Advent Countdown & Christmas book list

When I first saw the idea a few years ago of wrapping 25 books as a Christmas countdown, I thought it was so great and wanted to do that with the girls. Fast forward the five years that it took from idea to action and the girls think its absolutely fantastic. One of...

After a long while

I received a comment a few weeks ago from a lovely reader asking if I would start updating my blog again. Oddly enough, I’ve been feeling the blogging bug again although it feels as if I’ve almost forgotten how. My hiatus wasn’t actually a planned...

Penny at a year old

Penny is just over a year old now. She did get a birthday celebration from the girls in December when she was actually born. She eats almost as much as a horse and is quite picky about which food she likes but she is a fantastic companion for our little family....

Christmas in Pictures

We had a very quiet Christmas, just our little family of five for the first time ever. It was nice, perfect for us for this year actually. I cooked way too much food though and we’ve a lot of turkey to eat so I’m quite certain that this won’t become...