James and I finally enjoyed a child-free trip this year, flying over to Amsterdam for a short break that somehow managed to be both relaxing and very busy. My parents very kindly had the girls to visit, and now they’re old enough to travel together, they took themselves off to Wales on the train for their own …
I haven’t posted here on the blog – or much anywhere online at all – this year, and there is a simple reason for that; life got a bit nuts and my head has had more than its fair share of bad days too, which hasn’t helped matters. Unfortunately a close family member fell ill …
We decided to take advantage of the girls having an inset day with school the other Friday to book a long weekend away at a really nice Airbnb holiday house (that it turns out has been in a channel 4 show!) so we could spend a few days with James’s Dad & explore the area. …
Over the Easter break we visited Nidderdale AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in Yorkshire, staying for four nights in a holiday cottage in Pateley Bridge. We spent the week exploring the area, which is full of gorgeous landscapes and interesting places. Pateley Bridge itself is a picturesque town home to the oldest sweet shop …
For the last week of the summer holiday, we headed down to North Cornwall to visit my parents. The girls were so excited to see them for the first time this year, and were counting down the days until we left. Lydia meticulously packed outfits for each day – my youngest does like to co-ordinate …
It’s that time of year again where the kids are bringing the Christmas lunch booking letters home from school and you are booking your tickets for their nativity performance. You’re keeping an eye out for the best Christmas jumpers in preparation for the Christmas Jumper Day, and stockpiling stocking fillers ready for Santa to deliver …
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Everybody in our house loves a Toby Carvery meal, and so when we were contacted about their new Family Platters that they have on offer at a handful of their restaurants around the country we were very happy to go along to the Quinton Toby to try it out.
Earlier this month we headed to Wales for 5 nights, to go camping with the kids. We stayed at Erwbarfe Farm near Devil’s Bridge, and enjoyed some typically mixed weather complete with thunderstorms and blazing sunshine! The girls really enjoyed the trip, and the caravan/camping park was really nice – set in beautiful countryside with …
Ad disclosure: this post contains a paid for link A little while ago we were given a family tent by some of my relatives who didn’t need it anymore, and we decided the August bank holiday weekend was the perfect length to try out camping for the first time as a family. We didn’t want …
