1. I’m currently in Bruges, my favourite European city, with my husband, son and mum. I’ve spent the last two days drinking beer, eating yummy food and doing lots of sight seeing. We’ve also been on a horse and carriage ride around Bruges and a canal boat trip. 2. Edward is 1 year old tomorrow…
The Gallery: trees
The theme for The Gallery had me thinking and looking back through my archives for pictures of trees. My son is obsessed by them and spent the first few months of his life sitting in his pushchair and watching the trees above him. However. before I found a suitable picture I remembered what my husband…
Favourite sweets
This weeks Listography is your top 5 favourite sweets from your childhood. I have a real sweet tooth so it wasn’t hard. In fact, I could have listed my top 50 sweets with tom thumb drops, fizzy cola bottles, jazzies, popping candy and foam bananas. I’m old and I remember when 10p would buy a…
Vintage child’s chair
I’m enjoying the opportunity to share some of my favourite vintage finds with you all. I’ve had this vintage child’s chair for a while. I picked it up at a flea market on the Isle of Wight ages ago. However I just got it out as Edward is the right height to sit on it….
Do hotels and baby’s go together?
Last year we stayed in our favourite hotel when we visited my father-in-law who had fallen from a ladder. Fortunately he was fine but our hotel stay wasn’t so good. Since we’re been together we’ve always stayed in the same hotel whenever we go to Exeter. It’s an old-fashioned but modern boutique hotel in the…
I’m having the time of my life!
The last few weeks have been busy which is what I need to take my mind off my imminent return to work. Maternity leave is a a wonderful bubble and I’m glad I discovered the world of parent bloggers to help keep me company. A couple of weeks ago I went to work to discuss…
Dear So and So…
Dear Work, Stop messing with me. We both know I’m entitled to those Bank Holidays I accrued whilst on maternity leave. Sort it out! Yours, Employee (with a contract to prove it) ——————— Dear Body, What’s up with you? Nausea for days on end? Tired all the time. Headaches? Pregnant again? Yours, Wishful thinking…
Flashback Friday – Raisin Weekend 1995
Last night I was having a look through my old photos (so old they’ve been scanned into iPhoto) and came across one which I wanted to share. That’s me in the middle when I was much much younger. It was taken whilst I was at the University of St Andrews where I spent five happy…
Day Zero – Month Four (February)
Eek, just where is the time going?! I’ve managed to tick a few things off my list over the last few weeks. I have participated in a couple of fun swaps Finished Edward’s dinosaur blanket for his first birthday Started driving lessons and I’m actually enjoying them so who knows, I might even actually book…