As I’m sure you’re aware, I love to travel! Although we took Violet away to France last summer, this year will be our first proper family holiday and of course, we want to go somewhere that as a same-sex family, we’ll feel comfortable and be recognised as a family. Recently I’ve been looking into some
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5 reasons to visit Belize
January always gets me thinking about the year ahead and our future plans for holidays. I know I seem babied-up to the max at the moment, but before Violet came along, travelling was my passion. We used to spend every penny on our long haul holidays and exploring the world. Even though I can’t see
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Family Weekend Away in Hampshire Part 2
Welcome back to our little mini-adventure away in Hampshire! You may have read Part 1 (if not, read that first!) we arrived at our little B&B – The Red Lion in Odiham, had a lovely dinner and spent our first night, so this post is all about the next day…. It was a grey and
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The Shop Small Guide – Brighton
Sponsored post in association with American Express® Oh beautiful Brighton! A city that I have lived in since I was just 18 years old and although I moved away a couple of times, it just kept drawing me back. There is no place quite like it. One of the most colourful, diverse and vibrant cities
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Family Weekend Away at The Red Lion Odiham – Part 1
There is one thing I really miss since becoming a mother. That is travel and our breaks away. Before we had Violet, travelling was our ‘thing’. We’d spend all of our hard-earned cash on trips away, reaching Peru, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Cape Verde and more, but since Violet a trip to France has been all
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A Family Day Out at Drusillas Park
Drusillas always reminds me of happy memories of my childhood – I’m not sure I could count the amount of times I’ve been there when I was very small, so going back as a Mum with my own little girl was definitely a special day for me. I’m sure it’s changed a LOT since my
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The Great British Outdoors with #TheDiscoveryAdventures
Whenever we go out in the car for a long drive we always make sure we’ve got plenty of entertainment, our favourite being a good podcast! The only trouble is that we can never agree on a topic – I always want to listen to something about blogging, motherhood or social media but V would
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Days Out: SeaLife Centre Brighton at Halloween!
Oh, I do love a trip to the SeaLife Centre Brighton! We’ve been meaning to take Violet for a couple of months now although had been holding on as we wanted to take her once we knew she’d actually be interested in the fish and have a bit more of an understanding on what is
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Zippos Circus & ice cream by the sea
Violet is at such a lovely age where she just wants to see and do anything and everything. The world has opened up to her and you can see her soaking everything up and taking it all in. So, this weekend we decided to take her for her very first circus experience as I was
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Family Days Out: Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare
It’s fast becoming apparent that Violet is an animal lover. She will put her arms out to stroke Robbie, gently patting his head and giggles if she see’s his ‘windmill tail’ circling in excitement. Last week we decided we’d go on our first family adventure to visit some animals and see how she’d react, seeing
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Violet’s First Holiday
Bonjour! We have just arrived home from our first ever family holiday and we all had such a wonderful time! Seeing as we drove 900 miles with a 4 month old baby, we had a pretty relaxing time – all things considered! For our first holiday we headed down to France to stay with family
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Top tips for travelling with baby
Before we thought about having babies, travel was ‘our thing’ we liked to do. We were always plotting our next adventure, usually something including a trek off the beaten track or somewhere you wouldn’t normally think of going. We’ve been to some amazing places. So, with the arrival of baby Violet our travel plans have
