5 Family Friendly Activities in Ancoats with Lovell Homes

There are few things I enjoy more than a family day out in Manchester exploring new places and visiting old favourites. There’s just something about Manchester, it’s a city that feels like a village. The team at Lovell Homes invited us to take a look at their new housing development The Gateway, which is just…

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A Day Out at RHS Bridgewater

If you know me you’ll know I head to RHS Bridgewater at any given opportunity. It’s slightly sunny? Off to Bridgewater. Ottie needs a nap but won’t settle? Off to Bridgewater. We have friends coming to visit? Off to Bridgewater. It’s our go to for a day out with…

  • 25th July 2022

Home Tour: The Hallway

Time for another home tour post! This time I’m focusing on our hallways and landings. Our house is set over three floors and also has mini landings in between. Joe finds this the perfect canvas for filling with art work and chairs. And I find perfect for filling with…

  • 28th June 2022

Our Weaning Journey with Mamamade 

We’re in full swing weaning with our second daughter Ottie at the moment, but to be honest, I wasn’t really looking forward to it. 

Weaning was not my favourite time with our eldest daughter Eva. I really loved preparing the food for her and had so much fun making a…

  • 22nd May 2022

Home Tour: The Playroom

We’re really lucky to have enough space in our house for Eva and Ottie to have a playroom. It was definitely not an essential when we were looking to move, but was definitely a nice to have. In our old house the living room was starting to resemble Toys…

  • 3rd March 2022

Home Tour: The Kitchen

The kitchen diner is where we spend most of our time, it’s such a great room. It’s a multi functional space with kitchen, dining area and living room area that leads straight onto the patio in the garden so it’s perfect for life with two small people. I’m so…

  • 9th February 2022

Ottie’s Birth Story

This post has been in my Notes since the week Ottie was born but I’ve kept it squirrelled away there until I’ve had time (and mental strength) to read it back and share it. I found my pregnancy with Ottie much harder than with Eva, I had very similar…

  • 6th February 2022

Home Tour: The Living Room

I’ve been meaning to share more of our home for months now but time seems to fly by so to give myself some focus, I thought I’d start a blog series with a look into each room. I’m kicking it off with the living room for no other reason…

  • 2nd February 2022

Making Mealtimes Easy with Mamamade

Mealtimes are generally chaotic in our house. A wild toddler with a penchant for changing her taste every week is tricky enough but adding a newborn into the mix has turned them up to 11.

Our days are a whirlwind, during the week Ottie and I pick Eva up from…

  • 8th December 2021
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