Author: bumpinowp

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019Activity, body, community, Exercise, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, mental health, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, patience, positivity, post natal depression, postnatal depression, pregnancy, running, self-care, socializing, stress, talking

Run Mummy Run!

“Not enough time”, “no inclination/motivation”, “too tired”, “no childcare”, “not sure what to do”.  These may sound familiar.  Fitting exercise in as […]

October 2, 2019October 2, 2019autumn, baking, cake, community, Creativity, Food, Health, Nutrition, positivity, seasonal, socializing, Uncategorized, winter

Peanut Butter

(Can you believe there is a song about peanut butter?!?! In fact, there are loads!) There is an absolute definite chill in […]

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019Activity, busyness, communication, education, Exercise, expression, family, inference, learning, mother, Parenting, play, play therapy, running, talking

Express yourself

Are you the kind of person that takes words for face value or do you read between the lines and try and […]

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019anxiety, body, change, community, family, mental health, mother, nap, Outdoors, Parenting, patience, positivity, post natal depression, postnatal depression, pregnancy, self-care, sleep, sleep deprivation, socializing, stress, tiredness, try

Sweet Dreams

“I love sleep.  My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” Ernest Hemingway Anyone else feel like […]

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019Activity, anxiety, craft, Creativity, family, learning, mother, negativity, Parenting, positivity, self-care, stress, success, thankful, try

If at first

Have you ever heard of the expression “Achilles heel”?  So, it turns out my Achilles heel is quite prominent and features heavily […]

September 4, 2019September 4, 2019Activity, adventure, anxiety, change, communication, community, education, family, learning, mother, Parenting, positivity, socializing, stress

All grows up

Life is a journey, not a destination.  A journey usually means changes in direction and scenery along the way.  Surely, this is […]

August 27, 2019September 2, 2019Activity, adventure, Exercise, family, family time, Holiday, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, positivity, seasonal, self-care, socializing, summer, thankful

Summer Holiday

As August draws to a close so do the end of the British summer holidays.  The mornings and evenings start to have […]

August 20, 2019August 20, 2019attachment, attention, attention-seeking, birth, communication, community, family, family time, mother, negativity, Parenting, positivity, pregnancy, socializing, stress

Stargazing

“I think he just wanted to be noticed” – Billy Bixbee from There’s no such thing as a dragon Why is it […]

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019craft, Creativity, family, family time, Holiday, indoor, learning, mother, Outdoors, painting, Parenting, play, summer

Old Paint

Ahhh, the summer holidays.  I wonder how you read that “ahhh”.  Ahhh as in “help” or ahhh as in “phew”.  The summer […]

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019Activity, adventure, Exercise, family, family time, Food, Health, Nutrition, Holiday, mental health, mother, Outdoors, Parenting, seasonal, self-care, stress, summer, thankful, Uncategorized

What a wonderful world

As the end of a pretty hectic term draws to a close I think it’s about time I took a minute to […]