The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
We all work hard. When you set up your family home, at first, making ends meet seems impossible. But, usually, with hard work and time, things do get easier. Perhaps one of you gets a promotion, or once the kids are old enough to look after themselves mor ...
A few months ago I had an interesting conversation with my children on the drive to school. Rhys started asking me about when he's older and not living at home any more. He was worried that he wouldn't know how to do certain things, and so I promised ...
We made it to the end of term and have happily survived the first week of the summer holidays! The last few weeks of term were busy ones for the children but they coped brilliantly. We had an absolutely amazing evening during the very last week of ter ...
We have had a nice gentle start to the school summer holidays. We've been to the library and the children have signed up for the summer reading challenge again. I can't remember if we actually went back at the end of last summer in time for them to pr ...
It’s almost the end of the month, and it’s Sunday so that means it’s time for another round up from my little Instagram community #ShowYouWereThere. In case you’ve not come across it before, #ShowYouWereThere is all about getting more parents in more p ...
I think it's probably quite safe for me to say that we all have issues with our self-image at times. Whether you constantly feel down about yourself and the way you look, or you just have your moments when you look in the mirror and don't completely lo ...
It's sod's law really isn't it, that as soon as the school summer holidays start the skies cloud over and the rain sets in. I have to be honest though, I quite like rainy days. The sound of rain falling is so soothing, and you can't beat the smell o ...