Things have been happening here! The big event has been the replacement of the fence. This is the first big part of Project Garden, as introduced here, as it should free up space to allow many of the plants on the rockery to be moved over to the bed along the fence. Here’s the before …
I’d seen a few mentions of this Reading Eggs in magazines and on-line, so I decided to investigate further. I asked Twitter for a few opinions, and all came back in favour of it, and as they operate a 14 day free trial, I decided to give it a whirl. Boo is 3 (she’ll be …
I do wonder this. You see someone reading a copy of a Discworld novel on the train – are they a geek? Someone reading Crime and Punishment – are they intelligent? I read a lot of romance books. Regency romance is by far my favourite genre. I love Julia Quinn, Eloisa James, Sarah MacLean …
For today’s What’s the Story? and Magic Moments post, it’s a really simple photo, depicting a really simple thing. My husband, with our children, in a park. I took it last Thursday, when I decided, spontaneously, to pack up a picnic and go and meet him for his lunch-break. The park’s a couple of …
Have you been to the cinema lately? We have. It’s expensive. It was for the husband’s birthday, and it was just the two of us, and I was genuinely shocked at how much it was. Am I just getting old?! It cost us £8.50 each, and then, as we were out treating ourselves, we also …
Last Saturday we headed off to Sandwell Valley Country Park. We’d never been before, and this escapade represented another where we’re determined to explore more of the parks that we have around us, especially as they are, by and large, free, and a great way to spend time with the children. It was actually a …
I love this idea for a post! I saw it on Britmums, and though I’d be absolutely thrilled to win one of the prizes that are up for grabs, the concept got my attention. I mean, who doesn’t have that ‘if we won £xxx, what would we spend it on conversation’? I’ve enjoyed narrowing it …
I’m looking for more Project Garden inspiration everywhere! We’ve been to 3 local garden centres in the last week alone, and I’ve been making notes of anything that I’m loving for our garden. The children are enjoying it, as 2 out of the 3 we’ve been to have had animals and fish to look at, …
It’s been a whole month since The Reading Residence began. I’m absolutely loving writing it and have no end of posts whirring around in my head that I’ve yet to write. I’ve had some great comments left, discovered a whole new world of friendly blog link ups, have joined in with various blogging communities …
Today I’m linking up with the fabulous What’s the Story? and the sublime Magic Moments, and sharing with you a photo of Boo and Little Man, taken a few months ago. I was in the kitchen, leaving them both in the playroom for a few minutes. Little Man was safely in his chair and quietly …
I’m back with my new feature, that I introduced here! I’ve been finding loads more stationery that I love, so narrowing it down and sharing just a few has been tricky! Do not worry, though, I have struggled on, and here is what I’ve come up with: I want all of these things! …
While the sun shines, I love to get the family outside, enjoying it all. Last weekend a sunny day dawned, so we had a little think about where to go, that was nearby, cost little, and most importantly, would be fun! We came up with Kingsbury Water Park. My sister-in-law had mentioned it to me, …
I don’t know about you, but I feel we spend a lot on consumables here, or more specifically, food. Now, I know we need food!, but I have started to more closely analyse our expenditure in this area, and I’m working on a five-pronged attack to reduce the bills. Here’s what I’m trying: Doing it …
This week has been more about making choices about Project Garden than progressing it out there. Why? I wanted to plant up my herb box, so had a lovely trip out to a newly refurbished local garden centre, but then my mum advised me not to buy fresh ones yet as she was cultivating me …
We’ve been feeling a little spoilt with all of this lovely weather. Trips to the park, playgrounds, bug hunts and garden play have made up most of our days, so what to do now faced with a day full of rain? These are our top 5 rainy day activities, our favourites for indoors fun. I …
As I go on and on about reading a fair bit here, I thought I’d share with you our favourite books each month. So book recommendations for babies, preschoolers and adults here! I’m going to aim to very strict with myself and only choose one book for each of us each time, so feel free …
