Thursday 4:52pm The phone rang. “We’re jut on the way out the door” I told my mam and rang off. I herded the children to the car, drove to chess club and dropped one off. 5:04pm Came home and took the groceries from earlier in the day out of the car. Plonked them on the table. 5:12pm… Continue reading Sixty Minutes
A few weeks ago I wrote about the possible pitfalls of Center Parcs holidays and how we were preparing for our upcoming Center Parcs stay at Post Zelande in Holland. The tone of the post might have come across to some readers as pessimistic but to me it was a realistic view based on our… Continue reading Staying at Center Parcs Port Zelande, Part 1: Accommodation
You might have noticed I don’t write many blog catch up posts. On the rare occasions that I do, I always feel like I am on the slippery slope to writers’ block or losing the blogging buzz. The truth is that I simply haven’t had the time to blog much this month or last. My… Continue reading Pause. Rewind. Play.
It’s the weekend! Hands up who is doing their big shop today? The weekly shop, the groceries, the messages, whatever you like to call it. When do you do yours? Friday used to be my day for it, being my day off work. I say used to because I haven’t done the big shop in… Continue reading The Really, Really Big “Big Shop”
Later this year we’ll be going on another Center Parcs holiday. Looking at the Center Parcs brochure and website, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there is nothing less than top of the range accommodation, permanent sunshine and family-friendly catering. Spoiler alert – its not quite like that. That said, we had a easy and… Continue reading Center Parc Holidays – What to Expect & What to Bring
Back in May The Bavarian’s family held a family reunion in central Germany. We were to stay at Quinkenhof, a farm in the middle of nowhere. Normally one to love farm holidays, this time I was a bit apprehensive. I hadn’t booked it myself, some distant relation had. Work was madly busy and I hadn’t… Continue reading Our Farm Holiday at Quinkenhof Farm
Life is not like in the movies. We all know that, but it can be hard not to want to feel like one of those movie mommies who peeps in at her kids last thing at night, tugging a blanket over a shoulder, removing a book from the hands of a sleeping child. Real life isn’t… Continue reading Movie Moments and Feel Good Quilts
Recently on Facebook some fellow Irish Parenting Bloggers and I got into a chat about places to visit around Drogheda and Dundalk. I’m not familiar with Dundalk at all but having been to school in Drogheda and being based in the area whenever we are home in Ireland on holiday, I have a few favourite… Continue reading Oldbrige & The Battle of the Boyne Museum
When Number Three woke me I didn’t look at the clock. On Saturday mornings time doesn’t matter. I dozed, he wriggled and chatted. When Number Two came in for a quick snuggle, he told me the time, reading it from the digital clock on my bedside table. He knows I can’t read it without my… Continue reading Get Up & Go
Warning – this is a photo heavy post that may have you yearning for blue skies and sunshine. There are two things I loved about our days at the beach at home in Ireland this summer. Big skies and no toys. Arriving with nothing but togs, towels and that most essential of Irish beach kit,… Continue reading Big Skies, No Toys
