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He might be three, but he’s still my baby…

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He might be three, but he’s still my baby…

It was only a week or so ago that I was lamenting the loss of my first born’s babyhood, thinking I would close the chapter of his crammed to bursting baby book that covers “firsts” and continue to feel blue for all eternity…or something like that. I was sad, anyhow. No more! This week bought…
Would you drive, with rough directions scribbled on a piece of A4 without a mobile phone or sat nav, into the crazy urban jungle of London with two small children? Me either. But I did. I even managed to reach my destination fifteen minutes early (I allowed for thirty) and only had to pull in…
I was a little bit awful at sports when I was younger. Not that I wasn’t enthusiastic; I was just too aggressive [tennis], too uncoordinated [rounders] and too unpopular [netball]. Let’s just say that I had issues even catching a basketball. As sport clearly wasn’t a natural talent of mine, my parents never pushed me…
So I was talking to a friend on the playground yesterday about TV detectives and I was telling her about my date night at Solve-Along-A-Murder-She-Wrote and explaining my not-so-closely-guarded secret obsession with Jessica Fletcher [Dame Angela Lansbury] in Murder She Wrote. You see, there are two people I hold dear in TV land. If you…
And not just House of Fraser, but gorgeously soft, sumptuously snuggly, woollen jumpers by Polarn O. Pyret from House of Fraser, who very kindly asked us if we’d like to choose some clothes for Bonfire Night and show them off! Our family loves to celebrate on Bonfire Night; mostly because both the mister and I…
Autumn is finally here! Here’s a collection of my seven favourite items this week for Window Shopping Wednesday to make you feel warm and cosy at home. Lamp – Nest.co.uk Grey Wool Throw – Rooi Yankee Candle – Yankee Candle Sparkle Knitted Boots – The White Company Boo! Caramel Chocolates – Hotel Chocolat Leaf Tablemats…