What are the best ways to help our kids financially?

Help our kids financially

**This is a collaborative post

Money matters, it’s important to teach our kids everything they need to know if they’re going to be successful financially as adults. So many young people end up in debt or struggling with money simply because they’ve never been taught how to use it properly. Here are some of the ways we can teach children and teens about money. Read more

Getting ready for preschool // with My NameTags

Getting ready for preschool with MyNameTags

After five weeks of holiday we now only have one week to go before Toby goes back to school and Gabe starts at his new nursery. He was going to the local preschool last year but as it is only open for 18 hours a week and we are entitled to the 30 funded hours he is moving to a different private nursery where he will be going into the preschool room. Read more

Fly drive or self drive // Which is best for European family holiday?

Just about to drive to France

If you are a regular reader of my blog, or follow me on Instagram then you’ll know that we’ve just come back from a two week holiday in France with my family. It was our first holiday overseas as a family of four and we decided to fly and hire a car. When Toby was 10 months old we took him abroad for the first time but then we chose to drive in our own car. But which is best for a European family holiday? Fly drive or self drive? I’m taking a look at the pros and cons of each below. Read more

Living Arrows 34/53 (2018)

Toby inside a canon at Chateau de Castelnaud

These Living Arrows posts seem to be coming round so often at the moment! I think being on holiday has made time both slow down and speed up too somehow! We came back from France yesterday so are mostly spending today just relaxing at home (apart from Barry who was up at 5:30 am this morning to go back to work) – the boys are loving getting to play with all their toys again. Read more

Siblings // Toby and Gabe in August (2018)

Toby giving his little brother a kiss in St Cyprien Dordogne

I said at the end of last month’s Siblings post that I wasn’t going to bring my laptop on holiday and this post might be late but in the end I decided to bring it with me so here we are. Since I wrote last month’s post Toby has broken up from school and Gabe finished preschool and oh my, those first few days of the holidays were awful with the amount of fighting and squabbling between the pair of them! Read more

Living Arrows 33/53 (2018)

Toby paddling in the Dordogne

Bonjour encore! We’re still in France on holiday at the moment so it’s going to be another quick post from me this week. We’re having a lovely time with a mix of relaxing, playing and exploring. The weather has been great for the most part apart from an epic thunderstorm one night last week which left us without power until the following afternoon! Read more