The family lifestyle blog with a side of psychology
I really wouldn't call myself a perfectionist. But, I do know that in some areas of my life I end up procrastinating and delaying taking action, because I want what I put out into the world to be perfect. I want to be truly 'ready' before taking a leap. ...
A few weeks ago I posted a recipe for bara brith and in the post I mentioned that, despite living in Wales for 15 years, I'd never had it before. Well it's the same for for Welsh rarebit. Actually, that's not 100% true. I have had this before, ju ...
This is what happens when you try and get a 'nice' photo of your 4 year old heading off to his first day in reception! Happily, he did go on to smile nicely for me - you can see the 'good' photo here!
I was planning on writing a proper blog post about Rhys starting reception class at school, or perhaps an open letter to him about it. Who knows, maybe I still will in a few days. But the words won't come quite yet. I think I'm still processing the w ...
I did something this weekend that I'm really quite proud of. I drove to somewhere new for the first time, on the other side of town. Now, I realise this probably isn't a big deal for most of you! But for me, this was huge. I've spent the last 10 ...
That moment when your Mum's been busy taking photos of you and your brother for the past hour and you've just about had enough. Yeah, that! Generally my children are fab about having their photo taken, but some days enough is enough! ...
I wrote yesterday about how the seemingly 'nothing' days often end up being the best days, and I really do believe that to be true. I mean, obviously the BIG days are amazing, the fun trips out with the kids, the excitement of going somewhere new. ...