Living Lagom
Towards the end of last year, the lovely folk at IKEA introduced me to a great Scandinavian phrase – live lagom. Roughly translating as ‘the right amount is best’ it’s...
Month: January 2016
The ‘just’ season and musings on life
unrelated photo of my Beastie Boy this time last year! It’s 8am as I sit and write this. The house is quiet, Beastie and I are downstairs watching a few...
What we wore – Mama and Vega #MirrorMyMummy
My Beastie boy keeps growing so fast, I feel like I’m buying him a new wardrobe every few weeks! At 12 months, he’s been in 18-23 month sizes for a...
Top tips on keeping your home warm
We spent the last six years living in an old, draughty house that was hard to keep warm. With only single glazed windows, old wooden doors and an ancient boiler...
Review | Treaclemoon and The Library of Fragrance
It’s funny how a certain scent can draw us back to different times in our lives, how just a small whiff can remind us of a place, or an event...
Making plans for a New Year
Happy 2016! Can you believe it’s another new Year already?! This past one flew by in a flurry of baby and house moving and it seems I hardly noticed it...
This Homeschooling Life #5
I’m back with another ‘This Homeschooling Life’ linky. December passed by in a blur, and was mainly taken up with Christmas… while the big kids still did their usual ‘school...
DC Super Friends Giveaway!
In the last few months, Baya has found a new love for superheroes – it makes a nice change from wanting everything to be Princesses! She’s been eagerly watching some...
Goodbye 2015
2015 was a great year for us as a family. Our first year as a six-some we also moved our tribe to a fab new house! Here are a few...