I've noticed something over the last few years of watching my son as he eats his food. He'll always eat his favourite thing first. When that thing is all gone, he'll move on to the next thing on his plate. But he will always eat his favourite t ...
6 reasons to squeeze more hugs into each day
Earlier in the week I wrote a post about how having a cuddle first thing in the morning can really make you feel happier and set you up for a better day. After writing that I was inspired to go and read a bit more about hugs and cuddles and the ben ...
Try this one little trick to start your day feeling happy
I've been thinking a lot recently about this little blog of mine, and the sort of things that I want to be writing about. One of the main ideas behind the blog when I first started it was to investigate ways what we can really enjoy life, and make ...
Living arrows 5/52
I am really enjoying watching the sibling bond develop between these two recently. We've all been stuck in the house with horrible colds and chesty coughs, but they've been fab, only winding each other up a teeny bit! More than anything, there's been ...
Only the Welsh can cwtch!
Has anyone else had 'one of those months' this January?! It feels like it's been a non-stop run of chesty coughs, snotty noses, fevers and aches and pains. Rhys was off school for a week recently with a virus that just knocked him out, and by th ...
Living arrows 4/52
We've been the house of lurgy for over 2 weeks now. Coughs, runny noses, sneezes, aches and pains, headaches and utter exhaustion. We've had it all. And then to top it all off, last week we found that Rhys had a lovely colony of lice in his hair. ...
Living arrows 3/52
Nerys is at an age where she wants to do everything her big brother does. Seriously, everything. The other day he banged his elbow on something on the landing, so she went upstairs so she could bang her elbow too! This is her playing with his ...