From Kent To Cornwall

Any parent will now, Sunday just seems to fly by. Before you know it it's Monday again and the chaos begins again! How i prep my Sundays to try an ease the stress ready for Monday. 1. I iron the kids uniform on Sunday evening. 2. I use to be dreadful with trying to sort the pack lunches Monday morning, so i now make them Sunday evening. 3. Shower time, instead of leaving this till last minuet i'll make sure there all clean by 6.00pm 4. Home work, if they get any we do this together on Friday evening just so we can all enjoy the weekend together. 5. Cleaning, i'll have a little tidy over the weekend if it needs doing but i will leave my big clean until Monday once the kids are at school. 6. Dinner, unless we are going out for dinner i will always make sure its cooked by 3pm just so then the evenings are not a complete rush. 7. I make sure that i have my clothes and bits ready Sunday evening as well, so i'm not the one holding everyone else up!  Th...

As long as we have petrol in the car, our adventures can take us anywhere. taking the kids out doesn't have to break the bank, lets face it we work our butts off, we pay bill and some of us just scrap by. I'll make a pack up, and pack some crisps, some fruit and a few bottles of water. Sometimes we can't always get out if theirs an unexpected bill due  the kids need something for school, so i try to make sure we have garden activities to do instead, like bubbles something so simple can bring them so much fun for hours, and once there empty good old washing up liquid does the job!  You don't have to spend money to keep them happy, little walks out to the wood especially now going on a 'bear hunt' finding leaves and concurs on the way and ringing them back and creating an autumnal picture for the grandparents of the fridge. Most of us have some sort of hidden 'rainy day' cupboard so go in there and raid it, get the paints out, do some themed...

Becoming a parent, is such a wonderful thing and by god i feel so grateful to be able to have three beautiful healthy children, but along with loving them comes something else. Its almost as those people forget you, and who you are, i'm not just a mum, i'm still me! I still enjoy things that i did before i had kids ( minus crazy nights out ) but why is it when you have children you loose  friends because now you have kids they don't see you in the same light? We may have changed in some ways, but underneath the dirty clothes, washing piles, pack lunch boxes we are still there. Being a parent does come first but, we still have needs and wants in life. Before i had kids i always wanted to be a holiday rep i never fulfilled that dream, as well a becoming a chef which never happened but to my kids i'm the best cook! Sometimes i feel i'm suck in that mum zone 24/7 with my eldest being 10 in January we've not spent much time as just a couple either, which i...