The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
We've had a nice little run of sunny days here in Swansea recently, but things are still definitely starting to feel a bit more autumnal with a little nip in the air. So when we decided to walk through Singleton park on our way up to my in-laws' house ...
I've never really sat down and written a 5 year plan, but recently I've been thinking that it might be a good idea. I have some quite big dreams that I'd like to achieve and probably the best way to get where I want to be is to write those dreams down ...
We've been feeling a bit 'meh' and 'arrrgghh' recently, with our house feeling cluttered and the garden feeling a bit wild. So this weekend we made a start on sorting things out. I spent some time tidying in the lounge, retrieving random toys from t ...
Sometimes Sunday mornings are just made for baking cakes while still in your pyjamas! Nerys is waking up (and shouting for me!) at about 6.15 every day at the moment. I was really hoping that as the sun started rising later she would sleep a littl ...
I wrote recently about the 5 love languages, and how important it is to learn to speak the primary language that our partner uses to express and feel love. After I wrote it I started thinking that, surely, we can also apply this information to improve ...
Have you heard of Smiggle? Chances are that if you have a school-age child you will have, and if you haven't then where have you been?! Smiggle is pretty big with the kids these days! I first heard of the company when they opened up their first few ...
This little boy started in year 1 today. Year 1. It just feels so different from Reception. It feels like school has started properly for him now. I hope he loves it. I hope he keeps his passion for learning new things and asking questions. ...