Lifestyle

Over two years ago now, Mr N and I were sat in our Adoption Preparation Groups, listening to the Social Workers talk about the needs of children who were waiting to be adopted. We heard about children with attachment disorders, children with physical disabilities, children with emotional problems – pretty much everything under the sun. […]

I’m going to admit something here straight off! Although I’m very much in love with my kids, and wouldn’t change how they came to be part of the family, I’m really jealous! I’m hugely, painfully, annoyingly jealous of anyone who has had a birth child!  Not because you gave birth to them, not because of […]

Imagine the following scenario: You are on the look out for a new partner.  You find them online, read a bit about them, hear a little bit about their likes and dislikes and see their photo. You are pretty sure that you would make a great match and so you arrange to meet.  You see […]

Little Sir came home just after his 3rd birthday.  We hadn’t had much experience with small children before Little Miss and Little Sir came home, so in all honesty we had much higher (and very unrealistic) expectations of a 3 and 5 year old. We realised quickly that a just turned 3 year old doesn’t […]

We have been spending quite a lot of time at Legoland this Summer, and the kids absolutely love it. It’s only an hour away from home, and as we have Merlin passes it’s a great day out.  However, for the first couple of times we visited we ended up with whining kids, a stressed out mum […]

Exactly this time last year, we were sitting as we are now, watching CountryFile and listening out for any noise from Little Miss and Little Sir who had just moved in.  The weight of what we were doing was heavy on our shoulders, and I was feeling petrified, excited, worried, and a whole host of […]