Time for an introduction!

Although I know that many of you reading this blog will already know me, I thought it best to write an introduction post not just for those that maybe visit the blog in the future and don't know me personally, but also to tell you what this blog is going to be.

My name is Kelly and I am a 37 year old mum to 3 boys aged 16 years,  8 years and 2.5 months (yes, I know they're big age gaps and no it wasn't planned!) as well as a 5 year old pug called Stanley.  I live in Aviemore with this lot and my husband where we moved to from our home island of the Isle of Lewis back in September 2010.  A move we have never regretted!!  Aviemore is in the Cairngorm National Park in the Highlands of Scotland and is an exceptionally beautiful and friendly place to live.

For the first 3 years I lived here I worked as a bookseller in the local branch of a national UK high street bookseller before leaving to concentrate on my business teaching kids and adults to knit.  I really enjoyed teaching knitting and made so many lovely friends through it, but when I discovered that I was expecting my third child I made the decision to close the business and concentrate on the home life for a wee while.  I knew I wouldn't be able to do it all and frankly I'm okay with that!

So not only does that give you my back story but it also tells you all my hobbies and pretty much what will be covered here in the blog: parenting, pugs, books, yarncrafting, walks in the area and anything else that trundles across the wasteland of my brain.

Really what I want to do through this blog is document my family life so that even if no-one else reads it (and I hope they do!) it's here for me to look back at in the future and remind myself of how fab it is to have a normal day to day family life.  How things like making a dinner that the whole family actually ate without bloody complaining about is a win situation and finding a toy brand that your kid likes and you're okay with buying can make for a pretty damn good day!

I'm not going to promise to post a blog post every day or at least one video post a week or anything like that (although I'd be hellva impressed with myself if I did!) but hopefully there'll be some regular updates with everything from pictures from a stunning walk to baby toy reviews to what's in my bag videos.  And hopefully you'll subscribe and join me in enjoying a day to day family life :)

To get the ball rolling, here's a picture of our number one family member Stanley the Pug.... Enjoy!

Kelly xx