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Lights out! Earth Hour 2015

This Saturday, 28th March 2015 at 8:30 is Earth Hour.

I will be joining millions of people across the world (including the Queen), and switching off.

Teenage dreams

You know that place between sleep and awake?

Warm and fuzzy, not quite awake but almost real. No idea how old you are, where you are waking up or who you are with.

I love that place. You can be anyone. It’s kind of a surreal place but also so familiar.

Dreamy…

Brighton Fringe Festival 2 for 1 tickets

 

I love Brighton. I can’t think of anywhere else I’d rather live (in the UK that is).

Brighton is full of crazy non-stop fun and no time of year is that more true than May.

The sun starts to shine, deck chairs unfold, and the sound of busking drifts thought the Pavilion Gardens like the smell of vinegar soaked chips on the beach.  Disco Pete dusts off his white gloves and familiar faces start to appear on the streets of Brighton.

WIN family festival tickets!

I think I just saw summer!

A little glimpse.

Just over there.

A tiny one mind.

Enough for me to start thinking about flip flops at least.

My First Wheels

So, I’m 40 in a couple of weeks.

Feeling pretty old.

Wondering where the time has gone.

Best family festivals

It’s grey and cold outside and I am dreaming of a field somewhere. Worry free long sunny days surrounded by gorgeous vibes and happy faces.

To cheer myself up I decided to write about my Top Family Festivals of 2014 and remember some of my most special moments last summer while on the road with Festival Kidz.

Give moments not things

Anyone else starting to stress out about Christmas?

Am I the only person getting sick of buying plastic toys that never get played with?

Silent Sunday 9/11/14

Pizza Hut Restaurants review – WIN a £50 gift card!

I love having parties at home for the kids.

I know most mums shudder at the thought of a house full of screechy small people who leave a trail of jelly and ice cream on your carpets. But I have always really enjoyed a good old fashioned parties at home.

Am I a massive pudding killjoy?

School dinners, school dinners,

Chocolate Krispie square.

Artic roll, lemon sponge,

Jelly and custard everywhere!

My 4 year old Junkie

Junkie:

• A person suffering from addiction. Most commonly used to refer to an addict of controlled or illegal substances.

• A hyperbolic expression for a person with a particularly strong enthusiasm for some activity, e.g. ‘a TV junkie’, ‘a ski junkie’, ‘a dummy junkie’?

Men in dresses (and other 40+ anomalies)

Yeh, yeh. It’s another festival post. Yawn.

Actually… it’s not.

I felt compelled to document the latest weird occurrence I have witnessed…

OK, yes. It was at a festival.

Starting school doesn’t have to cost the earth

Like thousands of parents across the country I have been thinking about getting my 4 year old ready for the next stage in her life.

Hunny starts school very soon and I feel really sad to be losing her. I am going to miss my little buddy so much, but I am excited and proud to be starting her on her journey of independence in to the big wide world.

Oldest ravers in town #SGP2014

‘Oh my god! Can we take your picture?’

I’m still not quite sure how I feel about this.

Support petition to get Saunders Park building site repaired

If you are a parent in Brighton then you probably know Saunders Park. Your kids may have enjoyed a cool down on one of these recent hot days in the paddling pool there.

Happy memories

My favorite family moment. Taking my family and mum to visit my sister and her family in Australia for the first time this year. This was taken on the last day and makes me smile each day. Happy memories. Miss you.

#WordlessWednesday

I never really liked strawberry Cornetto

Strawberry Cornetto please

You know when you do something, and as you are doing it you are thinking, ‘this isn’t such a smart idea’.

Taking a hot tray out the oven and forgetting the tea towel.

Jumping in a pool without checking how deep it is.

Lost Child, Found Child

Losing kids is the worst feelings in the world.

Although I’ve always felt festivals are one of the safest places for a child to go wandering, the reality of it happening still producing that sick panic and sinking feeling that ever parent dreads.

Remain calm…