Disclaimer: This article contents affiliate links. I have been remunerated for my time writing it but the opinions shared here and recommendations are mine alone as a professional and personal user of the services and products shared on here. If you know anything about me it is that I love photography. When I am not homeschooling and running a busy household I am a professional photographer. Photography is my creative outlet. I love capturing moments with my family and sharing my passion with others professionally. The ability to make moments last forever means so much to me and I know it mean ..read more

“If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?“ My husband and I are in on our way to celebrate 13 years as a couple this week. I always describe our relationship as a journey, and like any long journey it has come with a lot of growth, surprises both good and bad and a lot of self introspection, negotiation and adaptation. I would describe our relationship as happy, there is trust and reliability and chemistry. While this is obviously good, it does require work and a lot of ongoing communication. In the last couple of years a big shift happened which resul ..read more

One of our family favourites are roasted marshmallows by the fire… whether it is welcoming the warmer weather or bidding goodbye to the last days of Fall you can’t really find a nicer way to enjoy the evening together and relax. This being said, I sometimes fancy a gooey chocolatey marshmallow without having to build a fire or from the comfort of the sofa in front of a nice movie. In times like these, Home S’mores dips are the answer. All you need are your usual crackers or biscuits for s’mores, marshmallows and chocolate chips. Preheat the oven to about 200C, put a layer of chocolate chips i ..read more

One of our family favourites are roasted marshmallows by the fire… whether it is welcoming the warmer weather or bidding goodbye to the last days of Fall you can’t really find a nicer way to enjoy the evening together and relax. This being said, I sometimes fancy a gooey chocolatey marshmallow without having to build a fire or from the comfort of the sofa in front of a nice movie. In times like these, Home S’mores dips are the answer. All you need are your usual crackers or biscuits for s’mores, marshmallows and chocolate chips. Preheat the oven to about 200C, put a layer of chocolate chips i ..read more

I had my first baby back in 2012. Like any first baby it was a world changing experience but being quite young I don’t think I was as prepared as I would have liked. I went on to have four more babies including a lovely set of twins so over the years I have had the chance to try countless baby and mommy items, some have been there nearly forever and others appeared over the years and despite being new they are firm favourites of mine I wish I had had from the beginning of my journey. Here they are: OSCHA SLINGS AND WRAPS These are absolutely gorgeous, ethically handwoven wraps made here in Sco ..read more

As anyone may expect, homeschooling can be at times challenging. Teaching is a full time career for a reason, often unappreciated for all that it brings to society. It is very demanding, one has to keep on top of knowledge and find strategies to pass on that knowledge to many many different people who all have different ways of learning. Of course it is demanding, rewarding but challenging. Homeschooling while very rewarding can be difficult at times, parents know well that not everyday is a day they can give everything their all and so there comes times when a little help can come in handy. A ..read more

It is funny how sometimes you fall into something unexpected and it just works so beautifully. When our eldest reached the age kids in Scotland traditionally start attending primary school we had our held backs. At the time we were just getting in the swing of things with the twins and the eldest two were such a little team, something just did not feel right splitting them up. Our local primary school, albeit ideally located right across the road did not exactly took our breath away either. I made some research and with the encouragement of a few friends already on the journey, we decided to g ..read more

“It is our professional opinion that in view of these results you should pursue an ASD diagnosis”. And it all catastrophically but not shockingly clicked. And it has carried on “clicking” since I was met with this sentence and learnt more and more and more about it. In a terrifying way this is the answer I have been needing all along but it is also making me grieve a lot. Let me explain that even if I had been a neurotypical person I did not have a normal childhood or upbringing by any standard. I am a grown adult and I am still picking up the pieces from all that I was put through, some of it ..read more

This year we reached a precarious stage when it came to TV and kids. Our little ones range in age from 1o to 2. There are lots of different tastes in what they like watching, they also have lots of common interests which means that when it comes to limiting TV time we can usually figure something that will satisfy every one. This being said there come times when the older kids will want to watch something the younger ones are not ready for and we found ourselves having to figure a system to make this fair on everyone. For us the situation started with the highly anticipated Wednesday show. I w ..read more

Mild spoilers, read at your own risk. I still remember the very first time my little sister and I sat down to watch Grey’s Anatomy. It was a brand new series and we were there right from the start. I have grown as a teenager and adult alongside this series. I have cried when so many of the characters left, Cristina hurt as I kind of related to her. I remember a friend years later posting a spoiler about Derek dying and I stopped watching. To this day there are several seasons I have not seen as it is just raw and I am not ready for it. I came back during Covid. There was a part of me that coul ..read more