FAMILY, FOOD, TRAVEL & CRAFTS
Turkey is a popular destination for holidays, every year there are millions of people who visit the mountainous and beautiful country to see amazing views or soak up the sunshine […]
This year seems to be whizzing by at an alarming rate and with the erratic weather we’ve been having recently it’s hard to tell what it’s going to be like […]
It’s January and to beat the blues I’ve got five inspiring suggestions for an ultimate family holiday. These are destinations which will please young and old alike, at various times […]
If you read our recent travel post, you’ll know that we went to Hamburg for a week in July. We’ve visited Hamburg a good few times in recent years, the […]
Over the last few years, we’ve been to Hamburg numerous times. We are lucky enough to have a friend that lives out there so it means that we only have […]
Whilst the weather has been rather up and down this summer, we’ve certainly tried to make the most of it. It’s been tough juggling working from home with the boys. […]
The sun, the laughter, the memories; summer time is great for family holidays. It’s important to form lasting memories as a family and it’s one of the things I love […]
As a parent myself now, I am keen to travel with the boys wherever possible. It means we have uninterrupted quality family time together that you don’t necessarily get to […]
With Summer creeping upon us – have you thought about where you might like to holiday? As a family, we’ve been to Germany, Spain, Malta and Portugal. Malta was the […]
As a family, we love to get away from the mundane day-to-day life at home every now and then. We like to take a few short breaks over the course […]
With the cold, dark nights and bitterly cold winds around from now until at least February, you may be thinking about booking a last-minute Christmas break. What could be better […]
The Summer holidays are fast approaching which means many families will be looking to take a much-needed break away. Whether that’s abroad or somewhere in the UK the most important […]
Back in April over the Easter holidays (seems like a very long time ago now!) we spent a lovely week in North Devon where we stayed in a beautiful cottage […]
With the Summer holidays just around the corner families will be looking to take a Summer break away – ideally in the sun but we all know that holidays abroad […]
Being on holiday usually means at least a train ride or two with the boys, and so when Jane from Hodge Podge Days recommended a visit to Woody Bay Station I knew […]
Ahhh it’s depressing being back from holiday, isn’t it? Last week was my first week back at work post hols, and it sucked and to top things off the weather […]
When we went Hong Kong last year to visit my grandad who was diagnosed with lung cancer I was dreading the 12 hour flight with M. I was also worried […]
This post has been sitting in my drafts for a couple of weeks now and I keep meaning to finish it off and hit the big “publish” button – so […]
Sorry for the radio silence! We have been back from our trip just over a week now and only now do I feel abit more back to “normal” After flying […]
We are off to Hong Kong tomorrow evening and I am dreading the flight! It’s now 11pm and I have given up on packing properly until tomorrow….I still need to […]
Hello and welcome to Suburban Mum! I'm Maria and I'm mum to two boys - E who's 9 and M who's 6. This blog is about my little family, the ups and downs of being a working mum and everything in between. If you want to find out more about me and my family head over to our About us page.
