As a parent, my biggest worry in life will always be my children, closely followed by our finances. As a large family with just one main income, I worry a lot about money and how we will provide for the children, not just now but as they grow, supporting them through college and university, helping them…
When the weather is nice there is nothing we love more than a picnic. It’s one of our favourite things to do together as a family, to just pack up a bag, throw in the football, and find a peaceful spot where the children can run themselves stupid. So when I learned that this week…
If there’s one thing that my daughters love, it’s a collectible toy! It doesn’t matter what it is, or how many they have already, there is nothing quite as exciting to them as a tiny little toy that they can slip into their pocket, in their book bag for school, or sneak under their pillow…
As someone who was born and raised in the North of England, I have heard the saying “It’s grim up North!” on countless occasions over the years. I’m not sure where the saying originally stems from, perhaps the fact that the weather is notoriously bad in the North, or perhaps just a reflection on the…
With Father’s Day fast approaching on Sunday 18th June, there is little time to find the perfect gift – especially if the men in your life are anything like the men in mine! Gaz and my Dad are so difficult to buy for, I seem to use up all of my ideas at Christmas and…
When it comes to sleep, I doubt that there is a parent on the planet who doesn’t wish for more of it. With four children, three of whom don’t understand the meaning of the word “lie-in” I can’t remember the last time that I sprang out of bed in the morning! The campaign I was…