Goodbye May and hello June. I can’t quite believe it’s June! half the year has now flown by and what a crazy 6 months it has been. Although we haven’t done a great deal, with the global pandemic it’s been one none of us will forget thats for sure. May for us was all about getting out and enjoying the sunshine! We have been blessed with some absolutely gorgeous weather the last few weeks. With the lockdown restrictions eased ever so slightly the girls and I have been making the most of living in this beautiful seaside town. Seemingly so…
Getting ready to move house at any time can be a stressful experience. Throw in a global pandemic and the stress levels go through the roof. We’ve been in the process of buying a house now for around 7 months, there have been a ton of highs and lows. However with the end finally a little more in sight I am now allowing myself to get excited and the prospect of our new family home and all this things we’re going to do to make it homely for us all. The exciting news of the baby came a few days…
I, like most parents, always aim to shield my children from the ‘bad things’ going on in the world. While I don’t want to wrap them in cotton wool there are some things I feel their innocent little minds aren’t ready to deal with. In the current climate there really is just no way to avoid it though. Children are off school, they’re not able to see friends and family – they know the situation is not good. Only the other day Lottie had an eye lash, she made a wish and blew it away, her wish was for their…
Do you cringe every time you have a guest in your house? Do you worry that they’re picking up on the smell of your cigarettes? Is it in the upholstery of your sofa, your curtains and carpets? The smell of stale cigarette smoke is enough to make even the most house-proud person squirm uncomfortably, but what can be done? Is it ever possible to get rid of the smell of smoke? If you have small children in the house and you’re making an effort not to smoke in front of them, it’s still difficult not to bring the smoke into…
The internet is a wonderful thing. During lockdown we are all making the most of being able to get online to communicate with our friends and family, watch films, join in online work out classes and a big one for us right now is using the internet for online education, researching activities/finding recipes etc. I am not sure what we would do with out it but it adds up to a lot more screen time than we ever used before! With that in mind I have been planning out some daily activities for the girls which are focused on stepping…
