FAMILY, FOOD, TRAVEL & CRAFTS
As a family, we love a good day out. Come and join us on our adventures exploring places in the UK and beyond.
Although we don’t live far from Thorpe Park, (it’s located in Staines which is a half hour drive from where we live) we had the opportunity to stay at the […]
A couple of weeks ago, I had the rare opportunity to spend the day with M for a few hours as E was at a school friends party. We had […]
A few weeks ago I was very lucky to be invited to a sneak preview of WB Studio Tours new exhibit for 2017 – The Forbidden Forest. I was super […]
We don’t usually need much of an excuse to hop on a train to London. I don’t think the boys will ever tire of the train journey. On Sunday, we […]
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 […]
We live quite close to Kew Gardens and for the last few years, I have wanted to us to visit Christmas at Kew but never quite got round to booking […]
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 […]
I have been meaning to visit Mayfield Lavender ever since I heard about it a couple of years ago. I never knew this place existed before – even though I […]
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 […]
We are so lucky that we live close to London. It means there are plenty of places we can get to easily and with summer coming up I would really […]
A few weeks ago I was very lucky to be invited to the opening of Number 4, Privet Drive at Warner Bros. Studio Tour I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan and […]
E was a very lucky boy last weekend. Not only did he have a fab birthday party on Saturday but he also got to go to the premiere of the new movie Thomas […]
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 […]
We were invited along to have Breakfast with the Easter Bunny at our local Wyvale Garden Centre on Good Friday. The closest one near us is Lower Morden. Both boys broke […]
With only a few weeks left until Easter and aside from ALL the chocolate the kids will be consuming – have you thought about how to entertain them over the […]
It’s been a manic run-up to Christmas with lots to do but as I sit here and write this on Boxing Day we *somehow* managed to get through it all! […]
Last weekend we took two very excited boys to LaplandUK in Berkshire where they got to help the elves out in the toy factory, decorate gingerbread with Mother Christmas and […]
We’ve just got back from a great few days away. This photo was taken at Warwick Castle. The boys had great fun running around having sword fights with daddy, watching […]
Living just outside London we are very lucky to be a short train ride away from lots of London attractions. Last weekend, we took the boys to a new […]
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.
