I think everybody around the world knows the importance of breakfast. breakfast ˈbrɛkfəst/ noun 1. a meal eaten in the morning, the first of the day. “a breakfast of bacon and eggs” Breakfast is in fact just that, breaking the fast of the night before. It helps us to get on with our day, gives us energy, helps us think. It is especially important in helping children to reach their full potential in every area of their life. Unfortunately not all children have this privilege. That is why Send A Cow have launched a new free ebook called The Most Important Meals …
Park life
As hubby works 6 days a week and doesn’t know very far in advance when his day off will be, we usually do things as a family on a spur of the moment. Today was the day for this week so I was hoping the weather would be nice so we could go to the local park for a picnic and a fun afternoon. It was sunny when we woke up but then black clouds were looming – we thought we would risk it anyway! First things first we had our picnic – I just popped to the supermarket beforehand …
Heart-Melting Moments
I recently blogged about how J was getting on with being a big brother and how he had ‘improved’ since N was born. Every day he is just becoming more & more loving towards him, and it really makes my heart melt and brings a tear to my eye. He still helps me with N – with nappy changes and getting him dressed etc. – but he is becoming so much more affectionate and sympathetic towards him too. He has recently started giving him proper cuddles, arms round him and everything – he has never done this before. He doesn’t realise …
#TimeToTalk – Mental Health Awareness Week
There isn’t much I can write about mental health that I haven’t previously written in the blog, If you have followed my journey since I gave birth to J you will know that I suffered from post natal depression & anxiety. I went on to have counselling and antidepressants. Ever since I fell pregnant with N I have been absolutely petrified that it would happen again after his birth. I came off my antidepressants at 10 weeks pregnant with N so from then on I just had to cope on my own. I didn’t have to stop taking them, but I …
Chicken, mushroom & butternut squash risotto | Recipe
We don’t tend to eat risotto very often now as it’s time consuming and I never seem to have much of that spare anymore, but sometimes I just fancy it and like to add different ingredients for a change. We had a butternut squash in our veg box this week so I decided to add that. Of course you could also make it without chicken, I only added it in the end because hubby is a fuss pants! Ingredients (serves 2-3) 1 onion, diced 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 1/2 a butternut squash, peeled and chopped into bite sized chunks …