We have driven past The Cheshire Cat many times, a huge beautiful looking pub with an amazing view. We were therefore pretty excited when we got the opportunity to try out their menu and see what we thought. The pub is situated in Christleton Cheshire so, for us (and no doubt many), it is the…

Baking with Num Noms, well it doesn’t quite get better than that for my girls. We are Num Nom obsessed in our house, especially Meme. She has collected so many and often disappears to her bedroom for hours to play with them in peace. When we got asked to join in with the Num Nom’s…

We love art and crafts in our house, especially Harri who could spend all day drawing and painting, sticking and gluing. I try to encourage this kind of play as much as possible because, whilst it can be messy and can leave me with a lot of tiding up to do, I do believe that…

If you follow my blog or Instagram feed you will know we are all about adventures. We try to book a few little days away every few months, somewhere nice and within driving distance where we can spend a few days together as a family exploring somewhere new. In October we received the early bird…

Spring has arrived (hopefully) I felt the urge to write a little post to mainly say hello Spring! After quite a few rainy weekends it is nice to see some blue skies and sunshine. It makes getting out of bed a lot easier!! March has been busy and hard work. I have started a new…

I was recently commissioned by Simply Swim to give my thoughts on the importance of swimming  My girls do a lot of extra curriculum activities – there is not one evening when I am not driving the around to different groups and clubs, we have dancing, tennis, orchestra, rainbows the list goes on. For me I think they are…

This week we have been celebrating Shakespeare week with Viking. I love marking occasions like this as it such a great way to get my girls thinking creatively and celebrating people’s work. With my girls being just 8 and 5, I wasn’t sure if they would know who Shakespeare was. The response I got from…

What child doesn’t like slime? Every time Meme (who is aged 8) is invited to a play date or party she tends to come home with a bag full of slime, much to Harri’s excitement. As for me, I am not that into it as you can imagine. However, when we were given the opportunity…

It has been a tough few months – there have been health issues, redundancy and a new job bringing change to our routines. I generally struggle during the winter months, I find it hard to explain but I just feel a little sad. I think maybe it has something to do with the lack of…

Out of all the seasons Spring is the one that I look forward to the most, it didn’t always feel this way. I actually used to see it as a stepping stone between Winter and Summer. Winter gives me the excitement of Christmas and new year whilst Summer gives me the holidays and much needed…