Getting Teenagers Ready For Back To School Well, the summer holidays are nearly over aren’t they folks? Where did they go? They seem to be over so quickly don’t they? My 17 year old son will be starting his last year at school next week, for his final year of A Levels, and regardless of…
A holiday can be many different things. It can be exploring somewhere new, like our recent visits to Liverpool and York or our up and coming holiday to Costa Brava. A holiday can be about living in the lap of luxury in a 5* hotel or being waited on hand and foot aboard a luxury…
I wanted to write a blog post that covered all the key elements to getting your blog off the ground in one handy place. The thing with blogging is there is so much to it. You are always learning and making tweaks to improve your blog, increase your reach and get your content writing out…
Right guys, you gotta help me out here. I’ve been having some really crazy thoughts recently. Some of my friends have been showing off their gorgeous newborn babies, and oh my word, it’s making me feel broody. It’s completely insane, as rationally the thought of going throw another pregnancy is just too much like hard…
We have just booked our family holiday to Spain and we are so excited. We are off in October to Pineda De Mar, which is a town totally new to us. We are huge fans of visiting Spain, but have not really explored Costa Brava. I really enjoy sharing new experiences with my family, so…
Hello everyone and welcome back to another week of my weight loss series ‘Thinking Thin’. Thanks so much for putting up with my ramblings last week and all your kind comments. I can’t begin to tell you how much it helped to get all that off my chest. I must learn not to let things…
I hate to say it but I think summer is almost done. The days are getting shorter and the weather is getting wetter and colder by the minute. The reality for us parents though is that the kids still need entertaining and getting out of the house, before everyone goes up the wall. As…
One thing I find really hard about having children of such different ages, is writing about them on the blog all equally. I guess featuring them all equally is difficult when they are at such different stages of their lives, and possibly a tall order. So that’s where the idea came from for the family…
Pet Parade Carry Kit My 3 year old has been a little bit difficult recently when she has had play dates with her friends. She’s at that stage where she is learning all about negotiating her relationships, whilst at the same time trying to understand all the emotions she experiences. This interesting stage has led…
There’s nothing like saving the best till last is there, and York’s Chocolate Story was definitely a highlight from our weekend in York. I’ve shared posts with you all week about our trip to Diggerland, our stay at Travelodge York Central and even some free things to do in York but you cannot pass through this beautiful English…
When I was planning our weekend away, I actually struggled to find free things to do in York. The city has a growing tourist economy and it really shows. The city boasts 6 million tourist visitors every year, that spend in excess of over £600 million so lots of the best attractions charge an entrance…
Hello again everyone. Thanks for coming back for another week of my Thinking Thin series. Writing these blog posts about my weight loss struggles are so helpful for me, and I really hope they are of benefit to you too. I firmly believe there isn’t a quick fix to losing weight or dieting, and the…
During our recent weekend holiday break in York, we were lucky enough to be invited to Diggerland in Castleford. I’ve seen a lot of blog posts about Diggerland over the last year, and was really intrigued as to what it was all about. I know what you’re thinking. I have daughters, and are they really going…
Travelodge York Central invited us to enjoy a weekend break in one of their new family rooms recently. York is a place I have been before, for a night out, but not somewhere I have really explored so we were definitely up for it. We hadn’t long returned from our visit to Travelodge Liverpool Central, so it…
Just recently I’ve had very itchy feat. I think our experiences of visiting Liverpool and exploring Larmer Tree Festival have reignited my travelling spirit. I’ve started to reminisce over places I have visited, which I think is my way of telling myself I am long overdue a proper holiday. Our recent visit to Liverpool, reminded me in…
Eating out has got so much easier now that Little Pudding has stopped being fussy about food. We are really starting to enjoy our family meals out again, so when we were invited to the local Beefeater to find out what they had in store for Summer, we knew it was going to be a yes.