Candyfloss & Dreams

Ad - we received a Smiggle gift card to purchase back to school stationary in exchange for this feature. Like almost every other parent with school age children I am facing the return to school with my daughter next week. She finished her classroom learning in March after a school trip with friends and now returns taller, older and a bit more anxious. Smiggle have helped make this transition a little easier by allowing us to purchase some back to school supplies. They have a lovely ... Read more

This is a collaborative post Autumn is creeping closer with the end of August finally in sight and the 1st of September looming around the corner. I know that early September can still bring the last rays of sunshine but after the Autumn equionox on 21st the days will get rapidly shorter and everything we love about Fall will be well and truly here. I love Autumn, it's the ultimate cosy season with the warm colour tones and the return of school. Usually, I'd be a lot more excited ... Read more

This is a collaborative post. For the last maybe year or so our bed has become more and more broken. Slats have slipped out and snapped. It's gotten so bad recently that Adam is mostly sleeping on the broken sofa in the living room and I have a pile of various things under the bed trying to support the mattress. In fact we are considering just getting rid of the frame altogether and sleeping on the mattress on the floor for the time being. We wanted to get one and then lockdown ... Read more