I've been working on a layout about Callum for a few days now and have just finished it. The reason it has taken me this time is due to the subject matter - his ever increasing vocabulary. I wrote one list, then another and then wrote it out on patterned paper, only to go to bed and remember other words.... Read more →

Today would normally have been a day to dread; a visit to the dentist. However, I have a new dentist and he made me feel very happy, in fact I left the Dentist Surgery with a smile on my face. All because he filled a chip that has been on my front tooth ever since I was about 8 years... Read more →

I've been up since 4am, not of my own choosing I might add! Yesterday was such a beautiful day that in the afternoon the boys played in the garden. Not a problem for most kids, but poor Callum is allergic to grass and goodness knows what else. This I believe was the cause of his and subsequently our disturbed sleep... Read more →

Thought I'd have a go at a Pencil Lines challenge last night. Took ages looking through photos and finally chose one that Janine had taken in 2005. Janine, Michael and little Patrick were staying with us for the weekend and we decided to go to Brownsea Island on the Saturday. I was 8 1/2 months pregnant at the time, my... Read more →

We had a lovely day yesterday meeting up with friends and their children. We left early at 8:45am to be in Bagshot for 10am, which normally would be fine. But this was the morning after the clocks had changed and we had lost an hour of precious sleep! Matthew had a great time and really enjoyed spending time with his... Read more →

We are going to Surrey tomorrow for the first of the 4th Birthday party's. Are our kids really going to be four? Has it really been four years since those Ante-natal classes finished? Are our children really starting school in September? Where has the time gone? In March 2003 I started Ante-natal classes in Bagshot as a first time Mum-to-be... Read more →

OK, so it may not be a novel, but I've been putting together a children's cookbook for Matthew's Pre-School and it's been a long slog. I am very pleased with the outcome but have learnt along the way; to ask if there's a photocopier we can use to use a good stapler that is happy to go through 30 pages... Read more →

I wanted to share with you the Mother's Day card which I received from my boys yesterday. OK so I made the card, but I really wanted to share what was written inside. Jeff had asked Matthew what the best thing was that Mummy does, to which he replied "I like the way she blows up balloons, cause I like... Read more →

I was reading Ali Edwards blog on thursday night and she challenged readers to do a layout on their bedtime routines. We'd just the boys to bed so that night I couldn't, but I decided that last night I'd take some photos and have a go. Here's what I came up with... I used patterned paper by Basic Grey, letter... Read more →

By now you will have probably guessed that I love Cath Kidston and it is most definitely time that I devoted a whole layout to them. I made myself use only 3 photos, for I could have taken and used more. But I figured that if I had photographic evidence of every Cath Kidston item I owned, Jeff could easily... Read more →