Our house project of a single-storey rear and side extension plus renovation has finally started. What with COVID-19 and being put into lockdown, it was all up in the air as to whether it would be possible this year. So I…
The girls have been back at school for a week and it has made such a positive impact on them. I know some people have their own opinions and may have chosen to do things differently but sending both our…
Oh boy, do I have a story to tell you. So we are now at the end of Week 7 in isolation. I have to say things have been getting easier with having a routine for both ourselves and the…
We are at the end of week 4 of this lockdown and the girls are itching to get back to “normal life”. Whatever that is. They miss school, their friends, their activities and especially seeing family. It still amazes me…
Spending quality time together as a family can be hard. In between school, work, household chores, and all the other things that steal families time over the week, you start to use up every hour in the day. I am…
March is now upon us and as you can hear the birds are singing, the flowers blossoming, and the weather changing to be slightly warmer, now is the time we usually do a spring clean. However, this year we are…
I thought I would post a little family update on how the New Year has started for us. What a month we have had. After Christmas and New Year it was so nice to get back into a routine. However,…
Back in October 2018, we moved into our current home, which is our dream home. It is in a picturesque village to the North of Bedfordshire and the house itself already came with planning permission. However, those plans needed some…
We have finally stumbled into 2020 with school starting up again, work (although I worked during the Christmas Period), and the routines firmly back in place, along with some added extras. We had such a lovely little break that already…
As I have said before, this year has been a lovely experience buying presents for the girls. One they can actually tell me what it is they want, and two they generally like the same thing which makes it easier.…
This year I have really enjoyed shopping for both Mabel and Martha for Christmas. The girls are at an age where they generally like the same thing or they can tell me what it is they want. It makes things…
