Are you into your wines? Do you know your French wine from your Italian wine? Do you like a particular type of wine or do you have a preference for red, white or rose? Or are you more of a whatever is on offer kind of person? Do you know what a bottle of wine […]
Mums on the run
What are mornings like in your house? Whatever your arrangements day-to-day, whether you work full time, part time or stay at home, most households are busy, even perhaps a little frantic sometimes, especially if you have children to get to school, nursery or maybe you have a train or bus to catch even. There are […]
The Mummy Fever Guide to the Best Large Family Cars: Part 9 – The New Ford Galaxy
If you have been following the blog you will know that we have been on the look out for a large family car . Some of the cars we have looked at include the Mitsubishi Outlander, The Ford Grand Tourneo Connect and the Volkswagen Sharan . The last car we looked at was the Seat Alhambra. We recently visited Car Fest and tried […]
Dreaming of white stuff
That wonderful white stuff…snow of course. You might think that the summer is a strange time to dream of snow but as any skier or snow boarder will tell you, that’s when you start to think about next season and if and when you will be able to hit the slopes. I’m a skier. It […]
School holiday activities: part two
Welcome to part two of our series on things to do in the school holidays. With a long school holiday ahead, I always think it can be nice for the children to have a project to work on. Last summer they took on a reading challenge and they have asked to do that again this […]
Travelling with children: part seven
With the school holidays nearly upon us you might have begun thinking about how you are going to keep the children busy whilst you are travelling. If you are a regular reader of the blog you might recall that I wrote about the busy bags I prepare for each of the children when we travel […]
Super quick free from foods
Not being able to eat wheat does have its drawbacks. The main issues I find are: The cost of free from foods The poor quality of some products (mainly free from bread ) The lack of quick bites available The last of these can make things more difficult when out and about or travelling because […]
School holiday activities: part one
I don’t know about you but it would be lovely if every day of the school holidays was like this. There are always so many more options when the weather is nice. Sadly, as anyone who has lived in the UK any length of time will know, that is never the case. I guess that’s […]