One of the great things about toddlers is they’re usually pretty naive, I usually use this to my full advantage when I want to get to the bottom of a situation – picture the scene I walk into the bathroom the loo roll is completely unrolled and shoved in the toilet while both taps are still running – yay. “Girl’s! Whats happened in here!” Now up until recently if I ask this question I usually get a quite honest answer, they’ll gladly admit what they have done, not quite grasping the art of telling fibs or bending the truth as…
Bad Hair Days! We’ve all been there before we go to bed look at our hair mirror and think urgh I’ll wash it in the morning, the kids are always up at 6 so that’s plenty of time before you have to be out the door at 8 for the school run. Of corse next morning – the one morning you want to be up early the little sods sleep in till 7:30, I now 30 mins to get everyone washed fed and dressed that hair wash and blow-dry has gone right out the window so this is my mum’s…
Last Monday we set off for the beautiful Welsh country side to review the gorgeous Bluestone national park resort, it was a long ol’ drive for us with three young children its the one part of the trip I was not excited for but the girls were really good thank god! For some ideas on how to keep kids entertained on long journey’s you can read my mums essential’s guide to long care journeys here. Get ready for a very pic heavy post! We arrived at around 4pm the lodges weren’t ready until 4:30 so we decided to stretch our…
Today the girls and I planted some strawberries! Last year I attempt some gardening in our old house and I won’t lie it was a sorry situation, everything seemed to die within a week or so – probably had something to do with me forgetting to water the poor things! Any who new year, new garden and all that I’m determined this year to keep something alive, are garden is a lot smaller than the last one but I would quite like to pop a few pot plants out and maybe a hanging basket if I’m feeling adventurous enough. I…
A Mum’s essentials guide to long car journey’s when travelling with children. Last week we braved a 4 hour trip from Dorset to Pembrokeshire, Wales for a family holiday at Bluestone. Now while a holiday is lovely and I’ve been so looking forward to this little break I was absolutely dreading the car journey there is only so many times you can play the frozen soundtrack to keep them entertained so I’d been thinking of little things we can take to do or play in the car to keep little ones entertained as long as possible and also some item’s…
