As a mum, you spend a lot of your time rewatching old movies with your kids. Sometimes it’s a (futile) bonding exercise (they will never love it as much as you do) or sometimes it’s family movie night where you …
When I sat down to write this post it occurred to me that this blog, my podcast, the cottage garden and all of my photography collaborations would not have happened if it wasn’t for this 100-year-old cottage which we live …
As a parents one of the questions we have struggled with is whether to share images of our children on social media. If we choose to do it, how do we do it safely? How do we as parents control …
At the end of the summer we wanted to do something fun as a family and this trip to Tayto Park in Ashbourne, Co. Meath was as much for Mommy and Daddy as it was for the toddlers. I’m going …
Do your mornings look like a scene from Lord of the Rings? Mine usually do. It’s a whirlwind fight of the breakfast monsters in the cottage and I was yearning for a more peaceful calm wake up. This usually...
Like many people who live in Ireland, I tend to overlook what is right on my doorstep. This summer we decided to do the Boyne Valley heritage drive. That’s two adults and two toddlers exploring parts of Ireland’s ancient east. …
If you are stuck with kids over the summer holidays it’s hard to find places to go. I hold my hands up and say that I have two toddlers 3 and 2 years old and they absolutely loved the Battle...
Today is my birthday and I’m sitting in the garden listening to the birds. Watching them fly, have dirt baths and knock each other into the pond. In this quiet serenity, my mind always wonders. I don’t know if this...
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and this week I am highlighting women’s issues on the blog/podcast. All of these are issues that I have wanted to highlight previously but for some reason or another, I never thought that they would...
It’s a funny thing being born in Ireland in the 1980’s. Much of what made the headlines went over my head as a child. My thoughts on this country were always that we were lucky; blessed to have a...
I never thought it would happen at three! That sentence I thought I was a few years away from hearing but there was nothing I could do except swallow the rage and calmly follow up with a question of my...
Easily one of the most frequently asked questions I get is “How do you manage to entertain your kids and work from home?” This comes in a few variations but usually, it’s from other mums who also work from...
I really can’t believe it, I mean where has the time gone? It’s very hard to believe that it’s twelve months since the Cottage Notebook was born. People say never listen to that voice in your head at 3...
Last week we finally had some time off as a family. Like many young families, we don’t get to do this often and with two toddlers, well, you can imagine already being worn out before you pack and start making...
Those quiet mornings that start at dawn where the promise of a great day begins. You know those ones where the birds are singing and sunlight is filtering through the curtains? Those ones that follow with your child’s laughter breaking...
This week has slowly been getting worse. It started out fantastic with my daughters birthday and went from bad (site deletion) to worse (mums aren’t allowed to be sick you know that right?) So I thought I could share a...
A funny thing happened from a week of writing using prompts, this blog has started to feel a little more like home, like the comfortable place I wanted it to be. That place where I could practice my writing...
Illusion Today’s post is in response to the Daily Prompt by Ben Huberman I follow a few writing prompts and usually, they inspire a post that I hold on to but on rare occasions like a previous prompt from WordPress,...
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