Everywhere I turn I am hit with news of the fantastic weather in the UK and Ireland. Newspaper reports of highs of 31°C in Ireland, photos of dashboard temperatures of 36°C, phonecalls and texts from family and friends raving about the weather. It is amazing how a couple of weeks of prolonged heat and sunshine… Continue reading Picnics with Rex London
Travel is and has always been something I enjoy a lot. A love of travel and an appreciation of different cultures and countries is something The Bavarian and I are very keen to cultivate in our children. While they haven’t travelled terribly widely, the boys have already been to several European countries as well as… Continue reading Travel Kids Club Review
It has been a while since I gave you an update on how my reading challenge has been going. I’m still not flying through books the way I used to and I have begun and rejected at least one book lately but on the whole, things are improving. Having finished – and thoroughly enjoyed –… Continue reading 5 Down, 35 To Go
I’m recently returned from a few days in Ireland, primarily to visit my sister and the newest addition to our family, her newborn son. He is a gorgeous little fella and, so far at least, a very content baby. So content in fact that he allowed his mammy and his auntie two hours of peace to… Continue reading Afternoon Tea At The Fitzwilliam Hotel, Dublin
Never was a review product more joyfully received in our house than the Cognikids Sensory Teething bib, Sooth, was. When I was asked to review a CogniKids product, my initial thought was that my toddler is too old for their products. Cognikids then suggested their teething bib. Since Number Three is still getting teeth, I… Continue reading CogniKids ‘Sooth’ Sensory Teething Bib – A Review
Like most people, I first encountered Annabel Karmel’s books when my eldest was about to start on solids. I was hearing about her everywhere, as if you couldn’t possibly wean a baby without her. I was a bit apprehensive. My opinion on most things that are increbibly popular is “just because everyone is raving about… Continue reading Annabel Karmel’s Busy Mum’s Cookbooks – A Review
If you’ve been following my 40-By-40 Reading List journey, you will know that in the first two months of this year I managed to read only one book. It was long, but still, not a great result. The good news is that thigns have sped up, after a small setback that is. I had a little bit of… Continue reading 2 Down, 38 To Go
About ten years ago a good friend of mine said she was trying to get to thirty countries before she turned 30. I loved the idea and tried but didn’t quite make it (I got to 24). Having a baby at the age of 29 kind of put a halt to my foreign holidays. The… Continue reading My 40-By-40 Reading List
