Whilst my blog was having a bit of a refurb I missed out on my Fox Family Time series post, so I’m catching up so here is #3! Fox Family Time #3 was a actually just a weekend of us doing random things, we didn’t venture out very far and we didn’t do anything extravagant…
Screen Time: Should it be limited?
Screen time. Should it be limited? This, I find, is such a controversial topic! You could be anywhere on a scale of ‘no screen time’ to ‘screen time as much as they want’ or somewhere in the middle. Screen time can be anything from watching TV to playing on an iPad or on a smart…
Why I Let Alfie Tantrum
Alfie is nearly two. I’m told that “the terrible twos are coming!” The terrible twos are already here, let me tell you! Alfie has mastered the terrible two strop of throwing himself on the floor crying. Normally for no particular reason, or if he doesn’t get what he wants. He is a master at throwing…
House to Home: Next Home Wishlist for our bedroom
Our bedroom is, putting it nicely, not decorated the way we would like. Also known as flipping awful! As you can see from the picture below the whole room is papered with a black wallpaper with red flowers and silver leaves/stems on it. This photo is from before we moved in, so it no longer…
“I think we need to take him to A&E”
“I think we need to take him to A&E”. That is a sentence I never expected to say. It definitely wasn’t one I expected to say on numerous different occasions over the past year! Just over a year ago was the first time we had to take him to A&E. It was one of the…
Mr and Mrs Fox: The Reception
After the prep, the travelling to the church, the marriage, now comes the party! Following on in my ‘Mr and Mrs’ series we are at the Wedding Reception! Our venue was the stunning Swancar Farm Country House in Trowell, Nottingham. After leaving the church as Mr and Mrs we had a 45 minute car journey…
A Family Summer 2016
How has the Summer been and gone? We’ve just gone back to work, and this term is going to hit us with a big bang! I’m going to do a quick round-up of the whole summer. You’ll soon see how crazy we were having not much time off at all! We’ve had 46 days off,…
‘Happy Band’ Appelsin App Review
We’ve spent some time playing on my iPhone this week, the lovely people over at Appelsin Apps have just launched a new app called “Happy Band”. Happy Band is a fun activity for children/toddlers that will teach them to recognise instruments and sounds in an educational and entertaining way. There are nursery rhymes and kids…
Fox Family Time #2: Dunfield House
It is very appropriate that the image for my Fox Family Time series is a photo of the three of us at Dunfield, as this week’s Fox Family Time #2 is about our time at Dunfield!
Working Mum: Back to School
Back to School. Dan and I both work in secondary schools. Dan is a Maths Teacher, crazy I know, and I work in a secondary school office. Two completely different jobs. One similarity. School holidays.