#MySundayPhoto
#MySundayPhoto this week is a bit of a visual metaphor: a rather gloomy looking shot of Brighton's abandoned West Pier taken from the British Airways i360, the tallest moving viewing tower in Europe. It's been a bit of a rubbish start to the year in [...]
Win 4 tickets to see Peppa Pig live!
Know some little ones who would love to see Peppa Pig and her family live on stage? Then read on! We’ve got four tickets to Peppa Pig’s Adventure show at the Theatre Royal Brighton to give away to one lucky reader – and it could [...]
10 ways to lose weight without going to the gym
Want to shed a few pounds but don’t have the time – or the inclination – to go to the gym? Then you're not the only one! I was a proper gym bunny before having kids and would go to the gym after work three [...]
10 things to look forward to in 2018
Got a spot of the January blues? Then I've got just the tonic! Christmas might be over, it might be cold and dark outside and you might have eaten and drunk just a little bit too much, but believe it or not there are plenty [...]
#MySundayPhoto
This is the face of a baby who enjoyed her first Christmas. She might not understand what on earth it is that's going on but what with the lights, the glitter, the wrapping paper and the baubles she's had a ball. I can't wait for [...]
Things I’ve learnt in 2017
Another year older, another year wiser - or so the saying goes, anyway. In the year I was officially classed a 'geriatric mother' and with a new year approaching I thought it would be fun to have a look back at some of the things [...]
10 ways to entertain kids during Twixtmas
Twixtmas. That limbo of time between Christmas and New Year when the presents have been opened, the guests have gone home and everyone’s starting to go a little bit stir crazy (Twixtmas is actually a word by the way – it's currently under review by [...]
Merry Christmas from Crummy Mummy!
Merry Christmas from the Crummy Mummy household! I tried to get a nice shot of us all to wish you a Merry Christmas but it turns out it's far easier said than done when you're outnumbered. Merry Christmas from Crummy Mummy! First the oldest decided [...]
#MySundayPhoto
#MySundayPhoto this week is a no brainer. Here’s BB in the starring role of Mary in her school nativity, and at the risk of inciting ‘Why-Isn't-My-Child-Mary-Syndrome’ I couldn’t be prouder. I didn’t actually take this picture myself – this one was captured by one of [...]
10 reasons to take up swimming in 2018
Are you planning to turn over a new leaf in 2018? Would you like to get a bit fitter? Then read on! If you’re a regular follower of the blog you’ll know we’re big fans of swimming in our house – from Puddle Ducks baby [...]
What does your Christmas tree say about you?
Did you know there's actual research into what your Christmas tree says about you? Whether it’s real, whether it’s fake, whether you go for tinsel, or whether you don’t, whether you have coloured flashing lights or whether you go for warm white ones instead. It [...]
10 clever ways to keep kids in bed on Christmas morning
How do you keep kids in bed as long as possible on Christmas morning? I don’t mean for the whole morning (although if you need to sleep off excesses of the night before I’m not judging). I mean longer than the dreaded 5am wake-up call. [...]
#MySundayPhoto
#MySundayPhoto perfectly sums up life in our house at the moment. This Christmas business is all getting a bit much for our threenager - this is how I found the boy who never sleeps when I went to check on him the night after our [...]
The REAL reason we don’t want to be stay-at-home mums
One in 11. That’s how many UK mothers are now stay-at-home mums according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics - the lowest since records began. Apparently just 9% of mums now don’t work outside the home, compared to 50 years ago [...]
5 reasons Christmas is better than it was when we were kids
I’ve lost count of the number of articles I’ve come across suggesting Christmas was better when we were kids. I grew up in the 1980s, and while there’s a lot to be said for the anticipation of a two-week bumper Christmas TV guide and Christmas [...]
