Last spring the country was hit with “The beast from the East”, the worst cold snap the country had been faced with for years. Roads were closed, people were fighting over the last loaf of bread, the country was at a standstill! Honestly, most of us weren’t prepared for it at all. To avoid that […]

My mother is an avid green thumb, she loves gardening. She grows her own vegetables on an allotment and has studied horticulture for years. I on the other hand have the least green thumbs in the world. I am not a fan of being out doing back breaking work surrounded by creepy crawlies and dirt. […]

Last year we “took over” my childhood home after my mam moved away. It’s the house I moved into over 20 years ago, it’s barely changed since. We’ve been slowly putting our own stamp on the house. We’ve gotten new furniture to replace the old, dated, not child friendly stuff. The thing about moving into […]

It feels better to be in a light, open space. I always feel like I can breathe better in a bright room. Sometimes it’s hard to make a space with no natural light look and feel open and bright. Its good for your mental and physical health to let natural light into a room as […]

Your smile is often one of the first things that people notice about you, so it makes sense to check yours is gorgeous and bright. Good oral hygiene is key to pearly white, healthy and well-looked after teeth. Whilst general tooth wear and tear, enamel erosion, and staining can happen to anybody over time, making […]

Raising a child is something that requires a lot of patience and preparedness if you want to do it right, but today, parents at least have access to a wealth of information regarding what’s right and wrong in their approach. Taking care of every little detail is impossible, but there are some things that you […]

We’re down to single digits in the countdown to Christmas and the birth of our second son. There is so much happening right now that I feel like we aren’t getting a chance to take it all in! We decided to use our TimeSpring account to send a message to the boys that they will […]

With incomes rising more slowly than in prior decades, families are looking for ways to supplement their salaries and boost their budgets. Although wages aren’t growing as fast as many would like since the financial crisis of the last decade, the internet and other changes in the economy have made it easier than ever to […]

We were lucky enough to be invited along to the opening weekend of Luggwoods a few weeks ago. It was our first time going to their Christmas experience, we had been to their Halloween one previously. It was magical. Honestly, I think it will be a yearly tradition. Oscar was absolutely dosed with a bad […]

I always thought it would be easy to buy for kids! But toddlers can’t really tell you what they like. But fear not, I have compiled a list of gifts for kids under 5. Jackanory One of my favourite parts about Christmas is getting Oscar some new clothes for the day that’s in it and […]

You might have seen on our instagram that we went on a Babymoon last week. everymum sent us down to Killarney in County Kerry to stay for 2 nights in Randles Hotel. It was amazing, honestly a babymoon should be mandatory for all parents to be. Randles have a mother-to-be package on their website that […]

Your child is usually full of life and energy, running around, making mess, filling your house with all kinds of noise and bounce, and you wouldn’t have it any other way! But because the seasons are changing, and the days are getting a lot shorter than usual, there’s a good chance the entirety of your […]