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UK Maternal Mental Health Matters Awareness Week 1-7 May 2017

I have seen many powerful messages this week across social and regular media. I debated whether I had anything that I could possibly add that would seem valuable in light of the strength shown by these mothers sharing their stories. I have heard accounts that are tragic. Inspiring. Humorous. Heartbreaking. Thought provoking. My story isn’t […]

Year 2 SATs: what my heart and head are telling me…

My tiny little bundle of joy is now a hulking great 6 year old (nearly 7) and is about to take his first government organised tests, known as SATs. My heart says he is too little to be judged, labelled, become a statistic. My head tells me that this could help him by allowing the […]

Are 3 kids easier than 1? The food example

All that hard effort in the kitchen is definitely more worthwhile when you have 3 kids: they can’t all be picky about the same thing can they?! (Very rarely yes 🙁 , but let’s brush over that!)

My Sunday Photo: the battle to get a family pic

OK so we want a nice photo of us all. Sounds simple, right?! Alas it wasn’t… Time to swap around a bit, see if that improves things… Oh great, Zach has grabbed my glasses Matthew and Anya lost interest 🙁 but we managed to get one of just the three of us all smiling  

Zach’s first birthday!

We were spoilt with the weather last weekend for TWO parties! We wanted to share Zach’s big day with as many people as possible, and so we welcomed friends and family to our home (panic housework required!. Birthday boy had an amazing time and was full of smiles as always 🙂 Birthday boy! #family #stillmybaby […]