Saving money is something I always read up on because like a lot of working single parents, I’m broke most of the time! I thought I would share some of the ideas I have picked up during the last three years of living on a very tight budget. Please share your own tips in the…
Single Parent Linky 18
Read moreWow it has been quite some time since the last #singleparentlinky, four months in fact, so I hope this will be a good one! This is where single parent bloggers across the world can add links to any of their recent posts to show off. It can be posts of ANY TOPIC, as it’s about…
Guest Post: Why I Miss Being Pregnant
Read moreThe lovely Sarah from Whimsical Mumblings is today’s guest post writer. She wants to tell you why she misses being pregnant, which I must admit is making me feel broody; Do you feel the same? To stop myself getting broody I also wrote a guest post for Sarah’s blog; Why I Don’t Miss Being Pregnant, which…
The 10 Worst Things about Being a Single Parent
Read moreLike all things in life, everything has it’s pros and cons. Single parenting is all I know, because my son’s father left when he was six weeks old, and recently I’ve been reflecting on what’s been good and bad during these four years. Because I prefer to end on a positive note, I will start…
We Have Been Celebrating National Stationery Week
Read moreIt’s National Stationery Week so Chunk and I have been exploring fun and creative ways for him to learn his letters and numbers. Chunk has just turned four and has a real fascination with numbers (which is something I would never knock as I’m hoping he might be some sort of numerical genius who will…
Things To Do in London for Families
Read moreNow that the sun is beginning to pop out occasionally, I’m trying to find things to do outdoors and places to explore. Chunk and I live an hour’s train ride from central London, so one of our first trips this spring has been to the Natural History Museum and British Science Museum. Visiting the Museums…
Chunk’s 4th Birthday Dino Day Out
Read moreOur Fun Birthday Day Out Chunk turned 4 last week (where has the time gone?!) so we went for a day out to see some dinosaurs! Thankfully Chunk has kept up his passion for dinosaurs (rather than cars, yawn) as I love learning about them too. We went to Paradise Park in East Sussex where…
Single Parent Spotlight 29: Janette Davey
Read moreThe aim of these interviews is to show how AMAZING us working single parents are. I want to highlight how hard, but also how rewarding being a working single parent is, and to hear how other people in my position handle the tougher times, in the hopes I learn how to be the best parent I can…
My Plight to Save Our Local Park
Read moreOur local park is an absolute state and rather than sit and moan about it I’m trying to do something about it! Chunk and I do our best to avoid the small, run down park as out of the nine pieces of equipment it has, three are broken and the rest (bar one) are for…
Preparing for our Blaze & The Monster Machines Party!
Read moreI’ll be taking part in a Blaze and the Monster Machines Twitter Party this week and you’re invited! Grab a pen/phone and put the following into your diary: Blaze Party takes place Wednesday 16th March 2016, 1- 3pm. Blaze and the Monster Machines is a series for pre-school children featuring Blaze, the world’s most amazing…