First of all, tell me a bit about yourself. I’m a mum, wife and teacher. In that order! I live in Galway City with my lovely other half and our three little fabulous redheads, aged 6, 4 and 15 months. I’m a secondary school teacher on my second year of career break. I plan on going back to work next…
Lurid orange lollies, ghoulish black cakes and sinister grey candy floss… the huge array of Halloween-inspired sugary treats loaded with artificial colourings and flavourings is a nightmare for parents according to an Organix survey – 81% feel huge pressure to buy their children these unhealthy sweets and think the food industry is taking advantage of the annual event to cash…
So some of you may have noticed that I have gone quiet on the blogging front. I managed to get into a blogging pattern to post daily which was nice. Then the house move got in the way. I have been off work since last week. Monday came and we started to pack all belongings into moving boxes. Some job. When…
Welcome back to my blog series “A Day in a Parenting Blogger’s Life”. We are in week SEVEN already. Madness. I can’t believe how sucessful this series has become over the last few weeks. I have never created anything sucessful and my little blog is still trying to be seen out there, so this is a big thing for me…
With preparation for Halloween truely under way for most people, I thought I share with you some craft ideas. A craft idea with a twist. Recently I was browsing my Facebook timeline, as you do. I came across a cool craft idea from the Disney page. This gave me the idea to do some research online for Disney inspired Halloween…
The last month has been quite a busy month for us in terms of Chloe’s mobility. She has been trying to walk for a good while now but only with the walker. She is a later walker but I don’t mind that at all. I read somewhere that it’s better for them to walk later rather than earlier. It’s supposed…
Yesterday was my last day at work. I did not quit work and I wasn’t let go. No, we are moving location. It kind of makes me sad. We have discussed this big move for nearly two years now and I am 100% that we have made the right decision. As mentioned before hubby is working away three days every…
Welcome back to “A Day in a Parenting Blogger’s Life”. I am so stunned by the responses I got for this blog series, I can’t actually believe it. The places are filling up nicely and I have new people on board each week now. Keep them coming guys. We all love a good daily life story. This week I have…
Welcome back to the second week of my Halloween Linky. I want to thank everyone who linked up their Halloween related posts last week. It was not quite a handful but the links that were there, were amazing. I really learnt and found some suggestions from it. You will have three more weeks to link up any other Halloween related…
Have you ever thought of throwing your own Halloween party at home? A party for grown ups only. Every year I am busy preparing the house for Halloween. Mainly for the kids sake. I have been shopping for Halloween costumes since September. I made the mistake last year where I shopped last minute and I was lucky enough that I…
I have been nominated for another award a few days ago by the lovely Sinead who blogs at Shinners and the Brood. The awards seem to be flying in lately. So thanks a mill for nominating me. The rules are simple… • Thank the blogger who nominated you for this award • Answer the questions from the blogger who nominated…
As we are nearly in the middle of October already, I thought I might share with you what Halloween based books we took out this evening. I was meant to do this at the weekend but other things got clearly in the way. I am a big fan of themed kids books. It makes reading so much more fun and…
Nine days ago Chloe turned 20 months. An age where an average toddler would be flying around, jumping up and down. Not Chloe, she likes to take her time with walking. Matthew was not even 18 months old when he started taking his first steps. I would have thought Chloe would be around the same age. She has been a…
A few weeks ago I received a lovely hamper in the post. It consisted of Aldi’s 100% organic baby food. Aldi Mamia’s award-winning 100% organic baby food range starts at just 59p. It includes fruit and savoury pouches, fruit pots, rice cakes, and flavoured spring water – ideal for at home or on-the-go. As a family of four we are not…
My four year old is very attached to his iPad now. A few months ago he was playing maybe one game on it and that was it. It was kind of my fault though because I never set it up properly. We have the first generation iPad mini. It’s alright for running apps on it but browsing internet or apps…
Recently I came across another tag on Alex’s blog who blogs at Bump To Baby. It’s actually a tag that is completed by Youtubers but because I don’t vlog, I thought it would be fun to write it all down instead. Maybe other bloggers who are not confident enough or too shy to go in front of the camera, would like…
Autumn is truly with us now. The cold wind, the dropped temperature in the morning and the cold breeze. Occasionally I even have to turn on the heating in the house. but mainly only in Chloe’s room because she is not a fan of the sleeping bag anymore since there was no need for it during the summer. I might…
Welcome back to week five of my blog series “A Day in a Parenting Blogger’s Life”. You have been all so amazing for joining in to my new blog series. Who doesn’t like to look into a day of a parenting blogger? This week we have Louise who blogs at Tattooed Lady with a Baby.
Last year I ran my first ever linky. It was based on Halloween. As some of you may know it is one of my favourite seasons of the year. All the decoration and just the colour of autumn. On top of that the kids are excited for the trick or treating and having an overload from sweets in them. It…
A while ago I was contacted by Ziaja about their new baby skincare range. I have tried out the soothing cream before but I was very keen on using the shampoo and bath soap. Up until now I have only been using Aveeno bath and cream for my four year old and 20 months old. Both kids have dry skin…
