FAMILY, FOOD, TRAVEL & CRAFTS
If you’re a regular reader of the blog you will know that we spent a weekend in Birmingham recently. We planned a couple of activities to do on our main […]
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 […]
The January blues… Christmas is over and it’s back to work and school. The weather is cold and wet and we’re carrying a little too much weight around our midsection […]
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 […]
Travelling with kids abroad can be a real chore – there is so much to try and remember to pack and although this does get easier as they get older […]
Written last week at the start of our trip to Lisbon: I am currently sitting on a plane, M is next to me playing on the iPad. E is sat […]
The nights are getting shorter, the days are becoming colder, and soon the Halloween decorations in shops will be replaced with Christmas displays. If you’re planning an escape to the […]
My boys love a stay in a hotel, so much so that they even role play it at home sometimes – it’s so funny to watch! We do seem to […]
I may have mentioned before, but I turn the big 4-0 in a couple of years time and we are hopefully planning on visiting Florida to take the boys to […]
Good friends of ours whom we have known since our uni days (basically a very long time ago!) moved down to West Sussex before they started their family and we […]
Back at the beginning of June, we spent a lovely weekend in Windsor. We were taking the boys to LEGOLAND on the Monday to hopefully take advantage of a quieter […]
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 […]
In 2018 I will turn the big 4-0 and as I’m not one for big celebrations or parties the plan is to go on a big trip to America to […]
Last weekend we went to Hamburg to visit a family friend. The boys were SO excited to be going on an aeroplane as they had been earning stars for the […]
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 […]
I remember hearing about Diggerland years ago before I had children and wondered back then why on earth people would go to a “digger” based theme park. Two boys later […]
Hello and welcome to Suburban Mum! I'm Maria and I'm mum to two boys - E who's 8 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.
