With 20 minutes of the day left I am going to throw my hat into the #Blogtober ring. What that means is posting every day in October following a list of prompts over on Hexmum blog. Read more
All about me
Author: Sarah
How much screen time is too much?
My kids are two and four years old and they probably have anything from 2 to 8 hours of ‘screen time’ a day. We quite often turn the TV on when we get up and don’t turn it off until bedtime. Read more
Me & Mine // A Family Portrait (September 2017)
September seems to have disappeared in a flash! At the beginning of the month saw Toby starting school – he seems to have settled in well, even though he tells me every day that he doesn’t want to go! Read more
Fit by 40 // The weight loss diaries (Day 111-121)
I’ve been struggling since my last update – sticking to my diet seems to be really hard at the moment and I really need a good kick up the bum to get back on it. I’m so close to where I want to be, I can’t give up now…
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Living Arrows 39/52 (2017)
We survived another week without Daddy, and then almost as soon as he came home I left to spend a night in Manchester and go to the BlogOn conference! Read more
Get More Growth When Growing Your Own
**This is a collaborative post
Growing your own veggies is a great way to cut down your weekly shopping bill. Not only that but it can also help you get regular organic food into your family’s diet! There’s just one problem, though – growing your own can often be a lot easier said than done! Read more
Planning to extend our home
**This is a collaborative post
When we moved house we were looking for somewhere that had potential to be improved and developed as our family grows – grows up that is, we definitely aren’t planning on making our family any bigger! We knew we couldn’t afford our dream home so we wanted somewhere we could perhaps extend in future and turn it into our dream home instead. Read more
Top tips for dying your hair at home
I had blond hair as a child and then somewhere in my teens it turned into a dull mousey brown. So when I was 16 I started dying it and, apart from a brief spell when I was pregnant with Toby, it hasn’t been its natural colour since! Read more
Living Arrows 38/52 (2017)
This week has been all about settling into school – Toby has done his first full week and by all accounts has done really well. His behaviour and attitude at home has been challenging at times but to be honest I was expecting that really. Read more
Siblings // Toby and Gabe in September (2017)
This month’s big change for my two boys has been Toby starting school, and Gabe going to a new preschool. If I’m completely honest Gabe doesn’t seem to be missing having his brother around at all! Read more