Well folks it’s that time of the year. The festive period is upon us and we are all facing the dark nights along with starting to think about making change for the coming year. For me this year its going to be about building a better work life balance, not only for me but for the kids ...
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The Gruffalo Discovery Land Reopening At Twycross Zoo #Ad
This weekend we finally broke free the of the school/work routine and started the school half term with a visit to somewhere that has been on our radar for a while but we had yet to visit as a family. Twycross Zoo & The Gruffalo Discovery Land Based in Nottinghamshire we have an abundance ...
Everyone Deserves A Little Bit Of Freedom And Some Independence
Getting out and about is one thing we often take for granted, be it heading off to the local shop because we’ve run out of milk, taking the family on a day trip to the seaside, or just doing the school run. We often think of skipping these simple tasks due to weather restrictions. If it’s raining ...
Our Family Bucket List 2023
It's been a while since we last made any kind of bucket list but with COVID hopefully, in the rearview mirror and with my work-home life balance out of whack this year, I am trying to make more plans to ensure we do more things as a family so family time is not wasted in front of the TV or ...
Nottingham Pick Your Own Pumpkins
As a family we don't tend to have too many traditions as a rule in fact I could probably mentions about 12 things we religiously do as a family each year. Finding time has always been an issue but also at this point in the year we are starting to ramp up for Christmas not Halloween as I don't ...
Dear Son, On Your Last Day Of Primary School
Dearest Joshua. Wow, what a journey. During your first few days of primary school, I had expected tears from you .. All your classmates seemed to be upset on and off at being at school. You on the other hand practically skipped to school every day. For a whole term ...
Life Lately: Catching Up
It honestly feels like an age since I updated here on my online space but, to be honest, I have been in the thick of living life. Some of it is not good and some of it is epic. Back in December, I decided to take a new role locally and I have been a little like a fish out of water. I initially ...
Visiting Santa This Christmas At Lakeside Nottingham
For the last 9 years I have been sharing our Christmas Santa adventures and this year is a first. It is a first visit to a local venue which only actually opened recently and is providing festive events for the very first time. Lakeside Nottingham was originally built in 1873 and was ...
Pumpkin Picking In Nottinghamshire
We have for many years been regulars at the pumpkin patch. Although we aren't massive Halloween fans we religiously visit one of the 3 local pumpkin patches in Nottinghamshire through the October as we love an afternoon carving pumpkins and then the boys and their Dad make some homemade ...
The End Of School Term & The Start Of Summer Holidays
This last year it come as no surprise that my blog had taken a back seat and my mojo generally took a tumble. I have avoided social media and I have lived in a closely guarded bubble. Over the last couple of weeks I have felt that life is slowly and steadily getting a little more ...
Finally Visiting My Parents On The East Coast #AD
*Advertorial Feature With Dare2b* Last year my parents decided to make the move of a lifetime and retire to the East coast. They found a house they loved, packed up and shipped out early in the year in the middle of the last lockdown. For my their move has been super hard. They have ...
Our Family Springtime 2021
This year we knew that big family plans and events were not going to be easy. The Governments UK Roadmap Out Of Lockdown was set out weeks ago and if all went to plan the closest we could get to seeing family and friends was sitting outside with a maximum of 6 people either from different ...
When School Anxiety Hits
We have been super lucky with Joshua who when he started school loved every minute of it for the first term. A few weeks later he finally cracked and cried. It was like the realisation finally hit that school was every day! Jacob started school in September and he practically skipped to ...
Light At The End Of A Very Long Tunnel
Each home, family and person has dealt with things that they would never have had to deal with before it came along. For us as a family the first big nightmare for us was loosing my main income for 8 months out of the 12. Exquisite Digits & Beauty was my main full time income and one in which ...