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Chronic Pain, Family Life

Driving Again After a 14 Year Break | Featuring Graco Booster Car Seat Review

April 22, 2025

The last time I drove a car was sometime around 2009 — that long ago, my eight year old didn’t believe I owned a driving licence. So with something to prove and reason to better myself, I got my anxiety-riddled backside back behind the wheel. […]

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Family Life

What The Heck Did I Do Last Year? | The 9 Events that Defined my 2023

January 31, 2024

Just where did last year go?! Here’s a roundup of events that defined my 2023, and what hopes I have for the future. It’s not too late for this, right? A lot can happen in a year. A whole lot of nothing can happen too! […]

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Family Life

Backpack Review: A Richmond Castle Adventure Day Bag

August 9, 2021

Now adventures are back on the cards, it’s time to grab your backpack and get out there again! Here’s my review of the Lazy Bear Lance backpack. AD. This post contains gifted product from TRENDHIM. All wording, images & opinion are my own. I’d been […]

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Family Life, Fashion

Beat Winter with Heat Holders Ultra Warm Woollies

November 12, 2020

Today it’s all about the thermal accessories that’ll get you through the coming cold months. I’m reviewing super snuggly Heat Holders to beat the winter chill. AD. This post contains gifted product from HEAT HOLDERS. All wording, images & opinion are my own. If you’ve […]

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Family Life

Spooky Sea Fun at Sea Life’s Ascarium

October 25, 2020

We visited Sea Life to see what they’re getting up to this half term, and there’s an underwater world of the seriously strange (and amazing!) DISCLOSURE: AD / This post was made possible by the provision of tickets from SEA LIFE. All wording, images & […]

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Family Life

Keeping Crawlie Critters as Pets: Meet our Stick Insects

July 17, 2020

Last month we became the proud new owners of stick insects. As a family accustomed to the cuteness of guinea pigs and rabbits, the new, less cuddly additions have caused a stir. We’ve never kept insects before and yet here we are, bottling up bugs […]

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Family Life

Introducing Little Ones to The Orchestra: Peppa Pig My First Concert [Preview]

February 5, 2020

DISCLOSURE: AD / This post was paid in gifted tickets from PEPPA PIG/ENTERTAINMENT ONE UK LTD. All words & opinion expressed are my own. Images copyright of Dan Tsantilis. What child doesn’t love music? Whether making music or listening to it, you’ll be hard pushed […]

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CHRISTMAS IS COMING | A Very Festive Advent Calendar Train

November 14, 2019

DISCLOSURE: AD / THIS POST CONTAINS GIFTED PRODUCT FROM LIME TREE LONDON.  WORDS, IMAGES & OPINION EXPRESSED IS MY OWN. Advent calendars are a key part of Christmas, and no modern festive countdown would be complete without 24 daily surprises. Who doesn’t need over three […]

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Baby & Toddler, Family Life, Kids

Reuben’s First Hair Cut: Tips For Toddler Salon Success

April 24, 2018

  If you’ve ever looked at your little one and thought they’ve grown up in a blink of an eye, wait until they have their first hair cut.  All of a sudden your baby looks set for school and you’re grieving the loss of those […]

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Maternity & Motherhood, Mental Health

10 Realities I Never Expected As A Newly Made Mum

July 18, 2017

When you imagine what something may be like, you can generally guess and have a good idea of the experience.  Like having a baby.  Labour will be somewhat painful, baby will pop out one way or another, and you’ll go home – right?  Let’s just say when it came […]

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Summer + shopping + sun = 🥰 Summer + shopping + sun = 🥰
ad | Sunday chilling with my new happy pal 🌻 🙂

This cheerful flower pot dude has been a welcome addition to the household. He isn’t just adorable though, he’s a functional Warmies plush! 

Weighted and scented with lavender for a calming moment, microwave for a warming cuddle or pop him in the freezer for a cool down. As a plushie, he’s so soft and lovely to feel, it’s wonderful quality.

In all honesty, if it has a cute face, I’ll love ‘em 🥰

Thanks to the lovely folk at @warmies_official for sending me this.
Cleaned up on the school fair on Saturday. 🤩 We Cleaned up on the school fair on Saturday. 🤩 We won on the big raffle (one of the smaller prizes of a Sunday dinner for 2 - woo hoo! 🙌 ) and Reuben enjoyed the kids fun stalls, especially getting to soak a friend, get loads of sweets and winning a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book that he actually didn’t have already. And it didn’t rain, which was great!  What an awesome school we have. 😊

#schoolfair #yorkshireblogger #mumlifeuk #familylife❤️
I was so excited to find black elder growing in th I was so excited to find black elder growing in the garden when we moved here. It’s a dark shrub that flowers pink blossoms which turn to elderberries in the autumn. It’s not as common as the white flowering elder you see in the countryside everywhere. Now that’s lovely stuff to make elderflower cordial with but let me tell you, pink elderflower is something else! 

I made this myself last week. Picked the flowers Wednesday morning, let them steep in the sugary lemon syrup then filtered and bottled it Saturday morning.  So now I have just shy of four litres of this concentrated fruity-floral gorgeousness to sip through the rest of the summer. 😋 It’s lovely just with water and ice but it’s so good with lemonade too - might also try it with a shot of vodka. 😉 

Has anyone tried this before? Would you have a drink of it? 

#elderflowercordial #elderflower #elderflowers #countrylife #yorkshireblogger #homemadeisbest #mumlifeuk #livingmylife #livingthegoodlife
E A R L Y S U M M E R R R 🍓 This is the best E A R L Y  S U M M E R R R 🍓 

This is the best time of year. Flowers in bloom. Strawberries. Daylight hours still increasing. Hot sun. Okay I live in my sunglasses because sunshine gives me headaches and heat makes me nap but it’s all good. ☀️ 😎
Saw The Corrs at Scarborough Open Air Theatre last Saw The Corrs at Scarborough Open Air Theatre last night thanks to winning tickets from TK Maxx. They were SO GOOD! 🥁🎤 It was great hearing them play all their instruments and sing so effortlessly.  Runaway and Breathless were *chefs kiss* 👌🏻Dreams makes me think of being 16 again in the 90s, well, before the crap part. 
Awesome night. Teeth chatteringly cold in my little dress but brill experience.  Now I have a dehydration headache cos I was too anxious to drink. 😆 

#scarboroughopenairtheatre #SOAT #festivaltime #thecorrs #thecorrsofficial #midsizestyle #curvygirlfashion #musiclover #mumlifeuk #tkmaxx #tkmaxxpresents
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