loopyloulaura

Being a fan of Addison’s Seaside and Bayside series of books, I was looking forward to this new series about the Braden family. These books are also Sweet with Heat so they are not explicit in terms of content or language. I’ll be perfectly honest, it took me a while to get used to the […]

Reading is one of the greatest pleasures in my life. I am very thankful that my children all love books too. Working in education, I know that reading is essential in order to be able to access the rest of the curriculum. I started reading to Matthew while I was pregnant. I chose rhyming books […]

This book is the third in Casey Kelleher’s series about the notorious Byrne family but it is the first I have read and works well as a stand alone novel. Nancy Byrne has taken over her murdered father’s gangster network and is keen to establish herself as a woman in a man’s world. However, she […]

There have been a couple of real highlights this week that have made me a super proud mummy. As you might have seen from this week’s #project365 Anya received a badge and certificate in school this week. Zach sat beautifully through the assembly and only sang the finger family song once! Also this week Matthew […]

Egypt is second on my world bucket list. I have always been fascinated by the ancient civilisation and their achievements. An amazing history fact for you: Cleopatra was alive closer to the building of Big Ben than to the building of the Great Pyramid. She also lived closer in time to the Battle of Hastings […]