lounge), we spoke…
We have been chosen as ambassadors to the family festival Geronimo this year – held at Tatton Park in Cheshire and new for 2016, Harewood House in Yorkshire in May – and we have a family ticket to give away. The festival has something to…
Ah, March – all those chocolate eggs and hot cross buns to get us through to the first day of spring. They are so tempting aren’t they? It’s all the cute bunnies and chicks that lure us in, their little faces telling us there are…
Living on the coast in Wirral we are pretty spoilt with nice places to go for a walk on a sunny spring day. There’s the beach and Hilbre Island at West Kirby, the gorgeous views and quiet little beach at Caldy, Red Rocks down in…
These two are so close I love watching them when they’re playing together and being the best of friends. There are four years between them, and the older Florence gets the more they get out of spending time together and joining in with each others’…