family life & travels
As the most magical time of year comes along, our houses begin by looking beautifully festive; fairy lights twinkling on the tree and mistletoe hanging from doorways. As the holidays continue and we get nearer to the big day, the hustle and bustle gets more evident, sometimes too evident. Our homes soon become busy with
“Hey baby, I think I wanna marry you…” Let me start by saying I had a wonderful wedding! Aside from the birth of my child, it was truly the best day of my life. This makes me reluctant to look back, pick apart the day, and decide what I would do differently now. However, the
Looking for a winter getaway? Can’t decide where to go next? Well, an Icelandic adventure could be the change of scenery you’re looking for. Iceland is an incredible destination with more people than ever before wanting to visit. But why is everyone booking flights to Iceland? Why has it become all the rage? Until you’ve
I know that there are a few things that can fill new parents with dread. Explosive sounds coming from the nappy and your brand new alarm clock going off in the middle of the night, to name a few. One of the other things that I found stressful, at first anyway, was the thought of
Ever since Max started school, he has been keen to read everything in sight. He has always enjoyed bedtime stories before bed, but now we get an extra book each day that he gets to read to us. He likes to point out the signs that he can read when we’re out and about, for
Family road trips are always good fun. My husband and I love taking our kids on trips around the country. Long journeys are nothing as long as you have the right tools for the job. I am of course talking about movies for the kids to watch and plenty of snacks. Though, you might want
When you move to a new area, it can be really tricky to find all the things that you need. If you don’t know many people it can be hard to ask for recommendations for a hairdresser, who does the best yoga classes, or some trustworthy emergency plumbers, for example. I don’t know if it
When we moved into our home over six years ago, we had to renovate the whole place. We bought the house off the only owner the home had had since it was built in the 50s. And nothing against the previous owners, but as they got older, it became apparent that they hadn’t done any
This time last year I was getting ready to go on my first ever ski trip. How I had made it to nearly 29 and never been I have no idea. Though I was pretty terrible at it, I really enjoyed the trip. So if you haven’t been before, I would really recommend going. The
