“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran It’s been a funny old week and I’m not really sure exactly why. I think maybe it’s down to the fact we’re all pretty exhausted and with Flo, Teddy and Daisy all under the weather it’s been a little testing at times.  We’re all it seems, even me, pretty…

We love seasonal reading and often find that books with an Autumn theme usually are beautifully illustrated and so I sometimes find that they have to sneak into our kids’ bookshelves! This post is a mixture of books that we have loved for a while, sourced ourselves recently or I have chosen them to review on a gifted basis. I have added a * to those…

How is it that we’re already past the three quarters of the year marker and I’m writing the 40th Living Arrows?! It’s been a very mixed week for us. The children are definitely showing real signs of term time fatigue, so it’s been testing at times. That said, there have been some lovely moments shared throughout the week also. I haven’t really taken many pictures…

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth”. Kahlil Gibran It’s been a wet Autumnal week in this house.  It’s been filled with entertaining Florence  with swimming and playing whilst tying to squeeze a few jobs in between having fun with her.  I’m looking forward to setting into a new routine next week of having her start nursery for…

Wow, where has the year gone, it seems like yesterday I was writing my monthly organisation for the start of the year.  October is such a beautiful time of year where fruits are in abundance the leaves are falling and we all feel the need to start getting cozy.  There is certainly plenty to start thinking about and organising for ready for October Half term,…

Welcome to my October edition of what is on our meal plans.  This month it’s all about Autumnal recipes that make us feel cozy and with harvest in mind.  I am loving the Half Baked Harvest account on Instagram and have read so many of her lovely recipes online the past few weeks, so my meal plan has several from her site.  In particular the…

I love to visit local playgrounds and parklands during the week with Florence but also as a whole family at the weekends and in holidays. As a family of 6 we find eating out/buying snacks can be pretty expensive and unnecessary, so we like to take our own food and drink to most paces we visit. It means we also don’t get too stressed about…

So our pretty easy going teen of the house has recently been showing us signs that we may have Kevin or Perry living under our roof. What with the extra loud huffs when we ask him to take his own plate to the sink and then the umpteen ‘jeezs’ that are muttered under his breath when asking him to undertake basic tasks such as brushing…

As part of The Big Mummy Blog Share this week I am featuring a fellow mummy blogger! Meet Lavania Oluban from Arlo River Rex . She is a mummy blogger from Birmingham. This month we’re sharing Birth stories, so here is Lavania’s with hers. How many children do you have? Just the one. Did you write a birth plan? I wrote several before tearing them…