A mum chirping away about parenting, recipes, crafts and travel
Empty Nest Mummy As regular readers will know, I’ve recently become an Empty Nest Mummy. Well, the nest is empty from 9 until 3.30, Monday to Friday. Yep, my littlest one started at Big School a few months ago. A big change like this is bringing about big changes with me, including starting this blog. […]
Empty Nest Mummy Although very much a vegetarian dinner, and vegan if you make it with vegan halloumi, this is a firm favourite with my very carnivorous husband. Although it has to be said that I don’t use the word ‘salad’ when describing it to him! I really like the soft sweetness of the roasted […]
Empty Nest Mummy If you thought clicking here was going to lead to pictures of bums and boobs and dangly bits, you’re in the wrong place. Leave now and scuttle back to the Dark Web. We need to talk about Sex. About when to talk to the kids about Sex. In the 70s, when I […]
Empty Nest Mummy When I first started thinking about writing a review of the new Bluegrass BBQ Smokehouse in Windsor, it was going to be as an ‘also ate at…’ in a post on a trip to Windsor Castle. But, and apologies to Her Majesty The Queen here, it deserves to be far more than […]
Empty Nest Mummy From the minute you have your first baby, you’ll have decisions to make. And lots of them. Bottle or breast? Cot or co-sleep? To swaddle or not to swaddle? To give your baby a dummy, or have thumb-sucking? Of course, there are also countless parenting decisions to be made even before your […]
Empty Nest Mummy Pre-kids, we could just pack up and go. But a successful city break with kids requires planning. And lots of it. And I want to make sure our City Break to Rome is perfect! Just as Rome wasn’t built in a day, it takes longer than a day to visit this beautiful […]
Empty Nest Mummy Now, it has to be said that I’m not a huge fan of Valentine’s Day, but I do love making fun crafts and doing baking with the kids. And I love pink. So Valentine’s Day only really makes it to our house at all in the form of crafts and baking with […]
Empty Nest Mummy We’re not big pancake eaters in our house. In fact, we only make them once a year, then the kids try them, hate them and they end up in the bin. All change now though as we have discovered thicker, less eggy, American pancakes. And they are delicious! And, if you add […]
Empty Nest Mummy It’s all change since we were kids. The world is a whole different place now. There are so many experiences that we had that our own kids just won’t get. Here’s my Top 5 things that our kids just won’t understand. 1. Phoneboxes In the olden days, when I was growing up, […]
