Our elves have just landed on the kitchen table, ready for the countdown to Christmas! I can’t wait to see my children’s faces in the morning! Each elf on the shelf has written a letter of introduction and brought lots of goodies with them – wooden advent calendars, Christmas pyjamas, Christmas jumpers,...
I genuinely had a tear in my eye when I saw these photos of a decaying Barry Island fairground being demolished. I might live in Cardiff now, but I was born and bred in Barry and as pretty much all my family are still there, we’re back and forth a...
Baby I is coming up to nine months old now. He is amazing, even if I do say so myself, but his life has been so different to that of his big sister and brother. Little E went to baby music classes, baby massage and baby yoga; Little O went...
Thanks to everyone who read and shared my recent post on festive family things to do in Cardiff. It’s great to see so many people getting excited about the festive season. I’ve had a few people ask me the best places to see Father Christmas in and around Cardiff. The...
This week my children asked if we could have the Christmas music on in the car. It’s still November but straight away I said yes. The me of five years ago would have been completely horrified by this. “It’s only November!” she would have shrieked. “There’s still a month and...
It was Little E’s school disco last Friday – a Superhero theme to coincide with Children in Need. She thought dancing around with her friends and staying up past her bed time was the most wonderful thing ever. So did her younger brothers, who were lucky enough to tag along...
They’d only been dressed ten minutes before it started. Three year old BatBoy: ‘Mummy, my cape itches. I don’t want to wear it.’ And then: ‘Mummy, I don’t want to wear my mask. My nose doesn’t like it.’ ‘Mummy, why can’t I be Supermanboy today? I don’t want to be...
Is anyone else feeling festive yet? I’ve been trying to decide which Christmas events in Cardiff to go to with my family this year. I started making a list, and the list turned into this blog post… so I thought seeing as it is the season of good will, I...
If you’re on a diet or healthy eating, then look away now! There is nothing redeeming about these chocolate and peanut butter squares. But they are incredible, even if I do say so myself. In fact, I don’t need to say that myself because everyone I have made them for adores them,...
I love doing arts and crafts with my children. Whether it’s painting or Play-Doh, I enjoy any excuse to get creative. The funny thing is, I’m really not an arty person at all. I was rubbish at art at school and I genuinely can’t even draw a stick man without...
With the autumn rugby internationals starting this weekend, I’m feeling all patriotic and Welshy. My days of watching our boys in the pub are long gone – so what could be a better accompaniment to the game than a Welsh cake or six? I wrote this little verse a while...