For this weeks Bear Portraits we headed back to Just So festival for our second year in a row. Wonderful in some ways and a struggle in others, overall its been a fabulous weekend. ... READ MORE »
Family Life
The Bear Portraits – 33/52
It's been such a long time since I did our Bear Portraits. A post which records a little moments of where my two Bears are right now. So, this is going to be a bit of an overall catch up of these two. ... READ MORE »
Plastic Free July
Plastic free July is basically a month-long challenge to try and either cut plastic completely from your lives, significantly reduce your use of it or as a minimum to become more aware of their consumption. The idea is to become more mindful of the plastic we use and do what we can to do our ... READ MORE »
Should a doctor recommend an 800 calorie diet?
I'm not usually one to write about anything too personal on the blog but I'm trying to process something and I'm not sure how I feel about it. First of all, I'm a big girl at the moment. As in BIG. And I'm struggling to lose weight. I have been following a 1700 calorie diet for the past few months, ... READ MORE »
How to Read More in 3 Simple Step
You may have noticed that the amount of book reviews over the past months have increased, a little because of my 2018 book challenge but mainly quite simply because I am reading more. One thing I have started to be asked is how do I find the time to read. I haven't found an extra 5 hours in the ... READ MORE »
The Christmas Tag
I'm not usually one to get involved in tags. However, this Christmas tag came along from the wonderful Nadia from Scandimummy and Sarah from Mummy Cat Notes and seeing as I just LOVE Christmas, I thought why not! ... READ MORE »
Snow Day!
Just like most of the country, this week the snow decended on us. The Bears have never even seen snow in person, let alone played in it so it was with great excitement when it arrived with us on Friday. Out we went, and that's what we've done pretty much for the past 3 days.....in and out the house ... READ MORE »
Festival Fun – 34/52
This weeks Living Arrows pictures come from a wonderful day spent at Just So festival on Saturday. Designed for kids and families, it's a festival like no other I've seen before. Based on the Rode Hall Estate in Cheshire, it is filled with music, dance and crafts and really is a magical place. We ... READ MORE »
Sleep…..what’s that?! The Bedtime Tag
I was tagged by Siobhan over at the Babyboat Diaries to answer the following questions about our bedtime routine. Thanks for the tag, now over to me!! Describe your usual bedtime routine. With 2 kids now our evenings and bedtime routines have to be structured! As I'm still on ... READ MORE »
10 ways in which I am rocking motherhood
Kim from over at Oddhogg tagged me in the Rocking Motherhood tag last week. The basic idea is that you need to list 10 ways which you are rocking motherhood. Easy right? Wrong!! We're so used to seeing what it is we could do better that it's actually hard to focus on the things that we're doing ... READ MORE »
2016: The (Not Big or Fat) Quiz of the Year!
Today the lovely Amy from mummyfox tagged me in The (Not Big or Fat) Quiz of the Year 2016 and although it's already 2017, I thought it would be nice to take a final look back over the past year: What was your highlight of 2016? Without a doubt it was the little man joining us. Born ... READ MORE »
Newborn Feeding: the good, the bad and the tiredness
Rosie from over at Everything's Rosie and George is doing an amazing series at the moment on newborn feeding and I wanted to get involved by writing about my own journey so far. I recommend you also head over there (once you are finished here of course) and take a look. ... READ MORE »