A mum chirping away about parenting, recipes, crafts and travel
Empty Nest Mummy Trying to decide when to start a family? Some say you should pop ’em out while you’re still young, fresh and full of energy. But me? I had my first child at 37 (and a half). And my second at 39 (and a half). And so I’m a big advocate of having […]
Empty Nest Mummy I am Superhero Mum. There, I said it. In the title. Putting it out there for all to see. Much like with Peter Parker, an event in my life turned me from an ordinary girl (I despise the woman word) into a Superhero. But it wasn’t a spider bite. It was something […]
Empty Nest Mummy Were you a Baking Queen? A fan of donning your fave pinny and letting lose your creativity in the kitchen? And then you had kids, right? Yep, it happens, lady, it happens. It happens a lot. You’ve lost the Magic of Baking. (But, don’t worry. I have a solution for you. Or […]
Some great gift ideas for a football mad kid. Make all their birthdays and Christmases come at once!
A fox and his human, inseparable, are separated by war. But the boy is determined to overcome everything to find his fox. Read on to see if I’d recommend this for your child.
Empty Nest Mummy Smaller members of the Empty Nest Household are big fans of crafts. Especially paints and glitter. But Empty Nest Mummy is not so much of a fan of tidying up afterwards. Can we find something to please us all? The Paint-sation was bought as a birthday gift for Big Boy a few […]
Are annoying wasps getting in the way of your alfresco dining? Want to stop wasps in the garden? Check out our review of The Waspinator.
Empty Nest Mummy Just before the kids melt into two little puddles of sweat, we’ve decided to get a Chad Valley Paddling Pool. And, heck why not review it too! Let me start with an apology to my kids. The heatwave in London has been going on for weeks now. Could even be a month. […]
Empty Nest Mummy We have a friend’s birthday coming up. And she has everything. Everything you could possibly think of. And more. So what’s the perfect gift for the woman who has everything? She has the fine wines, the fast cars and the luxury lifestyle already. And we have a limited budget for a small […]
Empty Nest Mummy At a recent fundraiser auction at school, I was delighted to win an Indian Cookery Class. As a lover of Indian food, I was very keen to learn how to cook curry. Now, I do cook quite a lot and with a reasonable amount of success. And have even been able to […]