Author Archive: Littlehugs

I love half term…I love that feeling on a Sunday night when you know a lie in and a lazy morning is on the cards. And then I love it when that lie in and lazy morning happens. October has…
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There are many days of motherhood that are exciting, full of tummy filling laughter and immense proud moments that are overwhelming. There are also ordinary days, but the type of ordinary that you crave. Then there are days like today…and…
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Tonight I was going to do my normal thing and watch something on the t.v at 9. But what I wanted to watch wasn’t on and so I thought I would spend the time writing a journal entry rather than…
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We are surviving! I say that with triumph because this is a week where our family have moved on to new horizons. Even if tomorrow were a complete disaster it would still mean that the kids had 3 good days…
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The day has arrived and the kids are back at school. This holiday has flown and I loved having just one extra day this week for a lie and a day of no routine. Actually we did well this morning…the…
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We are almost there and so far we have managed to remember to go to everything and provide all we need to provide…no mean feat when 5 little ones are doing so much stuff. I say little ones, when I…
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In an effort to have more fun we decided that instead of getting a nap we would take a walk to Tunstall Hill this afternoon. The weather was pretty rubbish yesterday so we didn’t get to do a lot of…
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We are getting closer! Each morning, when we drag ourselves out of bed, we are one morning closer to the holidays. Today I went on my first ever ‘me’ organised school trip. It went well, even after a few hiccups….
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The world of politics at the moment. Seth, the other day, was saying that ‘Donald Trump just wants to bomb everything’ and the kids are now having a massive panic about going on holiday in France because the UK voted…
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