Blogging Bliss!

Last week while holidaying in Majorca, in between getting a bottle of water from the fridge and grabbing a packet of wipes to run to the balcony to clean a mucky face smeared with chocolate, I was told my blog ‘Maison Jen’ had been nominated for Best Personal Blog in The Blog Awards Ireland 2014.

I was absolutely delighted… knocked sideways at the time to be honest as I had no idea my blog had been entered, but thrilled. 

Decorating the Babies Room | Part One

Putting my two babies together in the same bedroom was a fairly big decision. Well it wasn’t really a decision, it was the only way we were able to fit them in!

Vino de Verano | Summer Cocktail

Lazy summer days call for lazy cocktails. When the skies are bluer than blue and the temperatures are soaring I’m afraid I don’t want to be muddling or shaking or chopping… So here is the laziest of all cocktails and it’s unbelievably thirst quenching and delicious too!

HOMEMADE PESTO (Makes 3 cups)

Kids Pesto Lunch

The boys (8, 2, & almost 1) absolutely love tagliatelle with pesto, or ‘pasta with the green sauce’ as it’s known in our house!