Today after a long lovely walk we found ourselves passing Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire and with a spare couple of hours it seemed a shame not to stop. An area of outstanding beauty with this beautiful shell of a Abbey in the middle of it, we all enjoyed the time we had to run around and explore. My 6 year old loved running around on his own and just popping back whilst pretending to be a king and I felt comfortable with him doing so. Unlike many of the castle and church ruins we have ...
A more mature mum
About 6 months ago I joined a Facebook group for parents with babies all born on the same year and month. I'm not sure why I joined this group, it was a decision made in the middle of one, never ending breast feeding night feed. It's a lovely group but the one thing that has struck me is how old I am compared to all the other mothers in it. Some could be my children and we could be discussing my grandchildren. It's a lovely group though and at times although I feel old it is also nice to give ...
Making a fairy festival camp
We love a fairy house, surely everyone does? Be it with sticks, stones, leaves or grass all you need is a little imagination and a good sprinkle of fairy dust to create a home. For this one we used small sticks and tied together with string with some old rags wrapped around it. A couple of cocktail sticks and some cut up paper for bunting. You could take it further and even go as far as recreating a full campsite if you really had the urge! Mouse ears are not essential for ...
Getting baby to recreate bump photographs
A year ago to the day a professional photographer took a number of stunning photograph's of a very large baby bump. Today we went out and tried to recreate some of the photographs and had great fun getting covered in paint in the process. We plan to do this every year. Just a little something to embarrass her at her 18th! ...
Green Man Festival – 2015 Review
We had the absolute pleasure of attending Green Man Festival again this year. We adore this beautiful festival and jumped at the opportunity of being able to review it again. ARRIVAL AND THE SITE You may think you have taken a wrong turn driving to Green Man, you travel along very narrow roads to get to it but when you see the top of the tents poking through the trees you know you have arrived. The family car park sold out quickly again this year as did the live in areas so ...