Little Hotdog Watson! Look at these cute Little Hotdog Watson hats! Originally born in Norwich (just like me), these hats are now sold ALL over the country and easy to see why they are so popular (and yes, the do do them for adults – would be criminal to miss that trick)! They are super warm, comfortable and they look good to boot – absolutely everything to love! We were kindly gifted these metallic ones (as chosen by Raffie and […]
February Half Term 2026! Well, what can I say about February half term… We solved a problem like Maria, which caused a bit of upset before it caused a bit of anger but with it some relief (and refund which would never have been forthcoming had I done things the way I initially intended) so all is well that ends well! We went out of school and straight into a show which unfortunately, Posie was poorly on the final performance, […]
Dearest Posie – You Are Five! Dearest Posie, You are five years old, and in what has to be the fastest to five ever, you’re somehow no longer a baby but a little school girl instead. Always the baby of the family though, as you tell me yourself often – I think it’s a position in the pack you love, and why wouldn’t you? Absolutely everyone adoring you and at your disposal to do whatever you need them to, we […]
Make it Easier in 2026! I have four children. And as David is told in the film “Love Actually”, eight really is a lot of legs. It’s a lot of shoes on the end of those legs and lots of coats too. Clothing in general actually, if I don’t get at least two loads of washing on every single day then I am positively doomed. And with those eight legs, shoes, coats and clothes comes all the “stuff” belonging to […]
The Greenest Clean! As a Mum of four I do a lot of washing. Two loads a day (minimum) which means a considerable amount of time is spent loading the washing machine, hanging out wet washing, ironing (only the bits that really need it) and putting it all away again. While it isn’t my favourite job (I actually don’t mind the ironing, truth be told, as I get to watch TV while I do it), I am also aware that […]
Christmas Holidays 2025! It seemed to take ages to get here and then… In a flash… Gone! I love them being home for the school holidays and Christmas is that little bit extra special, it felt like it was going to be a long one this year too but of course, it felt like it wasn’t. We had much to celebrate, as always, with the run up and us having got together on Christmas Eve 25 years ago, then the […]
Dearest Florence – You Are Sixteen! Dearest Florence, Sixteen! How?! How has it been sixteen year’s since you were born?! That feels impossible. Both because I can’t remember, and couldn’t right away, what it was to not have you, but also, because it was just so close, it can’t possibly have been enough time to grow a sixteen year old?! You are just the same now as you always have been, even then on that first day, in those first […]
Autumn/Michelmas Term 2025! The first term of the year is done and as we head into the Christmas holidays it feels so strange that Posie has had her first full term at school already, and that Florence i about to begin serious GCSE stuff when we go back! Here’s our pictures from the first term of the academic year!
Bebeto Christmas 2025! Who says Christmas is the chocolate holiday?! “Friends”, ok, it’s “Friends”, the episode when Monika is trying to make recipes out of a chocolate substitute called “mochalate”. Well, turns out “mochalate” was all kinds of wrong, just as wrong as billing chocolate the confection of Christmas because actually, especially if you are Posie, sweeties come out top dog on the list of treats you’d like! However, traditionally there haven’t really been that many novelty sweets for the […]
Cinderella At St George’s Theatre Great Yarmouth! Modern, yet traditional all in one; a juxtaposition, but here we are, and panto is meant to be a bit bonkers so we have it sticking to form in Cinderella at The St George’s Theatre in Great Yarmouth for 2025! We were invited back for a second year running to see the pantomime offering at St George’s Theatre in Great Yarmouth, and for a second year running, and despite my deep reservations about […]









