After many discussions in our house, we have finally decided where we want to go on holiday this summer. We have booked our flights, and I’ve arranged all of the uninteresting things such as travel insurance, airport parking, plane seats, checked ESTAs are still valid and I’ve made provisional (free to cancel and move around) …
We’ve recently enjoyed a wonderful California road trip, so today I’m sharing my top 5 tips for planning a road trip, because believe me, there was a lot of planning involved! I think there are a couple of different types of road trips. Those where you just fly out to somewhere and then take each …
We are back from our Californian road trip, and we all had an amazing time. Everything went smoothly, and we were happy with the four hotels we chose. It was fun moving around, and the travelling and road trip part of the experience was much more relaxed and fun than any of us had expected. …
I think, I hope, I’ve finally got everything arranged for our holiday this summer. I mentioned it a few months back, and to be honest, that only feels like last week, and yet here we are in May already. We’ll be on that plane before we know it. We were originally going to Disney World …
Now that my kids are 14 and 11, the festive fun that we have has shifted a little from what we did when they were younger. They are too old for booking Santa visits, yet still too young to be out there celebrating with friends in the pub! It’s a fun time and these are …
As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, we are planning to take a fun family road trip next summer. We want to go to California and our itinerary is starting to take shape. The Husband and I took a road trip around California the year before we started our family and absolutely loved it, …
And just like that, the kids are back to school and that was our summer. They’re both back now, my boy in Year 6 his last year at primary school, and my daughter into Year 9. We’ve got a meeting at her school this week covering GCSE options, no easing us in on this! To …
At the beginning of 2023 I decided to choose a word of the year. I chose the word ‘entertaining’ to be my word for the year as I wanted it to be a fun one for all of us and to have a variety of events and trips to look forward to. My daughter and …
With half term coming up here, I thought it’d be handy to share a little inspiration for the holidays. It can be easy to think that it can be an expensive time, but it needn’t be at all, so here are 5 free and fun things to do with your kids… Get outside Getting outside …
It’s a Disney post today, and you know how much I love chatting all things Disney parks! I want to chat with you about our recent trip to Disneyland Paris, tell you our trip highlights and share a few tips that might help you if you’re thinking of visiting. We combined our Disneyland trip with …
This is a collaborative post It’s been a great year for outdoor activities. The summer heat may have been a little unbearable at times, but we’ve been blessed by plenty of rain-free days and here in the UK, that’s the most we can ask for! However, as autumn creeps in and the end of September …
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We spent last week in Paris and we all absolutely loved it. We enjoyed 3 nights in the city and then 3 nights in Disneyland Paris and we felt it was the perfect amount of time to explore both places. The Husband and I have been to Paris a couple of times before and already …
As you may know, this year I am absolutely loving my walking. I am enjoying my Conqueror Challenge and I like to see the miles racking up. I aim to walk at least 5 miles a day on weekdays and then miles at the weekend are a bonus. However, I find it trickier to get …
I feel like the weeks are running away with me lately. Somehow, it’s the start of July and mentally I think I’m still in March! So over the weekend I made a point of sitting down with my calendar and focusing on where we’re at and started making summer plans. The next few weeks at …
We received press tickets to this show Last night my girl and I went along to The Alexandra Birmingham to see a show together. It was a BMOS Musical Theatre Company performance of Guys and Dolls. We love going to the theatre, and we were fortunate enough to be invited along. We love musicals! This …
It’s our wedding anniversary tomorrow. We’ll have been married for 20 years. 20 years ago tomorrow we travelled over to Coombe Abbey and in front of our closest family, said our vows and became husband and wife. I can still remember so many details of that day clearly, and then our lovely honeymoon in Cyprus …
