Baking is one of the children’s favourite activities, and something which we do quite often as a family. I won’t lie, it can get a little bit stressful when all four of the children are wanting to “help” and the aftermath will have you reaching for the mop bucket, but it’s always lovely to see…
Prepare to meet Snot! The star of the Smyths toys Christmas advert, this years most wanted toy! Snot’s story begins following as the toy that no-one wanted, a factory line error, cast out and alone, wandering the streets for a place to call home. Eventually Snot stumbles across Smyths toy store and saves the day…
With Halloween just around the corner, if your children are anything like mine, you’ll be listening to their constant chatter of which Halloween costume they want, which face paint design they are after, and how many sweets they are going to eat! I can’t help but feel that Halloween seems to have gone a little…
I can remember as a child, in the weeks months leading up to Christmas, how me and my brother would lie on the floor, felt tip pens in our hands, circling every single thing we wanted from the big pile of catalogues stored under the stairs. I still remember that agonising decision over what to…
When I was younger my Mum always used to say, “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day” and now as a Mum myself, I totally agree. With all four of my children now nursery or school, it is so important to me that they eat a healthy and nutritious breakfast, and that’s where…
Medical negligence. It’s a term I have always feared, worrying that when you put your trust into the hands of a doctor, a nurse or a surgeon, they may let you down. Looking back I can think of countless times when this has happened to me over the years, when a doctor has betrayed my…