Why we decided to not encourage our kids to write letters to Santa

Why we decided to not encourage our kids to write letters to Santa

Now I'm sure that I'm going to get a lot of feedback on this.....maybe even hate mail! BUT, I feel this is important and would like you to hear me out...😉 So, this year we decided that our 4 Freckled Faces were not going to write letters to Santa/Father Christmas, and list everything they would [...]

Kedleston Hall

Yesterday we met up with some friends who we haven't seen in a couple of years. We met up at a National Trust place in Derbyshire called Kedleston Hall. It's a neo-classical mansion from the 1760's. Wow!! It was stunning! Sadly the house was closed so we didn't get to go inside, but the kids [...]

Visit to Wheelock Hall Farm

Visit to Wheelock Hall Farm

With the older 3 Freckled Faces all being in full time education now, me and number 4 have more time during the day to play....work, I meant work....hard.... A few weeks ago we decided to ditch the housework and all our other responsibilities and have a play date with some friends at the farm! We [...]

Only went in for one thing….

For those of you who didn't see on our social media yesterday.....this happened... Ever happen to you?? Unfortunately it happens to me too often! Anyway, freckled faces numbers 2 and 3 wanted to take a look and see what I got....and they wanted to do a video! You can take a look at it on [...]

Our Welsh Wednesday!

Our Welsh Wednesday!

I was supposed to be taking the kids up to Scotland this week (half term) for a few days, but unfortunately we had to cancel the adventure. Freckled face #3 was poorly, and I didn't want to travel with a poorly kid, especially as it was just the kids and I. Wednesday morning came and [...]