She is too young for parents evening
All of a sudden my beautiful baby is no longer a baby. I have been trying to deny it for so long but not only does she go to school, …
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What do you want to know about a Big Weekend?
As a Butlins Ambassador I really take my job seriously, so much so that I want to experience everything they have to offer. I have been to every resort, I …
Tomato sauce, washing up liquid and vinegar!
Alison’s scary sprout costume On Saturday 27th October I made a big mistake, I decided that with Elizabeth wanting pink hair to feel more girly it was only fair to …
Tired Mummy of Two in the Media
Its been a good few months for me and my blog, from featuring in The Sun talking about how my readers and followers have supported me through Elizabeth’s cancer diagnoses …
Sssshh! Cbeebies Panto
On 7th November we were lucky enough to be invited to go and watch the filming of the Cbeebies Christmas Panto. Meeting up with some other lovely bloggers and being …
Tasty Chefs, Chocolate Olive truffles and too much wine for a school night
When I saw the invite for a cookery class and three course meal in Altrincham I jumped at the chance. Cooking with celebrity (and quite tasty) chef Omar Allibhoy we …
The tiger came for tea and then we went on a bear hunt.
On Sunday 21st October we went along to Manchester Town Hall for the Manchester Literacy Festival. The reason we were going is right there in the photo to your left, …
The blog post I dreamt I wrote
All of you bloggers out there are you ever convinced you wrote a post because you remember the words you used and the annoyance at how slow it was to …
Next’s Dress for Christmas Competition
The lovely and very beautiful, funny and charismatic Northern Mum (did I creep enough?) has a brilliant competition on her blog at the moment where you can win £500 next …
SuperKid Savers Challenge
As a qualified accountant and living in a society that is falling around our ears due to debt I have always been very conscious about teaching my children the value …