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Butlins | Are we nearly there yet? 🙄

Before I begin our account of our holiday, I should perhaps mention that we did actually have a super time – and also that the holiday...

Review | CODENAMES

What a morning. Tom’s been away working in London for the last couple of days which means that the boys’ good behaviour benchmark has...

We don't do Halloween!

Beware. This blog update might cause a slight ripple among readers and I do apologise if I come across like a miserable middle-class snob...

Cheese slices

The barbers that we go to in town charge £3.50 per haircut (I know, cheap right?) and do a satisfactory job for the ridiculous 1980 price...

Review | Carcassonne

Once a month, the marvellous people at the Board Game Blogger’s Club send our family a new game to play and review. This month, it’s the...

Rude words lucky dip

It’s official. Our eldest (Lyall, 7) is obsessed with rude words. Not swear words, mind, just irritating body-parts and toilet function...

Kitchen disco

Welcome back. Hands up whose had a busy month? Ours was berserk. We’ve had our family’s first birthday, celebrated in style with a jolly...

Family night out

Problem. It’s too soon for us to leave the boys at home with a babysitter (all of our house rules would go straight out of an upstairs...