#Blogtober17 Day 1 – All About Me.

Hello and welcome to #Blogtober17, I swear it only seems like last week that I was writing the posts for Blogtober16!! I thought I would be kind and start off with an easy one, so here are some facts about me! My name is Amanda Jane Morrison, although it’s only my mum who calls me … Read more

Autumn Fashion with Aldi

In Aldi stores from Sunday are some amazing autumn fashions, do go along and check them out, but as usual they are special buys, so once they’re gone, they’re gone! For a long time I have wanted a pair of Chelsea boots, but have never got round to getting myself a pair, so I was … Read more

Celebrating Birthdays with Netflix

On Saturday 9th September, Viggo celebrated his 4th Birthday, it only seems like two minutes ago that I was telephoning the hospital to say I was in established labour, and now here he is all grown up and a full time preschooler!   The wonderful team at Netflix sent him a lovely surprise gift, a Happy … Read more

Blogger Board Game Club – CodeNames

As part of the Blogger Board Game Club, our game for this month was Codenames, it is for 2-8 players aged 10+, so a perfect game to play with the teenagers, or  a group of adults. Players split into two teams of similar size and skill, a standard game requires a minimum of 4 players … Read more

Blogtober is Back!

After so many amazing bloggers joined in with #Blogtober16, i’ve decided to do it all over again! 31 new prompts, for each day of October, don’t worry there are a couple that are similar, so if you did take part last year, you may be able to tweak some and link them up! For those … Read more

15 Months On from ASD diagnosis.

In June last year, Tyrus got an official diagnosis of ASD, you can read how I felt at the time here, so, what has happened in the last 15  months ? At the end of July 2017,  Tyrus eventually got his EHCP put in place, something that was written in his notes from the paediatrician, … Read more

FACTS! One for every day of the year.

All of our children adore books, and right from any early age they have shown a keen interest in the world around them, they read anything and everything from Fairy Stories to books about the human body. This week we have been looking at a new book by Tracey Turner, called Facts! One for every … Read more

I’d love a new kitchen

Now that all the children are in education pretty much full time, I have decided that it’s time to start doing up the house. I have already promised Xene that the girl’s bedroom will be painted a different colour from the bright yellow left behind by the boys, by the time she comes home for … Read more

Love my new Polytunnel!

This year, with all the children no longer needing mum 24/7 I have been able to get back into one of the things I enjoy, gardening. For my birthday Asa and the children bought me a lovely wooden greenhouse, some people may think its not very romantic, but I love it! This year I have … Read more