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Short-haul: Flying with under 5s
. Flying is exciting and fun! We tend to have one or two short-haul flights a year, flying across Europe to visit family or friends. I often do these flights on my own with the kids, as...
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On the Brink of Holidays: the Packing List
. We’re all going on a summer holiday… la la la lalala We’re packing all 3 kids, including our 6 week old, into the car and are heading over to France to a Siblu holiday village. This a first for us:...
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The summer that was
. We’ve had a fabulous summer, spending lots of time away staying with friends and family and actually getting some very hot weather and good tans (despite the generous amounts of sunscreen applied.) I...
View ArticleA child’s dream playground: the Playmobil Fun Park
. Imagine falling asleep on your Grandma’s sofa and waking up after a good night’s sleep in a land of knights, princesses, pirates and dinosaurs. This is exactly what happened to the Littlins last...
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Silent Sunday- 09 Sept 2012
. No words, just an image that has significance from the past week. What does it make you think of? . Share this on Facebook Tweet This! Share this on LinkedIn Share this on Google+ Add this to...
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A day out at the Southampton Boat Show- what can little ones do?
. I love water and water sports, especially sailing. This year, due to obvious reasons (…like having a baby) we’ve not been able to go sailing, as we had vowed to do last year. I decided to get my...
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A Grand Adventure- 3 kids, 1 dog, 1 car bursting at the seams, 5 weeks and...
If you had the funds where would you go? What would your grand adventure be? A while ago I saw a competition with Moneysupermarket : “all you need to do is tell us where you would go, what you would do...
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Lessons from a windmill visit
Cold air is heavier than warm air. Most of us know this…but did you know cold air drives a windmill faster than warm air? Apparently the light breeze we had yesterday wouldn’t have moved the sails of...
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How do you holiday abroad with a 6 week old baby?
It’s that time of the year when the winter is getting to most of us and we are seriously thinking about holidays, what we want to do, where we want to go. Planning, scheming, budgeting. Are you there...
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How do you holiday abroad with a 6 week old baby, a 3 and a 4 year old?
This time last year I was heavier by the day, pregnant, struggling to walk and I was longing for some proper sun and summery weather. So when Siblu holidays were looking to work with bloggers I...
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Spring bugs including that of the travelling kind
I was browsing through my pictures of the past week for a Silent Sunday picture. Instead I came up with a plan… the changing of seasons always has that effect. Looking through the pictures brought...
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Oxford Botanic Garden in the spring
Oxford is particularly beautiful in the spring, as trees and flowers bloom, daffodils appear in the most surprising places and the trees sprout fresh green leaves. Clean, with bursts of bright colours....
View ArticleWe survived our 29 hour long car journey with 3 children 6 years old and...
As much as I was looking forward to seeing friends and family, I was dreading our long car journey across Europe to get there. Our annual migration on what was forecast as the hottest day of the year...
View ArticleBaby travel essentials: LittleLife Arc2
The other day we were chatting with Dadonthebrink about our holiday packing; what we’ve taken with us that’s needed and what’s been redundant. (All this bought on by the holiday packing infographic at...
View ArticleSilent Sunday- 22nd Sept 2013 #silentsunday
No words, just an image with significance from the past week here to tell a tale. Comments are always welcome. Silent Sunday was started by Jay Mountford, photographer. For more pictures pop over to...
View ArticleMini-break in Majorca
Majorca, or Mallorca as it is written in Catalan and Spanish, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands just East of mainland Spain in the Mediterranean. It has a pleasant warm climate that tourist...
View ArticleWhat’s our camping style? What’s your camping style?
The past year was all about rediscovering our love of outdoors and camping with the children. Some plans materialised- we did go camping-, some didn’t- we didn’t do the Grand Adventure. In the last...
View ArticleWaddesdon Manor in the winter
Imagine a bitter cold, but sunny day. You decide to go for a little walk at one of your favourite National Trust properties. On your walk you stumble upon a café terrace with sheepskins on the chairs...
View Article6 top tips for a long road trip with young children
Over the past years we’ve had our fair share of long road trips transversing Europe with young children- baby, toddler and pre-schooler aged. Initially, with only one child or when Hugo was just a...
View ArticleA visit to Housesteads Roman Fort, Hadrian’s Wall
Did you know that the Romans occupied early Britain for nearly 400 years? To act as their most northern border and keep out the barbarians they built Hadrian’s wall (now a UNESCO world heritage site)...
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