Find Reading When You Have Kids Impossible? Here Are 10 Ways To Find The Time And Focus Reading when you have kids…does everyone struggle with this? Here’s what’s helped me to pick up books this year. And actually finish them (Post contains affiliate links) Closing The Book On Reading Once You’re A Parent Reading is a life-long love of mine. As a child I read anything I could get my hands on, and more. Even as an adult, I read a book a day and was never without one. But since becoming a parent – and, if we’re reeeeally honest – the owner of an iPhone – me and my two second, constantly-needing ..read more

Here’s How To Make Googly Eyes For Plants How to make googly eyes for your plants…but why would you want to make googly eyes for your plants, I hear you ask? Well, why not? It something really simple to do that looks fun. And plant eyes are a good Halloween decoration, if you decorate your house for Halloween a lot (or even if you just want some simple touches that won’t get glitter and glue everywhere). Or it’s a decoration for any other time of the year too. If you have a lot of plants – which I know loads of us do, as a post-lockdown hobby – then they will be a huge part of your house, so i ..read more

We Take A Trip To London’s Postal Museum And Ride The Mail Rail Underground Railway If you fancy dressing up as an old-fashioned postman and riding on London’s secret underground mail network, then pay a visit to The Postal Museum and ride the Mail Rail railway. This is one of those London museums we’ve meaning to visit since it opened, but never quite got round to (because, well…). We were enticed in this summer after seeing a tube ad for the museum’s Mail Rail, where visitors get to ride on a train through the tunnels of London’s old underground mail delivery network. What can I say? We just ..read more

Here Are Five Things You Need To Know About Yayoi Kusama’s The Obliteration Room At Tate Modern, London Have you heard about Yayoi Kusama’s The Obliteration Room At Tate Modern this summer? It’s an interactive art exhibition where visitors are given a sheet of colourful stickers and are invited to stick them anywhere they want. Yes, absolutely anywhere. I’m having toddler flashbacks. It’s a brilliant free, summer holiday activity for kids, and adults, if you’re in London this summer (spoiler: it’s also a LOT of fun). The Obliteration Room At Tate Modern: 5 Things To Know Before You Get Stuck I ..read more

Looking For Nicknames For Charles & Charlie? Make Sure You Read This List Of The Best Charlie & Charles Nicknames Want To Pick Charles Or Charlie As A Baby Name? Here Are 41+ Of The Best Charles Nicknames If you love the name Charles and are thinking of picking it as a name for your baby, or thinking of picking Charlie, you might be looking for nicknames for Charlie and Charles. Read this post for the best Charlie nicknames. The name Charles is a classic baby boy’s name that transcends trends and is enduringly popular. As well as being a royal baby name, it also has a lot of nickname p ..read more

Looking For Father’s Day Present Ideas? Read Our Father’s Day Gift Guide For The Difficult-To-Buy-For Dad In conjunction with Boots UK, here’s a Father’s Day Gift Guide for the dad who’s difficult to buy for. If you need present ideas for the father figures in your life – or your own children’s father – here are five ideas for those difficult-to-buy-for dads. Need Father’s Day Gift Ideas? Why are some dads so difficult to buy for? With two small children I’m responsible for souring the Father’s Day gifts in this house and my husband is pretty tricky to buy presents for. Mainly as he buys every ..read more

We’ve Given Our Old IKEA Malm Drawers A Makeover… Read This Simple IKEA Hack For Kids Rooms, Using The IKEA Malm Drawers And Paint Hands up who has something from the IKEA Malm range, and who has the IKEA Malm drawers? They’re a pretty ubiquitous and sturdy piece of furniture, aren’t they? Here’s what we did to upcyle ours. (This post contains affiliate links). We’ve had our IKEA Malm chest of drawers for forever, and wanted to make them look a bit more pretty by mixing things up a little with an IKEA hack using paint. Our IKEA Malm Drawers: A Little Upcycle Our IKEA set of Malm drawers were a ..read more

Yes, We Finally Caught Covid… Like the majority of primary school-aged children in the UK, and their parents, we spent the most of January isolating at home after we all caught Covid 19.  This was due to the HUGE amount of cases that were around at that point. Everyone we knew had it. But I suspect it was also due too tempting fate with the amount of ‘I’m amazed we haven’t caught Covid yet!’ conversations we had with other parents at pick-up, drop-off and over What’s App.  Nearly two years into the global pandemic, though, it felt like we’d escaped it for so long, our luck had to run ..read more

If You’re Looking For Interior Inspiration, Here Are My Favourite Interior Design Books For Family Homes Hands up, I love interior design books and could happily read them all day long. If I didn’t have small people asking for snacks and stuff to do, of course. There are a lot of interior design books out there, but the best interior design books for me are ones for and about family homes, books that offer ideas for creating practical yet beautiful homes when you have kids. Or ones that just have really lovely photos to look at. Here are the best interior design books that are brilliant for fa ..read more

We Loved The Beano: The Art Of Breaking The Rules At Somerset House Here’s Everything You Need To Know About The New Beano Art Exhibition In London If you loved iconic comic The Beano, have a child who loves The Beano or just want something fun to do, then you should head on over to new art exhibition The Beano: The Art Of Breaking Rules at Somerset House . Who used to read The Beano as a child? I’d sneak my brother’s copy until I was allowed my own, which obviously he loved. Ahem. My favourite Beano characters were Gnipper the baby dog (does anyone remember when Gnash ..read more