Wow what a month is has been. The weather has been glorious and, for once, my house has been exceptionally tidy because the children have hardly been inside. We have been to the beach twice, enjoyed dinosaur crazy golf at our local garden centre and generally had a lot of fun outside. Despite lathering them … [Read more…]
We’ve been a family of five for over a year now and I am not going to lie, at times it is crazy. Meal times are interesting. Getting everyone dressed is some kind of Olympic sport and hardly anything comes in packs of five. I love it though and, while I am by no means … [Read more…]
Farm life can be lovely but it can also be messy and it is not uncommon to find straw in places you wouldn’t expect-like bedrooms. Such farm debris demands a vacuum cleaner that can cope with such activity, as well as animals, three children and normal family life. Since living at the farm, I have … [Read more…]
With today’s busy lives, there can be so much going on that you quickly run out of time to do anything as a family. In some cases, you might not even see each other for more than a few minutes a day. Family time is vital, so it’s important that you try to cultivate time … [Read more…]
What a month it has been. Since the last siblings post, we have celebrated a seventh and a third birthday. Boo’s birthday was first and I arranged for an ice cream man to come to the farm. The big two were delighted with this and scurried in from the cold with their bounties and refused … [Read more…]
Family life can be a wonderful thing. Unfortunately, many parents find it difficult to discover new ways of keeping the kids entertained while sticking to their budget every weekend. After all, when you factor in all the expenses of eating out, paying for tickets into amusement parks, and traveling to distant destinations, the cost … [Read more…]
A New Year is the perfect time to look back at the year just gone and look forward to the next. The fact that January 1 is on a Monday this year makes it seem even better, I am not sure why. I can’t say 2017 has been the easiest year The first two months … [Read more…]
At the end of last December, I wrote a post looking back at my most popular blog posts of 2016. I have decided to write on again this year, because sometimes it brings up a few surprises-ones I wouldn’t usually expect to do as well as they did. My most popular post, by far was … [Read more…]
Whereas last month went slow, this month has gone really fast and Christmas Day is hurtling towards us at breakneck speed. It has been a festive month for the siblings-which, for me means only one thing… Matching outfits. Not just matching outfits either. Festive matching outfits. We’ve had novelty And traditional tartan. It really does … [Read more…]
I am firmly in the planning stages now for Christmas 2017. It is Baby J’s first and, I think the first one that G will truly know what is happening. At the moment, G is convinced that flying goats pull Santa’s sleigh and that Father Christmas gets stuck down Stick Man’s chimney and I am … [Read more…]
