My first attempt at making a Christmas wreath Now I am the very first person who will tell you that I’m not crafty, but I do LOVE Christmas and everything associated with it. Being stuck in our second lockdown,...
Christmas Eve boxes For the last few years, I have been making my kids’ Christmas Eve boxes for the family to enjoy on the evening before Christmas. We don’t do stockings so the boxes are opened after dinner. I...
I often see Mums asking online about ways to entertain babies. Being too young to play with toys but still enjoying the stimulation of colours and movement. Here are a few things I found helpful in entertaining my three kids during the...
Why did I start SmoochSuits? To be honest, my answer is desperation! I had just been made redundant a second time, on maternity leave (not happy), and I wasn't prepared to kiss goodbye to a career I had spent so...
Why every Mum could run her own business. For years John has been saying to me that you will never be financially independent working for someone else as a salaried employee. He also says that you will never be able...
Is it taboo to talk about how much the lockdown has improved our family and home life? On the whole we have been very lucky during the Covid-19 pandemic. John and I are both self-employed and our businesses have remained...
The real question is, am I brave enough? I'm sure a large percentage of women who currently have no access to a hairdresser, are debating what to do with their hair. Having had the odd grey hair since I was...
Perseverance. That's how we got the twins to sleep soundly in their toddler beds in under 2 weeks! A few weeks ago, we found Master James terrorizing his sister in her cot. Somehow, he had discovered how to climb out of...
I was on Facebook recently and a post in a twin group caught my eye. The poster had asked "What did your parents do with you, that you won't do with your children?” I flippantly replied that my mum never...
