It’s felt like a funny old half term. We missed most of it because of being on holiday in Florida, and lost the second half of it to jet lag. Of course it was totally worth it, it’s just left me feeling a little out of the loop season-wise. It definitely hasn’t felt like Halloween!…
Back at the end of the summer holidays (which feels like forever ago now as I sit here finally writing about it mid-October!) we all bundled into the car and headed down to Southampton for a couple of days to visit my best friend Rachel and her husband James. We had a brilliant time and…
One of my best friends, who I have known since I was seven years old, lives in Southampton – about 160 miles south of where we live. She and her husband have come up to visit us for a weekend a few times in the past and we always have a lot of fun – the girls adore…
Thanks to the nature of his job, the husband is usually at work at some point on a Saturday. Sometimes I use that time to catch up on necessary errands and life admin and housework whilst the girls have some much-needed downtime to spend reading, playing games, doing some colouring and drawing or watching a…
It feels strange to be writing about our adventures at Chester Zoo now, considering that we’re well over half way through September already. After all, it was back at the start of August that we visited for the day. I almost decided not to bother and then several things made me change my mind: we had such…
For the first three weeks of the summer holidays I had no car. Anyone who knows me knows that I love to walk everywhere anyway, so it didn’t bother me too much. However, with three daughters who had a list of adventures they wanted to go on, it did make things more than a little…
What a summer! I don’t know about you but I’m exhausted (in the best kind of way!). It’s been full on and intense and challenging and brilliant fun all at the same time. The girls go back to school in two days time so we’ve been spending time looking at our Summer Bucket List this morning and…
We are very lucky to have several National Trust properties within about an hour of where we live, which is partly why we decided to invest in an annual pass – there are so many places nearby that we want to explore that it seemed silly not to really. The closest one to us (literally…
I have written several times before about how much we love Trentham Gardens – it seems that no matter how many times we visit there is always somewhere new to explore and something new to discover. We spent the afternoon there one sunny Saturday near the beginning of the summer holidays, making the most of the…
I’ve been blogging for about 18 months now and, whilst I’ve not earned a single penny for my work (yet), I have been able to create some fun experiences for my girls to take part in. They may not pay the bills but they are teaching my daughters many valuable lessons: to say “yes” to having adventures; to grab opportunities with both hands; to…