The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
I honestly believe that we can learn a lot from our children. You learn a lot about yourself when you become a parent, including things like how much patience you really have and how capable of dealing with sick you actually are! But I think we can ...
I've read a couple of great posts recently with people writing down the good things that they have in their lives, both big and small. And it really is a great practice, taking time to stop and really appreciate all the things that we have that make ...
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 ...