The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
Most of my friends these days are Mums. They're either (relatively) new friends that I've met at babygroup, or they're friends from 'before' who are also now Mums. And with these friends I feel I can be pretty open about the hard parts of being a pa ...
I love studying my children's faces as they grow, looking out for features and expressions that they've inherited from different members of the family. Nerys looks so like her brother, who in turn looks like his Pops. But then there are moments, fleet ...
I wrote recently about facing our fears and taking chances, and how doing these things is pretty important to our personal growth. During the process of writing that post I read several great quotes about fear and courage, most of them were really quit ...
When Nerys turned 2 recently I really had that almost clichéd feeling of 'where has the time gone?' and 'how is she 2 already?!'. But when Rhys turned 5 last weekend I didn't feel that way. 5 feels right. He feels like a 5 year old, and it does f ...
Our little boy turned 5 at the weekend, and we celebrated with a picnic and a play at Horton beach on the Gower. Rhys absolutely loves going to the beach at the moment, and specifically asked to go to Horton or, as he calls it "the beach Daddy used to ...
Rhys turned 5 on Sunday, and we had a fantastic weekend of laid-back celebrations. We had a small party at home with a few of his friends from school on Saturday, and then on Sunday we drove out to Horton on the Gower for a picnic and a play. There' ...
Today my son turned 5. I look at the amazing little boy that he's becoming and I do start to wonder about his future. Who will he be when he's older? What will he choose to do with his life? Will he decide to spend his whole life in Wales or will ...