family life & travels
Living in the country is something that everyone should experience at least once in their life. Especially when they have children. Taking a back seat away from the big cities, especially with the current concerns in the towns, might be a benefit to the whole family. When our parents were children everyone understood how to
One thing that can be really tricky to get right is that elusive work and life balance. We all need to work, in the majority of cases. But when you’ve got children, it can make it hard to have as much quality time with them when you’ve got busy work commitments to see to. I
In the current economic climate it’s not surprising that many of us are finding ourselves a little strapped for cash. We work hard for our money and yet at the end of the month, when all the bills and debt payments have been taken, there’s often very little left to help us play hard. For
It was only a couple of weeks ago but it seems like such a long time. But during the half term, we took a little trip to Cork in Ireland. I know it isn’t s super exotic destination or anything, but can you believe that I have never been before? The hubs hadn’t been since
When I first had a baby, trips out, although it could take a while to leave, were relatively straight forward. Baby would sleep for the majority of it, and would be fed like clockwork every three hours. Then it comes to weaning and then onto a toddler, and things can need to be planned out
Life is busy for us and our family, and it can be quite easy to just eat on the go or sat in front of the TV. As well as just taking the time to sit down and eat a meal together, there are plenty of benefits from it. I know it was a big
We go over to the Alicante of area quite often, as my in-laws have some villas over there. We know all that there is to do, we don’t get lost and we know all of the best places to eat and shop. The villas are located in a small town between Benidorm and Alicante. So
Last week I headed up to London with my two children. We had arranged to meet up with my sister and brother-in-law and their two. They were coming in from Bristol for a day trip and to do a bit of sightseeing. One thing that we wanted to do with them was hunt for some
When it comes to eating out with the kids, it doesn’t happen that often. I don’t particularly have fussy eaters, just a son that changes his mind from day to day on what he likes. So it can be a little awkward knowing what he will eat. We try to do it every now and
