Sometimes, parenting becomes all consuming, it takes over, you forget to be calm because you are in too deep and caught up in the little details that maybe you just don't need to be, I know I definitely don't but can't help myself sometimes. Parenting is hard and being a stay at home/work from home … Continue reading Parenting is hard but music is life…
We have just returned from a blissful (this is sarcasm) 2 weeks in Italy with the entire family (parents, brother, his fiance and my DARLING children) and I have come back feeling exhausted, like a terrible parent and spent the entire time shouting and screaming at my kids. Going out for a meal with my … Continue reading Shouting, screaming – becoming mindful
When I started weaning baby number one, my big girl, it was a joy, A JOY. She tried anything, ate it all, wasn’t very messy and showed me all sorts of wonderful appreciation for the food I made from scratch for her. Going out for meals was equally enjoyable – no kids menu here, she … Continue reading Go Trovo Treasure Hunt
Almost five years in, I am slowly starting to realise that some stuff just doesn’t matter and so I have decided to stop getting bogged down in details that to be quite frank, I don’t give that much of a sh*t about and start focusing on stuff that matters and staying sane as a work … Continue reading 5 things I’ve stopped fighting my kids on
Ok, so I am late to the game (suffering a 3 day hangover, no joke) but today is World Poetry Day and so I feel like I should share a poem by one of my friends because not only is it a beautiful piece of writing but also is right on topic for Word Up, … Continue reading World Poetry Day 2017
I love buying clothes and dressing my kids. It's mostly great fun, apart from when my daughter wants to put together her own concoction of an outfit, which is also cool and I try to let her wear what she wants as often as possible but one thing that I really, REALLY love is matching … Continue reading Brands I love: Shapes of Things
