June is almost here, and with it comes 30 Days Wild 2020 - a fantastic idea run by The Wildlife Trust. We usually take part anyway, but this year it will really be appreacted. The basic idea is to do…
Month: May 2020
It might not feel it in the current environment but believe it or not, summer is around the corner. At the moment, we are all trying everything we can to introduce normality into our lives. We keep being told about…
9 weeks of lockdown. It seems like it's gone fast yet been forever at the same time, what a weird year this is shaping up to be. We're pretty much resigned now to having all our summer plans put on…
As much as I love being creative, I have an even bigger love for encouraging my kiddos to be creative too. Ever since the girls were tiny, we've painted, made, sewed, junk modeled... We've always taken advantage of any art…
Eleven Months! Yikes - that birthday is jsut around the corner! It's looking likely to be a much quieter birthday celebration than I had hoped/planned for, but we'll make it special none the less. Oh Oren - he is such…
We all have 'those days' - days when nothing goes right, when you are overwhelmed and overwrought, when you wake up with a serious case of the 'mehs'. For years I'd let them control me, I'd see them as a…
One thing I've loved about lockdown, is I've got the time to spend in the kitchen. Being less rushed trying to make meals has given me the motivation to experiment again. Usually, weeknights at least, we're rushing around from one…
When I was pregnant with my eldest, I remember thinking how when she was 18 I'd be 40... and that all felt so far away it would never happen. Now she's turning 17... and I'm left wondering where on earth…
I know too well the awful feeling of anxiety. For years I struggled to keep it under control, endless days with my stomach a ball of knots, unable to eat or sleep or leave the house. Every single thing was…