I love to start the week by writing the Monday Happy List. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures. It’s usually a post I love to write but obviously life has changed…
Regular readers will know that every month I challenge myself to make the Mollie Makes magazine cover gift. I’ve subscribed since it first came out and have had a drawer full of unopened kits – but no more! I’ve been making more time for grown up crafting and I love to make the kits and hopefully try something…
Back in October half term 2018 we were lucky to get tickets to the London Yayoi Kusama installation, a free event at the Victoria Miro gallery near Old Street. I’ve always admired Yayoi Kusama’s work and was excited to introduce the kids to her work. We loved the Infinity Mirrored Room, the giant pumpkins, paintings…
Disclosure – collaborative post With May the Fourth (aka Star Wars Day) on the horizon next month we are looking forward to having something to celebrate. My son is the biggest Star Wars fans and has been re-watching all his favourite Star Wars films whilst we’ve been staying safe at home during the pandemic. We’ve…
I’m not sure if Spring came early this year but two weeks ago we came across the best place to see bluebells in West London. We are fortunate that Ruislip Woods is our go to place for our state sanctioned daily exercise. We might be a little biased, but I think it is the best…
Today my children are wearing their Cubs uniforms in honour of St George’s Day. Normally we would be looking forward to taking part in our local St George’s Day parade but instead we have been asked to wear our uniform, especially during the Clap for Carers this evening. Every year we try to mark St…
It seems a while since we’ve reviewed toys but when we were offered some of the brand new Shopkins Real Littles I just had to say yes. My children have always loved their Shopkins toys so I knew they would be really excited to see these. Real Littles sees your fave brands turned into Shopkins!…
I love to start the week by writing the Monday Happy List. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures. It’s usually a post I love to write but obviously life has changed…
Disclosure – this post includes affiliate content Just before our schools closed and we were placed on lockdown we received a HappySelf Journal to try out at home. We’ve been fans of journal keeping and mindfulness for a few years so were looking forward to trying the HappySelf Journal during what we knew was going…