family life & travels
Since we had our extension built last year, it has taken our home from one with only one reception room, to now having two. Meaning that our living room now doesn’t have to also function as a dining room. The space in all of the downstairs has really opened up, especially in the living room.
With Easter being so late this year compared to previous years, it means that other things that are related, such as pancake day and Mother’s Day (always three weeks before Easter Sunday in the UK), are all pushed back a little. But we have two weeks today to get ready to celebrate our mothers or
With Christmas just around the corner, we are all starting to plan our family and friend get togethers where we will meet up, eat copious amounts of food and swap presents. It’s definitely starting to feel quite festive now that the nights are drawing in, and it’s safe to say that the annual Christmas adverts
How are we in the last few days of May? And the second to last bank holiday until Christmas? The years is really flying by, especially now we’re nearly at that half-way point in June. As well as June being a pretty chilled out time, with sports days a plenty, it is also the month
Starting tomorrow, at the Guildhall Art Gallery in London, there is a new exhibition running up until the end of October, called Late evening: Sublime Symmetry. Unleash your inner artist for a night of arts, crafts, workshops, talks, music and cocktails at Guildhall Art Gallery’s next late event, inspired by the launch of new exhibition, Sublime
I never really thought about a baby changing room until, guess what…I had a baby! Then suddenly I realised how tricky it is for mothers, fathers, and carers to find a suitable place to change and feed their children. Parents have resorted to changing nappies in the boot of the car, the park bench, or
I have a confession to make. I am a cookbook hoarder. I love a good cookbook in my life and eating a variety of different foods each week. So when I was given the chance to put the new cookbook ‘Smitten Kitchen Every Day’ to the test, I was looking forward to seeing what recipes
This time of year is the worst for health, I find. We’ve already have both children off school or nursery as they are poorly. The season change brings viruses and bugs and it seems that the kids are always he first to get them. And you can pretty much guarantee that if one person has
One of my all-time favourite cakes has to be for a lemon-drizzle cake. I remember my mum making up some from time to time, wrapping them up in foil and sending me back off to my University house with them. I was always popular with my housemates on those days. The tangy and sweet lemon
