Our Sidekick

{Fostering} Us at Five…

Back in October, five years ago, I went to work with three people living in our house and then I came home to four. Usually the “Us at…” is followed by how many years Chris and I are celebrating along... Continue reading →

Things I’m Grateful For…(BEDIA)

Each Friday I join with Ashley from Hello Nature and Laura from Ginger + Co to share the things I’m grateful for this week. Time with Our Sidekick it’s the school holidays at the moment and Our Sidekick has been... Continue reading →

Adoption by Kayla…

We have our own “only God” kind of story when it comes to how Our Sidekick came to be living with us four years ago. I am blessed to be sharing the “why?” part of Kayla’s story today, she’ll also... Continue reading →

Happy Mother’s Day

Twenty-nine years ago, my Mum would have been pregnant with me (about eight months ish). This time last year we were discussing whether I got an official or unofficial Mother’s Day as I was pregnant with Jaxon. In the end... Continue reading →

The Ordinary Moments #1

Sometimes it’s hard to know what to write about. What did I do this week that people out there in the world might find interesting. I guess that’s part of the challenge. So this is about focusing on those other... Continue reading →

TGIF: Things I’m Grateful For

Joining up with: Ashley from Hello Nature, Laura from The Laura Way & Nay from Coffee-N-Ink. It’s Friday so it’s time to share the things I am grateful for this week. This week started with Jaxon being poorly. He started... Continue reading →

Mustela Product Review

Although I’ve been a foster Mum for almost three years, the products we need in the house for Our Sidekick are obviously very different to those that we need for Jaxon. We’ve found that for Our Sidekick we have to... Continue reading →

Currently…14th July

Currently… image from rukristin Watching: Baby!! He does funny things like twitching in his sleep and clapping his hands together. Watching his little face as he dreams. Reading: Notes and notes and notes from the midwifes and other professionals. Also... Continue reading →

Dear Blueberry – 38 Weeks

Dear Blueberry, It’s getting a bit cramped round these parts now. I’ve worked out that it I sit a certain way then I’m fine but if I sit another way then I end up all achy as there’s not enough... Continue reading →

Friday… (And a trip to hospital)

Hello there. How’s your day going? Mine started fairly lazy. Chris and I went for lunch instead of our normal day off breakfast date. We ended up at one the local restaurants that we usually frequent. I had my salad... Continue reading →

Us at 7

On the 13th September 2005, Chris proposed to me, he’d written a treasure hunt and involved a whole heap of our friends including our friend Sheens who lives in Australia!! The last clue was in my Parent’s caravan which when... Continue reading →

March 1: March Goals

So the goals I set for February and how they went were: Finish the Tetris Blanket for Chris (aiming for Valentine’s but we’ll see if that happens!) I managed to finish the Tetris Blanket for Chris at about 11:30pm on... Continue reading →

Monday, why did you misbehave?

Two years ish ago, Our Sidekick and us adopted two Guinea pigs called Samuel and Owen. They were sort of rescued when a friend of ours could no longer look after them. I think they’ve been a bit spoilt over... Continue reading →

our BIG adventure 2013: Day 7

We started the day by heading to Manchester, Our Sidekick wasn’t aware of where we were actually going. We realised we were early so we went for a potter around the Trafford Centre (They have free parking! Why don’t we... Continue reading →

our BIG adventure 2013: Day 6

In the summer of 2013, our BIG adventure as a family was to Blackpool and the surrounding area. Here’s the story of our travels… Today started with an early morning wake up call. At 3:30am Chris woke me up to... Continue reading →

our BIG adventure 2013: Day 4

In the summer of 2013, our BIG adventure as a family was to Blackpool and the surrounding area. Here’s the story of our travels… On Monday we went to Liverpool, Chris asked me where we were going so I said... Continue reading →

am i a mummy blogger?

  I’m throwing this question out there, then again in a way I might be just stepping up onto my soap box. I promise I won’t be up here long. So I don’t have a pregnancy story or a birth... Continue reading →

sixtynine: mother’s day

Today is Mother’s Day here in the UK (why is it on a different day in the US for example?). A friend of mine is celebrating her first Mother’s Day and she’s super excited about it. I sorted presents and... Continue reading →

eighteen: my friday

Today was one of those days that I was so grateful for those around me. I had a horrible day yesterday and was just emotionally shattered this morning. Going to work was one of those “do I have to?” moments... Continue reading →

sixteen: french homework

I’m 26 now. 10 years ago I had sat my GCSEs and had given up my first part time job partially because it was boring as but also because I was spending all day Saturday at work and not doing... Continue reading →

276: Review – September

>  Books Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs (started in August finished in September) Films The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Did You Hear About The Morgans? Hope Springs Untouchable Hop Albums Babel by Mumford and Sons Our Version of Events... Continue reading →

235: Fostering: School Supplies

Earlier this week I ordered Our Sidekick’s school uniform – admittedly I probably should have started earlier but I wasn’t in the best of ways last week and I needed help to measure Our Sidekick as it was usually my... Continue reading →