When we were first getting to know one another, I told Mark my favourite film, the one I absolutely loved and watched repeatedly, was Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. He’d never seen it. Years later, it happened to be on television and I was excited to finally watch it together. He did not like it. At… Continue reading Taking my favourite person to my favourite place (Haworth, Yorkshire).
Is this an existential crisis? I’ve never really understood what that meant before but I think my blog might be experiencing it – it certainly doesn’t know who it is anymore and is asking the ‘big’ questions. Why am I here? Am I happy? Why do they call small bars of chocolate “fun size” when… Continue reading To Blog Or Not To Blog?
“Who are important people?” Freya asked the other day. It was ridiculously hot and we were sat on deckchairs on our balcony, trying to cool down. As her question was a bit out of the blue I thought for a few seconds and then said: “The prime minister, doctors and nurses, suffragettes...erm....” “What about Barry Scott?”… Continue reading Turning Five, Finally.
As much as I like the lifestyle living in a flat gives us as a family, it was lovely being able to open the backdoor, while we were staying at my parents' house last week, and let Freya play in garden - and so easy. I'm grateful to have lots of green spaces around us and… Continue reading Five Tips For Helping Young Children Enjoy The Great Outdoors.
After The Rain 