On Friday Heidi began her potty training journey. A week ago I bought a pack of Huggies Pull Ups as they were on offer. Heidi really took to them and has been showing a real interest in the potty, so on Friday I decided to take the plunge and let…
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We’ve recently returned from our summer holiday, which was lovely. We went to a place called Benahavis, which is near Marbella. It’s a beautiful spanish mountain village, which we first discovered three years ago. I’m planning on writing a blog post to tell you more about it as a place…
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Last year we had a huge extension which, although was an absolute nightmare at the time, was well worth the stress and upheaval. It’s been approximately 9 months since the main bulk of the work finished and we’re now all getting used to the extra space. I particularly love our…
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If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you’ll probably know that we’ve been renovating our spare room to turn it into a dressing room. We’ve been doing this in a few phases (read about phase one and phase two) and I’m delighted that we’ve finally finished it and have…
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Things have been a little quiet on the blog recently. The main reason for this is that I’ve had a few busy weeks going through the recruitment process for a new job, which I’m delighted to say, that I was offered last week! I’ve not been that happy in my…
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June has been a good month for us. It’s also been very busy too! Simon and I celebrated being together for 13 years, by enjoying a yummy meal at a BBQ place we’ve been wanting to try for a while. The twins started pre school and they seem to be…
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One Friday in the middle of June Oscar’s school had an Inset Day. We decided to make the most of it and have a trip down to Peppa Pig World near Southampton. I’ve wanted to take the kids for a while and thought that this was probably the last year…
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Last week I wrote a post announcing that I was going to get on board the smoothie band wagon and give them a try (check out my ‘Smoothies – do they really work’ post). Well after having a Deliciously Ella smoothie everyday for breakfast, I’m converted. Whilst they aren’t miracle…
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A couple of weeks ago we began to redecorate our spare room so that we could use it as a dressing room. As you can imagine I’m VERY excited about the prospect of having a dressing room, even it is very small! With having three young children,we don’t have much…
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Pentahotels are a relatively new hotel brand, who appear to be popping up everywhere. They position themselves as modern, funky and a little bit different. We love to travel and love staying in hotels, particularly if they’re a little bit different, so I was delighted when hubby and I were invited to attend the Pentahotel Derby…
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