The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
More often than not my photos for these living arrows posts are taken at the weekend. With both the children being in full-time school now we don't tend to do all that much during the week outside of the standard school-day routine. The weekends are ...
I recently wrote a post about getting our children to listen to us, without ending up shouting or nagging. The main takeaway from it was to look at the way we're communicating with our children, rather than focusing on the fact that they 'never listen' ...
If your children are anything like mine they'll come home from school covered in all sorts of dirt and who knows what else. I try to send them off to school looking pretty presentable, with clean uniforms and nicely brushed hair. But by the en ...
After what seemed like quite a long week for everyone last week, the children and I had a quiet day in on Saturday. Steve went off to do the last stretch of the Gower walk that he does with his friend every year, and we stayed at home for a day of pain ...
It’s Sunday morning, and that can only mean one thing. Time for another round up from my little Instagram community #ShowYouWereThere. My first pick for this week is this gorgeously vibrant photo from Lucy at Mrs H's favourite things. Is there an ...
I have a feeling that every parent at some point has felt that all they do is nag or shout at their children before they seem to listen and do what they're being asked to do. The thing is, so often the answer to the problem involves looking at our own ac ...
I don't wear all that much make up. My morning routine is pretty quick and simple; it's basically just bb cream, concealer and powder to reduce shine. If I feel like I want to look a little more polished I might pop some mascara on, but that's about i ...