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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 [...]
Sophia recently turned three, and I always had envisioned that she would move into the guest bedroom for her third birthday. It would be her 'big girl's room' - time to move out of the cot bed and into the toddler bed. Earlier in the year, mid-lockdown, I asked Sophia what she would like her [...]
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 [...]
A date night is a rarity these days - so for Steven’s birthday I booked us a few dates together, one being this weekday cinema trip to Woolton Picture House - Liverpool's oldest independent cinema. I have been before as we took my Mum for Mother’s Day a while back, but I wanted Steven to [...]
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 [...]
It's the family dream isn't it - all sat around the table, enjoying a huge, homemade meal every night. These days, we're often too busy day-to-day to even think about what's for tea until last minute and then you don't end up having the best choice of meal. Most families struggle to sit down on [...]
The historic city is such a magical place at Christmas time. The Christmas markets, lots of events to visit, lights everywhere and I felt like I was thrown back in time to the Victorian era, being surrounded by all that history. I hate to be a moaning myrtle but it has to be said, there [...]
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 [...]
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