Advent is a time of preparation, and whether you are waiting for the arrival of Jesus Christ or waiting for Father Christmas to pop down th...

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Last weekend was one of getting jobs done, nothing too exciting, just small little jobs, but some of them have had a huge impact on our hom...

Just over a year ago I made the big decision to leave my permanent job in order to find something more flexible to allow me to parent littl...

Three years ago, Papa Owl and I married, it was a wonderful wonderful day spent with our friends and family.  We had a church wedding f...

The lovely Baked Potato Mummy recently posted The Importance of Baking With Toddlers . "Do it" she said.  "It'll be...

Progress but not as much as last week!  We're in proper holiday mode now, with Little Owl's bed time getting later and later!  T...

This Sunday was Pirate Day in Hastings, an annual event of which we are quite proud of.  The good folk of Hastings hold the Guinness Wor...

Little Owl has her own Cherry Tree!  Well nearly... as a baptism gift, her Grandma rents one from a nearby farm.  We get regu...

We've just committed to a 5 year deal on our mortgage. 5 years It doesn't seem that long... And yet... In 5 year...

Holidays always bring lots of firsts, and our few days in Holland were no different. Little Owl had her first squash! She saw her ...

An unexpected trip to Holland at the end of last week, with the ferry booked only two days before we travelled, meant we just packed our b...

I was loving the sunshine we had last week but Little Owl and I were exhausted! Knowing how fickle the British weather can be, I was dete...

The lovely Baked Potato Mummy has tagged me in the Mummy Tag.  The idea is for me to answer 20 questions about myself so that my readers...

We are very lucky to have friends that have a sheep farm.  Its been a few years since we last visited and in that time they have gained ...

When I imagined parenthood, I somehow thought that I was going to magically turn into a domestic goddess, with healthy home cooked meals m...

This week is our busiest in the year. Papa Owl is on the organising team of a Scout event that happens at the end of March which involves ...

As a child my Grandma without fail would make me pancakes when I returned from school on Shrove Tuesday.  Always with sugar and lemon.  I ...