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 …
Foodie Penpals – April reveal
After a couple of issues and setbacks last month regarding the posting of my parcel from my penpal Kim, I finally received it this week – better late than never as they say! Anyhow, it was worth the wait in the end as it contained lots of yummy items. First up some naughty sweet stuff: a chocolate cake bar – I’ve just tucked into this but I had a pear afterwards, so that cancels it out, right?… a mini pack of Lotus biscuits – I’ve had these before and they are delicious. a Reese’s NutRageous bar – I love these …