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What have you got planned for this half term? Outdoor adventures or indoor fun? (Let me disclose in advance- this is NOT a sponsored or paid for post!) Over past weeks I’ve been receiving emails about things we can get up to over the bank holiday weekend and the half term. Lots of free things, [...]
Our bedtime routine starts at about 5 o’clock each evening. By this time I have given in and Angelina and Hugo are watching Cbeebies, I’m in the midst of finalising dinner. Then Max starts chasing me around and “shouting”, more like cockatoo screeching, for me from the pouffe that blocks the passage between the playroom and the kitchen. [...]
Two days on I am still exhausted from our Woodland Fairy themed birthday party that we organised for Angelina’s 6th birthday! It was weeks in the planning and for days I’d been preparing, shopping. I had battles with our council whether and in what form we’re allowed to host a party. It was an utterly [...]
In light of recent events, let me reassure you first of all we are talking about a different kind of explosion than the Boston one. This explosion isn’t too sinister, just a minor assault against your senses. Max woke ever so cheerfully; he slept thought the night for the first time in at least a [...]
We keep chickens and I specially sourced a coup for them that had a small outside enclosure, so we can leave them locked in when we are away for a long weekend. This means the girls being a bit cramped for a few days, but still getting to enjoy the sun, fresh air and a [...]
Lullabies- I don’t remember my mum singing lullabies to me, but then there aren’t many in Hungarian. What Hungarian is extremely rich in is bedtime poems (, which in the years since have been turned into songs.) Hungarian is a language that has very few harsh sounds and lends itself to the beauty of poetry. [...]
Over the past week I have had to seriously resist being a helicopter parent and hush that little overprotective parent’s voice in my head. The other day the kids got home from school with friends and decided to go out and play on the trampoline. They didn’t actually make it to the trampoline, but got [...]
Dadonthebrink came home last night after a couple of days working away. As we went to bed Max woke. Dadonthebrink brought him to bed for a feed. While Max suckled he kept glimpsing over at his father in a sort of disbelief. ” is it really him? Is he really back?” Dadonthebrink and I softly [...]
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Legacy- it’s a big word! What legacy can a 9 month old baby have? It is a heartbreaking thought even thinking of a life lost so young! Yet Every being leaves a legacy, a footprint or two… And thanks to today’s technology and social media, a mother’s grief, the loss of a gorgeous baby girl, [...]
You’ll often hear me tearing my hair out about my gorgeous dreamy Little Miss. She is in another world most of the time, somewhere where time moves slower, in a more relaxed pace. Perhaps there children are allowed to be children for longer, don’t have to rush to school 6 days a week. …yes, she [...]
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...AND to add to the challenge I have a grueling 11 week bootcamp leading up to the skydive- I have to loose 2 stone/ 18 kg/ 28 lb
