It's a funny thing isn't it! When your baby is a newborn you can't wait for them to smile,gurgle,burp ,fart even! Parents aren't fussy, as long as they do anything to just acknowledge they see you in their little worlds, you are happy/ You can't wait for them to smile properly for the first time.... Continue Reading →
The family meal
We are encouraged these days to put away the smart phones and any form of screen at the table but after attempting to engage in conversation with the other half for the fourth time over dinner one evening last week, we admitted defeat and the screens were back out on the table. It wasn’t us... Continue Reading →
To the people in the queue
I am feeling really unwell today and need an early night,hence no new blog post this evening. However since I have had lots of lovely new followers to my blog over the last while, I wanted to share one of my most popular pieces with you that I wrote last year. The twins are nearly... Continue Reading →
Toys that go bump in the night
"The train will arrive in five minutes". Think about that sentence for one minute, she must be in a train station you automatically assume, wrong. Sure where else would I be? Surely not just after walking into my sitting room after midnight to check on everything before I went to bed that night , himself... Continue Reading →
Hitting the ground running as a multiple parent
For those multiple mams caught up in the never ending cycle of feeding, trying to catch the elusive thing that is sleep, remembering to eat and being somewhere deep in survival mode I won't insult you by saying hang in there. There are a few things that I learned along the way or were offered... Continue Reading →
Me Time
Does any of this sound familiar to you ? I wrote this the other night as I forced myself to stay awake a few minutes longer to have some "me time " . It's 11.30pm I should have been in bed hours ago but I am enjoying some "me time" . I say enjoying in reality... Continue Reading →
Cookies for breakfast
Ok so I may have indulged in a little white lie this evening as myself and my two sous chefs baked cookies just before bedtime. For these cookies are to be consumed in the morning for breakfast and whilst I will hold my hands up and admit that sometimes a Rich tea biccie may have... Continue Reading →
The Mammy wardrobe
It was as I was packing for a long overdue few days away with the other half that I glanced down at the suitcase contents with a frown on my face. Swiftly unpacking half the case I reminded myself this was a break away without the twins and as a result I was free to... Continue Reading →
Peek a Poo
Have I caught your attention ? From the minute our children enter the world we talk about poo. I bet it doesn't take much to cast your mind back to that lovely first meconium .. It's something we get to know in such intimate detail from that very first experience to the not so pleasant... Continue Reading →



