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You would think after recent years we would look for a busy staycation with lots of people… but no, we wanted to escape it all again for a short period and enjoy just being a family together. Well, we found the most perfect place… Horse Park Hideaway was such a find - I was recommended [...]
So if you follow me on Instagram, you will know I've fallen in love with the garden this year. Growing veg, planting flowers, learning new things... and of course watching Gardener's World every Friday evening! After Monty discussed how beneficial his pond was to the wildlife and what amazing feature it was in the garden, [...]
When we moved in three years ago, the fourth bedroom or the 'box room' (because it's teeny) immediately turned into a dumping ground. We put a desk in there to use it as an office, we sometimes put the maiden up in there - it was just awful, so cramped and just stuff everywhere. It [...]
This year, Steven and I decided not to spend too much on each other for Christmas, and instead booked a little weekend away for the three of us. Surprisingly, since Sophia has been born we haven’t been on holiday just the three of us - it’s always been with friends or family. So we were [...]
There's nothing better than your advent calendar when you're a child. That run up to Christmas day is just so exciting, and sometimes the run up is better than the actual day itself. I know, nowadays, we have 'Elf on the Shelf', Christmas Eve boxes and new trends - but for me, I wanted to [...]
Sophia's room has stayed pretty-much exactly the same from when she was born - she's now two years old and has seemed to outgrow a lot of the features in there. For her second birthday, we decided to update her room so it was more suitable for her age and make it a place for [...]
Do you get to thirty and then you are introduced to essential oils - is that the rule? I honestly think I did not know about them in my teens or twenties, like it was some sort of secret club for over thirties only (ha) - and when I found out about them, I was [...]
Is the Lake District a good place to take toddlers? I was a bit sceptical at first, yet, we enjoyed a wonderful five days in our favourite National Park recently - filled with activities great for our toddler, Sophia, but also for us adults so I wanted to feedback on our travels in case you [...]
September comes and I'm totally ready for it... I cannot wait to get that heating on, even when we've not had much of a Summer here in the UK (we certainly didn't this year). The busyness of Summer has gone and I start to enjoy the familiar feelings of our home even more than usual. [...]
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