We’ve just come home from two and a half weeks away. We spent christmas on a beach about three hours drive south of Sydney which for us is great because packing for that long for a family of six when you have to fly anywhere gets tricky. Being able to just …
Yesterday Rob and I came home from an amazing child-free five days away in Noosa. Rob has a really high stress job and works ridiculous hours so the past few months have meant he’s hardly around on week days and weekends with four kids are anything but relaxing. So my …
This christmas holidays was the first time my kids have spent any time at a beach with proper waves. Yes, really. All the holidays they’ve ever had at the beach were while we were living in London so although they’ve holidayed on beaches in Europe – none of them were …
Rob and I have just had four amazing days in Rome. Without the kids. Again. Seriously, my Mum deserves a million bucks for all the child-minding she does so Rob and I can jet off for long weekends together, making the most of our last weeks in London. I hadn’t …
I’m fairly certain I could never survive in isolation. By isolation, I probably mean anywhere without 3G coverage. The chances of me retiring anywhere outside a major city are less than zero. Unless I lived in England. I have several friends here who have ‘moved to the country’ from London, …
Rob and I are on the Isle of Skye at the moment. Because we only have about seven weeks left in London we’ve managed to put aside two lots of a few days to go on two final trips in Europe because my parents are here and have offered to …
As I was writing my blog yesterday about our romantic getaway, I remembered something that happened to me a few years ago, one of those embarrassing moments that you like to forget and pretend didn’t happen. I’m good at doing that because I’m fairly excellent at making a complete dick …
Rob and I have just spent four days away together, WITH NO CHILDREN. Let me say that again, WITH NO CHILDREN. Because we live overseas and have no family nearby, these opportunities only come around when my Mum comes to London to visit. She always offers to mind the kids …
We’ve just spent a week at the Lake District. I’d love to report that it was a fun-filled, stress-free and relaxing seven days away but I’d be a big fat liar if I did. It’s about a four and a half hour drive from our place in London. So add …
We survived another Easter holiday. We chose to stay in England this year because quite frankly the whole airport and flight thing with so many kids is enough to tip me over the edge. We have done an enormous amount of travel in the time we’ve lived in the UK …