Over the last year or so I've had various people telling me that they'd taken their kids to ride on a miniature train at a place in Derwen Fawr, Swansea. It sounded like so much fun and I knew Rhys would love it, so on bank holiday Monday we finally paid ...
Things I want my children to say ‘yes’ to
I wrote a post the other day inspired by Dave Cornthwaite's message to 'say yes more'. It's something I'm really thinking about a lot at the moment. I'm quite a cautious person, and my natural immediate response to things outside of my comfort z ...
Slow cooker jacket potato recipe
I feel a bit cheeky calling this a recipe really, because it's just so simple. But, it does seem to be one of those things that people just don't know about/haven't thought about doing! I love using my slow cooker, even now that I'm at h ...
The alphabet project – T is for Tiny
I'm still quite new to this whole blogging malarkey, and one of the things I've been really enjoying is finding and joining in with various linkys and blog hops. I've been finding them really useful for giving some structure to my blog and for giving me ...
Say yes more!
Back when I was a student at Swansea Uni one of my best friend's housemates was a guy called Dave who wrote for the student newspaper, the waterfront. He used to create and write the advice column under the name Doctor Dave, and included a few 'problems' ...
Things my children have slept through
I read a blog post the other day by Charlie at Real Girl Ramblings that really made me smile. It was a list of all the bizarre things that wake her baby up. And it got me thinking; when my children are just on the brink of being properly asleep they can ...
Chocolate banana bread
We buy a lot of bananas in our house. It's probably the most eaten fruit in our fruit bowl. But every so often I get carried away and buy too many, and a few start to over-ripen before we manage to eat them. Which is awful, because it means I'm forced ...







