October was a month of highs and lows, more accurately lows followed by highs. Lu’s first term at nursery seemed to come around much too slowly for us. She spent most of October overtired and in really bad form. Needless…
A few months ago I heard of a charity called Baby Basics, a volunteer-led project supporting new mothers and families who are struggling with the cost of providing for a new baby. Baby Basics provide essentials and equipment to mothers…
If the many articles in the press each November are to be believed women are hard to buy for. Personally I disagree and think 9/10 if you don’t know what ‘she’ wants then you haven’t been paying attention. Anyway today I’m…
As you know Matt and I love to travel and, happily, have passed the bug on to Luisa already. She loves to talk about places we’ve been, how we got there and what it was like in ‘merica in particular!…
This months read from the Mumsnet Book Club is One Day In December by Josie Silver. It’s a sweet, festive, romantic novel with twists and turns that give the classic formula a modern update. As it’s November 1st and Halloween…
This is Lu’s fourth Christmas and it’s definitely getting easier to get her gifts I know she’ll love and use, in fact I’d even say I’m a little spoilt for choice this year! When she was younger we used to…
Luisa takes her art very seriously – there’s not a day goes by that we aren’t colouring something, reaching for the glitter or making some sort of sculpture. What can I say, the kid has vision and I am bound…
I personally love Christmas shopping – I always start reasonably to spread the cost, get lots of ideas and really enjoy the experience. For me there’s nothing lovelier that moseying around town, in no particular rush, to soak in all…