My grandparents are really hard to buy gifts for because they always say that they have everything they need and there is nothing that they want.
I was thinking of getting them a framed portrait of DH, the kids and me. To them, family means everything and the walls in my grandparents’ house are filled with [...]

It’s around this time of year that I start asking the kiddos what they would like for Christmas. It’s usually the same sort of stuff each year - phone credit, PS2 games, clothes and makeup (for the girls) and money (for the boy). I usually write a list of my wish list as well so [...]

If I was to plan a romantic dinner for DH with wine, soft music, candles and a wickedly delicious dessert, we probably wouldn’t eat until 11pm! We normally have dinner at 6-30pm. The kids have their baths and bedtime routine between 7 - 8.30pm. It’s “lights out” at 9pm the latest. So where in all [...]

Today marks the end of the birthday parties until later in the year. I wrote about the pirate party we had for DD8’s birthday today if you care to have a look. I love doing themed birthday parties but I wonder if you can get addicted to them. This pirate party was the 2nd themed [...]

You know, I have not seen a guy wearing a nice pair of gold cufflinks in a long time.
When we were kids, we used to go to a lot of family weddings and it was normal to see the guys in their suits with their cuff links peeking out from their suit jacket sleeves. I [...]