Top row – One of my favourite photos of my first born, who came with us on honeymoon to Barcelona in 2011. Here he is posing outside the Joan Miro Foundation. Those curls!; My disorganised ‘shelfie’; A shot from my photography practice last week, capturing…
Every mealtime I’ve shared with my little girl over the past few weeks, I’ve sat on my chair as normal – as she has managed to charm her way out of her highchair and right onto my knee. At 18 months, she’s going through a…
Before we became parents, we spent a good few years going on holidays two, maybe three times a year, booking one break as soon as we returned from the last. We spent long weekends in Venice, Seville, Budapest and Berlin, taking time to mooch around…
I’ve been driving the same route to the hospital for a few weeks now while my husband is poorly, and on my way I’m always cheered up by these trees which have been dressed in beautiful, brightly-coloured knitwear. There’s a yarn-bombing revolution going on in…
It’s almost a week since my last post and I’m sure many of you are wondering what’s gone on since then. It feels like a lifetime ago now, but my husband had just been taken off life support in intensive care and was asking me…
Our world has been turned upside down again. On Saturday night, I took my husband into A&E because I was worried he’d become a bit confused and was saying some pretty random stuff. He’d been feeling poorly for about a week but nothing as out…
Getting your children to write thank you cards isn’t usually the easiest task, but I can’t help thinking it might be a little easier armed with the right kind of stationery. My son is approaching six now and I’m hoping this year the letter writing…
Finding a bib that my 18-month-old is happy to wear is no mean feat. She’s certainly starting to assert herself and making sure she is covered up at mealtimes – and actually sitting down in a chair, any chair, not just the highchair, while she…
Many of you will know already that at the end of last summer we decided to buy a caravan. It’s a tourer, second hand and in good condition but in need of a bit of love and a makeover before we start road (or campsite)…
It’s the first Sunday Stars blog post link up of 2015, and it’s my turn to host along with Katie from Mami 2 Five. I hope you’ve all had a good Christmas and New Year, and are getting ready to make your houses feel much…
I always knew if I had a girl it’d be dangerous. There’s a four-year age gap between my children, so I had spent a fair amount of time looking at clothes for girls without actually having one of my own to buy for before baby…
I started writing a post about my highs and lows of 2014, but frankly, I’ve had a few sloe gins and it was all getting a bit maudlin. So instead, here’s a list of things I’m looking forward to in 2015. I’d just like to…
I was born in the 70s and a little girl in the 80s, so all my favourite toys were things like Sindy dolls, Cabbage Patch Kids, Huggy Bear (that link by the way is to the V&A, meaning Huggy is now a museum piece, eek)…
This is one of my favourite photos of the week, first born in his new Christmas owl jumper, and baby gal in snowman tights. With my son at school he doesn’t need too many clothes as he’s in his uniform most of the time, but…