I’ve always loved Next. When Hubster and I first moved in together, I felt like a ‘proper adult’ when I got my first Next Directory. It feels like Christmas when I get the new directory at the beginning of the season and I make a mental list every time. I am part of the Next…
We are finally in December and the Christmas or Advent festivities can begin in earnest. Is your tree up yet? I’ve held off and may do it this weekend. I did put it up at the beginning of December when it was Boo’s first Christmas but, if I’m honest, I was sick of it…
This weekend we visited the High Legh miniature railway at High Legh Garden Centre near Lymm, Cheshire. Boo and I visited a couple of years ago in the summer but I think she was a bit young and I fear I enjoyed it more. This time was different, at Christmas the railways gets all festive…
Maternity clothes. You either love them or you hate them. Most of mine are from my pregnancy with Boo and are mostly made of black jersey. I was pregnant at more or less exactly the same season with Boo as with this baby so that has come in handy. This is my comfy outfit. Leggings…
Can you believe another week has flown by? We are nearly in December and I am getting really impatient about putting my tree up. I am going to really try and wait as I have previous convictions of peaking too soon. Last week’s #TinselTuesday offerings were a lovely mix of recipes and musings. I…
Last year I was in awe at the effort that went into many people’s Elf on the Shelf. So this year, I got us one. Well actually, in true Emma style, I got two a ‘real’ elf off eBay and another one from Sainsburys. For the last month I have been trying to come up…
I recently saw a delicious looking soup in a sandwich shop. Christmas soup. I was really excited about it but imagined it would have turkey in it. It didn’t, it had ham so I still couldn’t have it (remember the vegetarian farmer’s wife). So I decided I wasn’t about to miss out and made it…
I am very excited today to be hosting the Britmums Blog Carnival. It is really a virtual party to celebrate the wonderful world of blogging in general and parent bloggers in particular. We’ve all got something in common in this (sometimes) rough road of parenting and so I feel a great affinity to some of the…
#Tinsel Tuesdays is back for week two. We had some great entries this week including a delicious looking festive marmalade cake from Time to be an Adult and homemade, mince meat from Mama Frog. Non-edible offerings came from Mummy M’s Memories who was lucky enough to go and see the new Nativity 3 movie…
I’ve seen loads of these button art things on Pinterest. I think they are so cute so, I thought I’d have a go myself. I had a box frame from IKEA so I thought I would use that. I had bought it to frame Boo’s first pair of shoes but, being a late walker,…