May 18, 2012

The things they say

happy kids

    If you asked anybody in the family to tell you who would have an immediate answer for anything they would all say Paddy. For a four year old he really doesn’t miss a trick, which can be both amusing and frustrating at the same time. Yesterday I was asking Paddy to tidy something [...]

How private are the words you choose to write on the WWW?

locked computer

      Earlier this week I received a comment from a friend on my personal Facebook page in response to a post I wrote about motherhood.  She mentioned how she was loving seeing a more personal post from me.  I replied that there was a reason for me backing off on personal posts – the [...]

Motherhood: It’s ok to admit it’s not always sunshine and flowers

Furious woman

      This isn’t actually a picture of me personally but boy oh boy, does she look how I feel. Everyone in the house has been dropping like flies with some snotty, coughy, stomach-buggy bug during the last week.  We’ve gone through more toilet rolls and tissues than your average Andrex puppy and his [...]

Wedding Anniversary Plans

flowers

    Last week I wrote about a lunch date Mike and I had planned.  It wasn’t going to be anything extravagant, we knew that much.  And it wasn’t completely child free seeing as we had the twins with us. In fact, our date ended up being a visit to a supermarket followed by lunch [...]

A new addition

Birth announcement

  Here is something we’ve been keeping quiet about but now is a good time to let the cat out of the bag and let you know. Meet our newest little girl…     Her name is Nala (as in The Lion King, of course) and she is eight weeks old. Beautiful, isn’t she?   [...]

When large families get ill

honey, lemon, honeycomb and a cup of tea isolated on white

    Despite holding onto the thought that spring was on the way it seems we have been severely disappointed with the extended winter we have been experiencing instead.  The weather has been cold, rainy and downright miserable ever since the hosepipe ban came into effect.  Murphy’s Law strikes again. We had a photoshoot lined [...]