Frankie has always enjoyed swimming from a young age, he first swum at 6 weeks old and has come on leaps and bounds since starting lessons last July at Everyone Active. Everyone Active offer 11 stages of swimming lessons for children aged from just four months old. 4 months old…
Kid, you’ll move mountains! ⠀Today is your day! ⠀Your mountain is waiting. ⠀So get on your way! We visited Lakeside’s newest family adventure & had so much fun. It’s the perfect location and venue for family fun, we are at Lakeside at least once a month & now Rock Up…
Steffie Myall is a fully qualified early years teacher who runs classes transitioning 3-4 year olds into school. With Frankie starting school this year I want to help ease him into reception smoothly, Steffie’s classes help do just that. Each week is a different theme, we celebrated Chinese New Year…
At Christmas Frankie declared he wanted to find reindeers so I had a google found a garden centre a 25 minute journey from us called Thurrock Garden Centre. They had a Grotto, farmyard animals & two reindeer who Frankie enjoyed watching. Whilst we were we entered and won their ‘Santa…
After applying the ballot the last six year I have FINALLY got myself into the London Marathon and I’ve been training hard! I’m following the Nike Run Club training app which acts as a coach and tailors your runs weekly. My longest run to date was just short of 7…
It never crosses my mind now when I go to feed Jack public or home, I just get on with it. Gradually I know that we will be reaching a peak soon and that it could stop tomorrow but I am so proud that we’ve come this far. Dear Breastfeeding…
New Year means health kick, dry January & of course training for the marathon BUT there’s a whole lot of cheese left over in the fridge that I can’t risk being tempted with! I winged dinner tonight using leftover vegetables about to go out of date & cheese and so…
Getting a baby in and out of the car is a task in itself, making sure they’re safe and secure, comfy and cosy, warm enough, not too warm etc etc. To say Jack hates the car seat would be a understatment in our case, though since hitting maybe 6 months…
As a busy Mum of two preparing healthy & flavoursome meals every day isn’t something I always manage to find time for. I’ve seen the memes and gifs on social media regarding dinner, now I understand why my Mum hated that question ‘what’s for dinner muuuuum!?’. We were sent the…
Quirk & Foible London has recently changed to My Little Learner, they provide learning mats and flashcards for your little ones & I just love Jo and her designs. I was kindly gifted Baby Stimulation Flashcards for Jack which have gorgeous motivational quotes from like-minded Mums on the back, to…
I find New Year profound, I feel overcome with emotion wherever I am when the clock strikes 12am and I am always filled with anxiety when the countdown comes on and I can’t put an exact finger on why. I feel a sense of foreboding, apprehensive that the year is…
Breastfeeding in the winter is a whole lot harder to do in public when the temperature has dropped, you are wrapped up to the nines and the last thing you want to be doing is wipping a nip out so dressing underneath your warm clothes to accomodate breastfeeding is key.…
I was excited to receive an exclusive invite to The Nags Head in Brentwood to their Festive Menu Launch Event, a well needed night off from the kids! Me & Mitch had a gorgeous three course meal and winter themed cocktails in the cosy restaurant area. I had the Creamy…
Remember, remember, the 5th of November.. We do every year as it’s Frankie’s birthday! We’ve had literally a week of celebrations, when we asked him what he wanted for his birthday a few months back he asked to go to LEGOLAND and a Blippi Party.. LegoLand It’s such an awkward…
Last night at my cousin’s birthday we were all talking about how our Mums never took us to pumpkin patches growing up.. The truth is, they didn’t exist! We were given a black sack with a hole for our head and a pumpkin bucket to go trick or treating with.…
When Femme Luxe Finery asked me to choose items in exchange for a collaboration I was so overwhelmed with choice and excitement! I chose two lounge suits, a jumper dress & a jumpsuit and having not ordered from Femme Luxe Finery before I didn’t know what to expect but the…
When I was pregnant with Jack we were sent a Not Your Standard’ Baby Hamper from The Baby Hamper Company back when he was ‘baby Kev’.. The ‘Not Your Standard’ Baby Hamper contains: Lamaze Giggle Bunny Ball Toy Baby Bunting Red & White Stripe Rompersuit Baby Bunting Red & White…
I was invited to The Queensgate Centre to attend Mothercare’s Expectant Parent Event. They offer a one stop shop informative morning or evening for expectant parents explaining all things car seats, sterilising, feeding, safe sleeping & the so much more you need to know with a baby. You are welcomed…
Whilst I was at The Queensgate Centre for the Expectant Parent Event at Mothercare, I went into HomeSense and it was my FIRST EVER TIME! It’s a TK Maxx totally dedicated to homeware and I was in my element! Their Halloween, Autumn and Christmas displays were unreal! I can’t believe…
I’ve not been feeling ‘myself’ for a while now, I feel like my life is a constant stream of washing, remembering doctors dates, to get Jack weighed, putting away Frankie’s tracks to come back and they’re out again, trying to get to classes on time for Frankie & Jack, nursery…
