Turning 40 and friendships
Birthdays. Lots of people are scared of them. Children love them. And I’m on the fence. It’s scary how fast time flies, but I do get excited about having a birthday. It’s a chance to celebrate, to feel a bit…
Author: Emma
Mum of 1, farmer's wife and living a guilt free family lifestyle with a school child.
How to get kids reward charts to work
Ever since we started thinking about potty training we’ve had a reward system. And before now it’s never really worked before. N just wasn’t bothered. Stickers have never really been his thing, even though he knew there would be something…
Project 366 2016 week 40
Week 40 of Project 366 coincides with my 40th birthday. Whoop. Exciting times (or not if you’re one of those people who are worried about their age). I can’t say my photos this week have been great. I’ve struggled to…
School days – shoes, spelling and harvest festival
Bit of a late one on the School Days post this week. It’s been my birthday weekend, and let’s just say 2 late nights means not a lot of blogging has been going on. School this week has been a…
Tamba Park using Jersey’s LibertyBus
While on Jersey we had a LibertyBus pass to explore. Tamba Park was one of the first – an adventure park. Read what we got up to here
The Maytime Inn – a lunch review
I’m never one to turn down good food, and I’m always on the look out for new restaurants to add to our usual list of haunts. So when we were asked to try out and review the refurbished Maytime Inn…
That moment when things click
Sometimes I do despair with N and school work. Just everything seems so hard in getting him to do things. I do wonder what he’s like at school, whether they have the same battles. Or whether he’ll happily sit down…
Mother’s Day DVD release – review and giveaway
I’m a huge rom com fan – unfortunate when the OH’s favourite films are old westerns, war movies and fighting/action films. But I got a treat when I was sent the new DVD release of Mother’s Day to review. Directed…
Project 366 2016 week 39 – cakes and christmassy treats
This week’s Project 366 is onto week 39. And there’s not long to go before the end of the year – arrgghhh. Here’s this week’s photos. On Sunday, N offered to ‘cut’ his dad’s hair. N was happy role playing,…
School Days – measuring in maths
This week has been fairly quiet school wise. Just the normal, with the addition of me having my first flexi time off outside school holidays. That meant I could pick N up from school on Thursday as well as my…
A child friendly stay at Merton Hotel Jersey
Our summer trip to Jersey was a bit last minute (as so many of our holidays are), and booked on a vague recommendation. Plus it was somewhere we could fly to without passports, so we could tick off N’s wish…
