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Empty Nest Mummy After years of being a parent, it’s time to break free. Time to set off for a weekend away without the kids. And here’s how to do it! First, rope the grandparents in for childcare duties. Make an itinerary of who needs to be at what activity and when. Assemble all the […]
Empty Nest Mummy Forgive me, Social Media, for I have sinned. It wasn’t deliberate. It wasn’t planned. But I have sinned. And I beg your forgiveness. It all started when I needed some groceries. I took the car. I rarely do. ..it’s just too big, you see. And my parking ability is too small. It’s […]
Empty Nest Mummy An awesome day out for the Empty Nest Family at Mercato Metropolitano in London After a brief heatwave in London, we’re back to yet another bout of unseasonably rubbish weather. So the strappy vests and shorts are relegated to the bottom drawer yet again. As are my delicious rose gold Daisy Roots […]
Empty Nest Mummy I’ve been avoiding writing a blog post about our Italian holiday house for ages. Why? Because it might sound a bit smug, a bit rubbing a bit of spare cash (now spent) in your face. And because one of the reasons why we ended up buying a holiday house in Italy is […]
Empty Nest Mummy Have I finally found THE Summer Sandal? The Summer Sandal that adds a touch of glam to an outfit without ripping my feet to shreds? Will the Daisy Roots Rose Gold Wimbledon Sandal live up to the hype? Let me start by saying that I have paid for these Daisy Roots Wimbledon […]
Empty Nest Mummy We’ve been planning a Pirate Party for a 5 year old, well, two 5 years olds actually, for a while now. And we want it to be fun, perfect and friendly to the planet. Read on to see how we got on. Who are the Pirate Party Planners? Firstly, who’s the we? […]
Empty Nest Mummy As an older first time mum-to-be living in London, I did what lots of my peers did. Just before my first baby was born, I realised I knew bugger all about babies and signed up for NCT classes. For those who don’t know, these are essentially ‘how to have a baby’ classes. […]
Empty Nest Mummy Big Boy was off school recently for a few days, one of those things where they have to stay off for 48 hours. Now, there wasn’t actually anything wrong with him, so he did lots of football training. And spent a lot of time reading Match of the Day magazines and making […]
Empty Nest Mummy We’ve had so much rain and wind and cold weather lately that we were really hoping for sun in Rome. And we did indeed have lots of sun for our first few days. But today it’s raining. Raining like it’s never going to stop. So what can we do with the kids […]
Empty Nest Mummy All about a very special 5 year old girl on her birthday To mark the occasion of her 5th birthday, Littlest Angel is the subject of my blog post today. I’ve asked this very lovely little 5 year old what her favourite things are. And it’s a very special post as it’s […]