Category Archives: Big Family Life

Planning a Liverpool Trip for the Entire Family

In my specific case the departure point is Birmingham, but generally speaking if you’re going in from out of town then it’ll take you about the same time by car as it would take you by train to get to Liverpool, so I reckon it’s best to go by car. Find a place to park though, because even if you come in early, you don’t want to find yourself stuck in what can be the nightmarish traffic of a small but vibrant city. It’s better to get around on the city’s public transport… (more…)

How to Settle Your Kid into a New Home

If your work requires you to move a lot, know that these changes will also affect your children. They seem to find it hard to adapt to new surroundings, especially when they reach teen years. Leaving old friends behind, the entire lifestyle, personal space and routine is quite a change which no child wants to make. You can help your child to adjust to your new home. If you are having any doubts on how to do it, here are a few tips to get you started. (more…)

New Ideas for Feasting with Friends

Is eating out with friends your indulgence of choice? Are you spending all your spare cash in restaurants? There’s something really lovely about eating good food while catching up with your best pals, but why not challenge yourself to do it on your home turf instead? You don’t need to stick to a formal dinner party format to host a meal. In fact, you might find it a lot more fun to plan some quirky themed events that don’t require lots of culinary expertise. And since having beers at home is apparently falling out of favour, it’s up to you whether you want to add grog to the proceedings or keep it all about sharing fantastic feasts with friends. Here are a few ideas to inspire you to get together. (more…)

How to Make a Birthday Celebration Meaningful

It’s perhaps something that always gets overpowered by the purest love a parent has for their child, that of how sometimes it can feel like all which you do for your loved ones isn’t appreciated to its fullest extent, but you continue to do it all in any case. You are indeed only doing your job as a parent when you love them in so many different ways each day – ways which don’t quite register as acts of love because of the fact that they form part of everyday life. (more…)