If you're a regular follower of my blog, you'll know that my family and I relocated to Brisbane from Hampshire in the UK back in 2014. A few months after we arrived, we bought our first home in Australia. . . . Keep Reading
Ideas for family holidays with kids
We’ve been in Australia for just over three years now. We’ve taken lots of short breaks since moving here to all kinds of stunning places, but what I’ve really been craving is a family holiday. Long gone are the days when we would enjoy hiking or romantic city breaks: now we LOVE family island holidays. Somewhere with white beaches and palm trees. Where we can swim in a lagoon. Sip cocktails by the pool. Snorkel with the kids. I’m thinking of the best kid-friendly resorts with safe beaches and . . . Keep Reading
Ways to keep kids cool in summer
Things are hotting up in Brisbane. September is one of my favourite months - it's hot without being too hot. It's an in between month when the sun shines all day but it's not too hot to sleep yet, and the overnight chill has definitely disappeared. . . . Keep Reading
Why I love browsing for cheap kids’ holidays
When I was younger, we always took last minute holidays. Almost all of our trips abroad were booked as late deals – we usually had an idea that we wanted to go somewhere on a certain week but were pretty open about where we might end up. We used to get excited and read all of the holiday brochures to get inspiration about different places but there was nothing more fun than heading into the travel agents on a Saturday morning with my mum and asking what deals were on. Back then, as I was in the . . . Keep Reading
Do you feel like parenting is the best, and the hardest, job in the world?
(This post contains some affiliate links to things that I love). I love being a mum. It's a job that I wouldn't trade in for anything in the world. But it is hard too. Fitting in school, homework and activities, cooking healthy dinners, working, refereeing fights, making everyone share - I constantly feel like I'm battling to stay balanced and, like all parents, it's easy to wonder whether I'm doing enough. Whether I'm making the right decisions. Whether I'm teaching my kids everything they . . . Keep Reading
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