Recently we went on our first family holiday with Jacob and with an affinity for Whitby it seemed to totally make sense that Jacobs first ever beach visit would be on Whitby beach! On the first full day of our holiday Ollie the kids and I, along with my mother and father in law all headed ...
Making Memories
Making Memories & Cementing Friendships
This year I had massively high hopes for the spring/summer months, however with the start of summer being lacking on the sunshine front and instead being packed with rain and cold weather and then sunshine by lunchtime the fluctuating temperatures have had us all confused. Even if the ...
Spending Some Much Needed Time With My Biggest Boy
Towards the end of last year and during the beginning of this year pregnancy swamped me along with pain and so getting nearer to my due date was the be all and end all for a while. Follow that up with months of trying to establish breastfeeding with an acute reflux baby and just surviving ...
A Letter To You On Your Last Day Of Reception Class
Dearest Joshua, Today marks your last day in Reception class and I could not be more proud of how much you have grown as a person. Your first day at School left me in tears, both Daddy and I walked away after dropping you off and were holding lumps in our throats, halfway home my ...
The Oliver Cup Challenge – The First Practice
This summer we have our holiday booked for one of our favourite places, Whitby. We are heading off there with my in-laws and can't wait. With lots of outings in the planning stages, or on Hubs to do list anyway there is one activity that is high on the list of must do's ... Crazy ...
Missing Long Walks And Fresh Air
It would be fair to say I'm no hiking enthusiast, however I am certainly a fan of getting out in the fresh air and having a good old route march in a forest, in fact I think its in my bones! I crave fresh air and great scenery and this time of year I love the fact we live in an area surrounded by ...
Proud Pumpkin Picking
This year after missing the strawberry picking season I was certain that for the first time ever I would get to take Joshua pumpkin picking. For me its important to teach Joshua about the foods that we eat and that food is grown and not just discovered in Tesco! With previous ...
Bonfire Night Safety Tips With Food & Craft Ideas
It's about this time of year my OCDness goes slightly mental, I am a control freak but add in fireworks and bonfires and I do massively cringe at what is one of the most dangerous times of the year. For me I would ban all fireworks and bonfire parties unless they were professionally hosted ...
Building Confidence And Riding A Bike
There are several skills in life that mean more to me as a parent than anything else and riding a bike is up there with learning to swim in my book. Joshua first got his bike for his 4th birthday back in April and has loved it from day one, although only with stabilisers well ...
One Boy And His Dog
Recently we had the pleasure of dog sitting my parents beautiful labradoodle Bobby, she is cracking on in years these days but with no pets in our household other than one fish Joshua has loved Bobby since they day he saw this big fluffy creature. In his really little years whenever she was ...
The Last Summer Seaside Adventure
We are on the verge of Joshua heading off to the world of school on Monday and so while lots of other children headed back to school this week we jumped at the chance to get out in the fresh air, eat fish and chips and get on the beach! Last year when we visited Barmston Beach we passed ...
Lets Go Fly Our Kite
Early this year I made a Summer Bucket List and on it were several things that not only had Joshua never had a go at, neither had I and one of those things was flying a kite. I suppose it sounds rather odd that I have never to my knowledge flown a kite but I guess it's not one of those ...
Water Confidence On Holiday
We recently went on holiday and in the throes of returning and planning what to tell you about the trip the terrible terrorist attack took over and it seemed inconsiderate to those that lost their lives in the Tunisian attack to post about our trip. Since the holiday and the run up to ...
Rain Clouds & Fresh Air
The last few weeks have been really hard, with rushing around getting things sorted for my operation, and my fear of dying, along with clearing my desk of in terms of work to make sure I had time recuperate, I am not going to lie the recovery period has not really been as it should and in fact ...