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Hi, I’m Lucy, a 40 year old mum of two from Birmingham. A memory maker, tradition keeper, stationery addict and book lover. HR Advisor by day, content writer and sleep deprived Mama by night!
Here you can expect to find honest and impartial reviews of products and services that make parents’ lives easier. Thanks for stopping by – feel free to have a look around!
I can barely believe I am writing blogging goals AGAIN. It seems like literally yesterday that I sat down this time last year outlining my blogging goals 2018 and all the things I wanted to achieve. Some I achieved, others I didn't even come close, but overall it's...
January. Every year around this time, people start thinking about their New Year’s Resolutions - sometimes (just sometimes) we stick to them, motivated by the concept of ‘new year new you’, hoping to make a fresh start or stop bad habits, but mostly, we start our...
You never forget your first pet. They say a dog is a man's best friend, but for me, for the majority of my childhood at least, my tortoise shell cat Sindy was mine. When I was 6 years old, my Mum realised that the repeated begs for a pet from my sister I weren't going...
Our Experience of The Polar Express Birmingham 2018 Those who know me will know - I absolutely love Christmas. By far my favourite time of year, I love it even more now I am a parent, and with the girls growing up fast, I was keen to do something a bit special that...
I have to admit, I really struggle with the change in the seasons and the start of the Winter months. It always takes me a while to adjust and leaves me feeling a little lost and lethargic. Not only do I struggle to get out of bed when my alarm goes off in the morning...
The moments that matter... As we approach the end of another year, I always take a moment to look at the year gone by, reflecting on the moments that I will remember forever. 2018 has been, at times a very difficult year, and reflecting back on it all - we definitely...
The countdown to Christmas has well and truly begun; and if the festive movies are anything to be believed, we should be spending the majority of December dancing in snow flurries, shopping with our loved ones and wrapping presents in our slippers sat by the fire,...
As a child of the 80's, Playmobil was one of my absolute favourite toys growing up. I had a fairly extensive collection, and loved lining up the Playmobil characters as if they were in a school assembly, walking them in one by one and sitting them down next to another...
Struggling for stocking filler ideas? Wondering what to put in your stockings this year? Wondering whether to have a stocking at all? Like the majority of families this Christmas, we will be preparing a Christmas Stocking for both of the girls to have in the morning...
Up until I had my second child I was one of those annoying women who had really light periods. They would come, like clockwork, every 28 days on the dot, last for 2-3 days and then promptly disappear again, not to be seen, or even thought about for that matter, for...
