All the preparations are done, the kids have finished school and we are now off visiting family and friends.  Our Christmas will be a l...

I love Christmas, it is such a fun time and one I always look forward to. In the old days it meant time off Uni or work and plenty of dre...

We all know that Mums generally lead a busy life and let's be honest many dads do as well. Recent research commissioned by Toby Car...

I was super pleased when our small gym was given a make-over recently. It is in the basement of the main house at the conference centre wher...

I'll make a confession to you and I'm sure I'm not the only parent who feels this way but I really dislike having to play mak...

It is all too easy to feel like you are failing at parenting. Whilst there are hundreds of manuals and books giving you instruction on th...

This is Ted, Alfie & Pinkie. Today I am #grateful for Miss E listening to me. After coming home from #blogfest15 I had to chat to...

I'm a big fan of Internet based on-demand TV, we have been using it for about 18 months now since we moved to the countryside and wer...

This is the view from one of the prayer rooms in the prayer centre just a few steps from my house. I'll be spending lots of time in ...

If you are anything like me you may get flighty ideas of taking the kids for a nice weekend away in London and then you start to think pr...

This was the shout I heard most mornings about 8.30am during half-term week. My twins are just 8 years old but already they want to get out ...

I'd love to credit this, but I have no idea where it is from. I shared it from a friends FB post but it is not hers What happened in...

I'm not a big one for going out at night nowadays.  Each month I like at least one night out with my husband and probably every other mo...

My Christmas shopping is in full force now. I do like to be organised and get it all done early but the ones I find it hardest to buy for?  ...

I don't know about you but I've always had mixed feelings about taking the kids to meet Santa.  I know they love it when they a...

Each year I share about my children packing shoebox gifts for children in other countries. We send these with Operation Christmas Child ...

Winter can be an expensive time as you have to kit the kids out - new coat, boots, hats, scarves and anything else that was lost last s...

What a great half-term week we have had. I wasn't sure whether to book a holiday but the kids all asked to stay home and just have so...

We had a fun family afternoon at the De La Warr Pavilion last Sunday. They had gifted us tickets to watch Horrible Histories, Barmy Brit...

I'll just go ahead and answer that question straight away, no point in leaving you hanging. Are you a good enough blogger? Of cours...