Father’s Day, birthdays and Christmas; buying presents for the men in your life can be difficult. Anyone who has been in this position knows that finding the right gift can be a real challenge. Of course, when you get it right, there is no better feeling. Nothing saying ‘love’ quite like a perfectly chosen gift […]
A glittery birthday
There’s a birthday boy in our house this week. Someone is ‘big boy three’ and very excited about this new number he is too! He seems to really understand this year about birthdays, which means it all changes. Last year he still looked rather puzzled when everyone started singing happy birthday to him, but this […]
Are your drinks damaging your teeth?
What do you like to drink? I’m talking about all drinks, not just those of the alcoholic variety, although they are also relevant. Are you a tea person? Maybe you can’t function without coffee? Perhaps you wake up with a fresh orange juice? What about evenings and weekends? Red wine? White wine? Beer or something […]
Share With Me #24
Welcome to the Share With Me Blog Hop where I have enjoyed linking up for a long time now myself. After almost three years, the lovely Jenny from Let’s Talk Mommy has decided she needs to pass the reins due to work and family commitments. I’m the lucky girl who now has those reins and […]
A tiny dose of love
The more I hear about the difficulties some women have conceiving, the more I hear about problems in pregnancy and the more I hear about those births that tragically don’t result in a healthy baby and mother at the end, the more I think that to have a healthy baby, never mind four healthy babies […]
Last minute gift ideas for Father’s Day
It’s only a few days now until Father’s Day. Have you got all your gifts sorted yet? Need any last minute ideas? One of the things you can do is to make up a hamper. These are great ideas for birthdays and Christmas as well, so if you are ever stuck for a gift have a think […]
Pay attention: you will NEVER have this day again
Children grow and change at an incredible rate. When they are very young the change is daily. New skills and words and likes and dislikes are constantly developing as the days pass by. Today I realised something. That I should pay more attention to these things, because tomorrow they might be gone. The blunt fact is […]
An open letter to THAT man in Accident and Emergency
So we arrived and took our ticket and waited like everyone else did. After 40 minutes wrestling a toddler who, like the bulk of people in Accident and Emergency, really didn’t want to be there, we were seen by a lovely Triage Nurse. Fifteen minutes later we were booked in at the desk and told […]