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Mummy guilt

We all have it. I’d guess a lot of women start feeling the mummy guilt during pregnancy – How many beers did they have not knowing they were pregnant?,forbidden treats they can’t resist, sleeping on the wrong side, a few too many lbs gained. I’ve had some serious mummy guilt over the years. Our 1stContinue reading “Mummy guilt”

Expats

Moving to a new country is so exciting but with the excitement comes nerves and anxiety. I know when we moved it was actually a bit of a culture shock. England to America we expected to be an easy transition. However, we were wrong. I’d say it took a good 6 months to adjust toContinue reading “Expats”

Summer Bucket List – St Augustine Aquarium

Birthdays – Florida style

8. How did she turn 8 already?? Our Izzy, middle child, but so graciuoscly the big girl. I was terrified being pregnant with Izzy, we had a toddler that was way behind in development and with a 15 month age gap I was not looking forward to what lay ahead. Obviously the second sheContinue reading “Birthdays – Florida style”

Poppy

I’ve had a bad day with Poppy today. A sentence I’ve been using for the last few weeks, months, years. Through the newborn feeding, the toddler tantrums and still now at 9 years old. I mentioned when I introduced our kids that I would write about Poppy and today feels like the right day. PoppyContinue reading “Poppy”

Beach days – Why I love & hate them

Ok, don’t get me wrong I love living a 15 minute drive to the beach. Coming from land locked Birmingham it’s a dream and a different league to Brean or Weston Super Mare! However a family trip to the beach kinda fills me with dread. 3 kids plus sand & choppy, salty waves turns theContinue reading “Beach days – Why I love & hate them”

Discovering Country

I’ve mentioned in my intro that I love country music and if you follow my instagram there’s often references to my/ our country love on there. Now why would an English person love country?? Not a genre of music often found in Blighty’s top 40 so I get asked a lot why country is myContinue reading “Discovering Country”

Free, ish fun!

So I mentioned in my previous blog how the children and I plan summer activities then I go through ideas trying to stick to a budget ie. As close to free as possible! Well we have had 2 packed days of fun for around $20, all relatively local fun too. We live in a communityContinue reading “Free, ish fun!”

#12weeksofsummer

We are 1 week exactly into the 12 week school summer holiday. The “I’m bored” started at 1.19pm yesterday and hasn’t stopped since. Children used to a full packed day of learning are left to follow mom or dad around whilst they go to the gym or run errands! No wonder they’re bored! So, asContinue reading “#12weeksofsummer”

Family Visits

So 2016 we packed up and moved to Florida. Approximately 4500 miles away from the town I’d pretty much lived in my whole life. Leaving behind family and friends who were as good as family. The 1 constant negative in our move then and still now. Communicating by messages, video calls and watching each othersContinue reading “Family Visits”