This weekend had a bit of a heart-shaped-theme – we went to a wedding party, but met up beforehand with friends on The Southbank where the Festival of Love is taking place (very apt!). If you’re looking for some summer holiday activities for children in London then you should head down…
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An afternoon at The Dorchester Spa
Read moreHow much time do you genuinely get to yourself when you have small children? It’s probably not very much, is it? This week I spent an afternoon at The Dorchester Spa thanks to Asda Little Angels and it was one of the most relaxing things to have happened to me in a really long time,…
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12 ways London changes when you’re a parent
Read moreHow does London change when you’re a parent…? ‘Great news!’ I thought this week when I read that the Night Tube might actually be happening soon. And then I realised, it’s been years pre-children since we’ve lived on a tube line and the rare times I venture out in the evening it’s on the bus,…
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Trinity’s Big SleepOut – helping to beat homelessness
Read moreI was accidentally locked out of the house today, while one child was still inside it. Another story for another time, but it was a horrible feeling, being displaced even temporarily, and along with the helpless ‘help, that’s my baby!’ panic and worst-case-scenario scenario, it was really, really cold. But did you know around 3,000…
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Review: London Zoo with toddlers
Read moreWe take a trip to review London Zoo with toddlers – how suitable is it for babies and small children? One of the great things about living in London with toddlers and children is all the amazing things for them to do. And in typical living-in-London style, if they’re slightly far away we don’t often…
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Presents for playful one-year-olds
Read moreWhat are the best presents to buy for one-year-olds, especially when they’re the second child? A certain little someone has a very significant birthday coming up and I’m on the look-out for present ideas. It’s actually really hard when you already have so much stuff around from the first child, isn’t it? I really feel…
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Golden tickets
Read moreOne of the things everyone told me about having a second child was that you really miss spending time with your first. Which sounds weird because you’re probably still with them the same amount of time, and as it is the three of us bump along happily throughout the week. But it is very different;…
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