Vitamix-ologist

I’m a little excited.

I got an email last week offering me the chance to host my own Margarita party with Vitamix. I received it just as I had spent 24 hours awake looking after two ill small children and if I’d have had the Vitamix right there I’d have whipped up a cocktail to [...]

What can I say?

verhaaren family

If you follow the blog you will know what an amazing time we had this summer in Arizona.

The people we exchanged with were super: a great fun-loving family who loved the outdoors. We had dinner with them twice and their children were kind enough to look after ours without being asked. My Girls still [...]

Put the kettle on

put the kettle on

Record rainfalls in April and June have meant that our kettles have been put to good use already this year, so now could be a good time to think about investing in a new kettle.

In an article for The Guardian, Alexandra Topping explained that ‘More than twice the average rainfall hit the UK in April. [...]

Announcing the BritMums Live 2012 Winner

britmums live ticket giveaway

*rolls drums*

Congratulations to Mrs Johnson Babies, chosen with the help of Random.org this morning, and who may inadvertantly have concussed herself on hearing the news. I think she’s pleased. This is what she said:

Johnson Babies May 13, 2012 at 10:08 pm · Edit

Project 366 Week Nineteen

toy box

After the events of Saturday rendered us car-less we had to rethink our plans for the Bank Holiday weekend. After consultation with LBG, we elected to go swimming en famille on Sunday. First hurdle- local swimming baths (do people still call them that?) were closed so we rode the bus to Beckenham where- wouldn’t you [...]

Finding the right children’s birthday card

LBG got an invitation recently for a birthday party two months hence. Whilst this is not uncommon in our parts-the soft-play facilities are booked up years in advance in the same way that wedding venues are- it still put the fear of God into me. I couldn’t help feeling, as I stood at the [...]

Interview with Amanda Egan aka Mummy Misfit

Mummy Misfit Amanda Egan

I came across Amanda Egan, better known as Mummy Misfit, on twitter. I can’t remember why now, but it made me follow her, and download her books to Kindle. I say her books- she’s working on her third- because she wrote two of themthem in her car whilst parked outside the front of [...]