Unexpected Weekends
Living Arrows – 40/52 {2017} “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” On Saturday, we packed the car ready for swimming lessons and a picnic. Except the car refused to start. Thirty minutes later, when our swimming lessons should have started, we were still turning the key and […]
Hygge on a Budget: Embracing Everyday Happiness the Danish Way
The Danes seem to have life all figured out, don’t they? Despite paying some of the highest taxes and experiencing more rain than Britons, they remain the happiest people on the planet. How do they do it? The answer lies in their cultural concept of “Hygge”. Pronounced as “Hou-gah,” Hygge has taken the UK by […]
Motherhood: The Emotional Rollercoaster
Living Arrows – 38/52 {2017} “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” As a parent, you kind of expect some weeks to be more challenging than others. Like the last week of term when all the children are exhausted or at Christmas time when the excitement rises. You […]
Slow Living: Small Adventures
Living Arrows – 37/52 {2017} “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” One thing we have found incredibly hard to do with four young children is swimming. Our old leisure centre asked one adult per child for younger children. This meant we only managed swimming on holidays for our […]
Effortless Labelling with Stamptastic
It’s that time of year again when parents are buying uniform ready for September. This is our 5th year of buying and labelling uniform, and for the first time we have four sets of uniform to label, as Amy starts reception and our little Ava is to spend two days a week in the two-year old […]
Slow Mornings and Fast Weekends
Slow Mornings There is something about waking naturally, rather than to the sound of an alarm or the radio. It always makes the mornings seem much more relaxed, even if they do start at the usual time of 7am (Yes, we are VERY lucky!). My favourite part of the school holidays is losing the rush to […]
Outnumbered
Wednesday this week marked the start of our summer holidays. We celebrated with two lazy days at home, filled with far too much Youtube, films and games. All the children were suffering from end-of-term exhaustion; they were grumpy and teary and needed time to relax. By Friday, we were all ready to escape and let […]
5 Benefits of a Minimalist Life
We are about two years into our minimalist journey, and it really has had a huge impact on our lives, so much so I wanted to share the benefits we have found. When I talk about minimalism, I often refer to it as a ‘journey’, it’s something we still work on every day. Even after […]
The End of the Baby Years
A few days ago we had Ava’s home visit, ready for her ‘stay and play’ sessions in September, ahead of her starting nursery two days a week. Her key worker asked was how was I feeling about September. It’s a question I hadn’t given much thought. September is a massive change for all children, a new […]
Strawberry Picking
If there is one thing that our short time as allotmenteer’s taught us, it was to embrace the seasons and all that they bring. Its easy to take food for granted, because we have an affordable, continuous supply in our supermarkets. I remember last year when there was a shortage of courgettes in the shops […]