Silent Sunday…

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After my workshop yesterday with Phillippa Stanton and her 5ftinf table, I got brave and produced my first ever story on Steller. In case you haven’t strayed from Instagram to Steller, you should. It’s so beautiful – collections of stories by people passionate about their world. It’s deeper than Instagram because these little booklets let…
It’s when the weather is this hot that I’m especially grateful to be living on the South Coast of England. We have silky soft, sandy beaches to spend the day lay on [or chasing children on], hand dipped, home farmed ice creams to dine on and lush, breezy meadow walks to cherish on lazy Sunday…
It’s me! On the blog. I can’t even look at it without grimacing. And having my photograph taken? How hard can it be to look at the camera, I wondered – since I’m constantly the one yelling at asking my boys to look at my lens – and as soon as one is pointed at…
We were also given the chance to review the Graco Nautilus Elite car seat as part of our ambassadorship. Like the Milestone, it’s a very impressive piece of parenting equipment.The Nautilus Elite is a forward facing car seat, suitable from around 9 months to 12 years of age with a steel reinforced frame. It’s been…
This Hallowe’en my camera decided to lend testament to the need for an upgrade. High ISO means NOISY, grainy photos with poor old Bert [my camera]. In any case, I decided to post them anyway because they’re our family memories and we had a fantastic night. Hero’s second Hallowe’en. Last year he sat at home…
This time of year it’s so difficult to avoid filling the boys with sweets and treats – Hallowe’en, Bonfire Night….Advent – it seems never-ending and although I confess to being one of those moms who loves seeing my cookie monsters happy with their snacks, what does worry me is that when I turn to…