Fish and Chips are one of my most favourite things, although rain is not. On out recent trip to Matlock Bath ... We encountered both. So on finding out Ollie had a Saturday off work (these days it can be a rarity) we decided to jump in the car and go to one of our most loved places ...
Family
Remembering The Past
Just before Christmas while visiting my Mum I was very pleasantly surprised to see some old photos that my Mum had been sorting through one of which was this one: This is my Grandad Fred and my sister and I, probably around Joshua's age (nearly 3) I remember seeing this while I was growing up and ...
Fresh Air and Farm Friends
Our local farm park is only a few minutes drive away and we love to get out and visit as often as we can. Our recent visit was interesting as on this occasion Joshua actually enjoyed the animals not just the farm machinery. In the past Joshua has cowered in the corner when hearing goats and sheep ...
Beautiful Friends And The New Arrival
As some of you know I tend to be a little reserved on the friend front, after many years trying to maintain some very destructive friendships. I have over time gradually weeded out the fine weather buggers and now I have a lovely small select group of friends that I know would do anything for me, as ...
Family Bonfire Night
Bonfire night this year was a little different but in a good way. Last year we went the whole hog and spent vast amounts of cash and lots of hours stuck in a pitch black field with a wee one that was not impressed nor happy at being out after bedtime with no toys to play with! the tween was equally ...
Nocturnal Nightmares Of The Toddler Kind
As the title states we are having nocturnal nightmares and I am stumped! Now Joshua has always been an impeccable sleeper from being only a few weeks old, he enjoyed his bedtime sleep and I often wondered if it would come back to bite me... and it seems it has! Joshua moved into his new big ...
Crazy Golf Oliver Style
This week we have been really fortunate to get out and spend some time in the fresh air as a family on a Crazy Golf Course. Now this particular course is located at our favourite local Farm Park and with Ollie's new job meaning he is home for 2.30pm and Bethany's school on strike we went off to ...
The Joy of Pets
The Joy of pets has always been something that we have been enjoyed in our family. As children both Ollie and I had pet dogs and I also had the joy of a pet cat too! although the cat was not such a joy when my mum had redecorated her bedroom from top to bottoms and the cat did a war dance round the ...
How My Boys Relax
This weeks theme for The Gallery is 'Relax' so I thought I would share with you how my little man relaxes .. or tries too! These photos were obviously taken when Joshua was littler in fact quite some time ago .. in fact it was February 2012. My little man had developed a habit of dropping to ...
The Gallery: The Weekend
After a hectic Bank Holiday weekend and up until Yesterday as Ollie was off work I am using this last 4 days for our concept of weekend , Feel free to read more about our few days in Whitby HERE, this is our offering for The Gallery this week: Should you have a spare vote for the ...
Fresh Air, Fish ‘n’ Chips and Fudge!
Finally this Bank Holiday weekend we saw our plan to visit Matlock Bath come to fruition after the cancelled trip for Ollie's Birthday on the 16th March due to snow! and what a lovely day it turned into! To get 4 full days with my hubby is an infrequent occurrence and with snow still lingering we ...
Rufford Park & Beth’s New Friend
After the first little flurry of snow fell overnight on Saturday, we woke to a lovely snowy scene on Sunday morning which was what prompted us to get out of the comfy fat pants and get out and enjoy some quality family time. We ventured to Rufford Country Park which is only a short distance from ...
The Long Journey Ahead
After recent pre-teen hormones and added issues with Beth (When 4 Became 3 & When 4 Became 3 an Update) it was nice that over Christmas we got to spend some quality time together. Don’t get me wrong we had some real hum dingers of arguments but all in all we got some time together which was ...
Fun Photo Fun – Cardboard Boxes & Tin Foil
I have been linking up with the lovely Charlotte over at The Crumby Mummy for the last few weeks of 2012 for her fantastic linky Fun Photo Fun and I am now back with my first link up of 2013 - Cardboard Boxes and tin foil! As most of you will know I had a little break from blogging over the ...