@PollokHouseNTS Our love for the National Trust for Scotland and their family membership brings one of our favourite Christmas time activities – our annual visit to see Mrs Claus at Pollok House. You really can’t beat it for a great family day out with an unusual twist on the normal […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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#blogmas Day 16 is here, and sometimes you end up rushing around at the last minute trying to find “great meaningful” gifts for the ones who matter most. So here are my top suggestions for unique gifts to give the people you love, ideally they are for families with children […]
This month we have been delighted to receive a free copy of the BBC Cbeebies Magazine to review, and to be honest it is one that is already purchased very regularly in our house for our pre-school toddler. The first thing we noticed about this month’s Christmas edition of the […]
#blogmas Day 9 and the month of December is flying past again! This week I have been highly focused on my well-being as part of my Happiness Project, and this has meant trying to eat consistently slow-carb meals and visit the gym three times this week. Those were my goals […]
#blogmas Welcome to Blogmas 2016 Day 8 here on Mamafurfur and thank you for joining us again today. Last night was magical in our house at bedtime, firstly little dude slept till 6.30am rather than 5.30am like he has done the past few weeks (mini victory for Mummy!) but we […]
#blogmas Day 7 today is upon us, and last night something wonderful happened….. baby boy has two teeth it would appear, and suddenly taught himself how to roll over. At 20 weeks old (5 months nearly), I just didn’t see it coming and of course take full credit for his […]
#blogmas Day 6 has arrived and looking out at the Scottish world where we live at lunch time, you think it was nearly bedtime with the darkness in the sky and little sunlight. Now don’t get me wrong, winter is my favourite time of year – but you are understand […]
*** New Blog post at 6pm each day during BLOGMAS *** On the fifth day of #blogmas, Mamafurfur decided to give it straight to ya! In a non-ghetto style of course as I was raised in a posh part of Glasgow. The wisdom around babies and raising children is all […]
*** NEW Blog post each day at 6pm during Blogmas this year *** We can’t have a real tree in our house. We have cats instead. Anyone with pets or perhaps even cats in particular will understand the never ending dilemma which faces the owners each holiday season – do […]
Something very strange has been happening within me the last few weeks now for sure, and I kinda think I like it. Not only am I still deep into my maternity leave with my baby boy, but it has felt like time away from the busy distractions of work has […]