This week has been mainly about being with family and friends, eating out and not organising a party! Sunday – Baby’s 1st Birthday! Bless my little buba. She was very spoiled by her lovely friends. My 1st Mother’s Day saw Mr Hubby out in the garden most of the day building Baby’s play house. Mr Hubby bought me a beautiful …
Mums’ List #4
I am joining in again with the fabulous Hannah over at Mums’ Days with her linky, in which we can share the highlights of our week. From our personal lives and also from our blogs. REAL LIFE Last weekend we had Baby’s 1st birthday party (Saturday), celebrated Baby’s first birthday (Sunday) and it was Mother’s Day too. We had …
12 toys for 12 months
I always find it interesting when we go to see friends and Baby gets to play with ‘new’ toys, one’s she hasn’t seen before. Sometimes she instantly falls in love with a particular toy and I know I have to get her one. Sometimes the choice of toy is a little unexpected. At her friend T-B’s house her toy of …
Mums’ List #3
I am joining in again with the fabulous Hannah over at Mums’ Days with her linky, in which we can share the highlights of our week. From our personal lives and also from our blogs. REAL LIFE We have spent all week preparing for baby’s first Birthday party, making cakes and decorations. I have tried to get ahead with …
1st birthday present ideas
Baby will be one in a couple of days and I actually found it quite tricky to choose her presents. A few of my friends with little ones have had the same problem. I wanted to get something with longevity and something that felt special. I also wanted to avoid plastic toys, that I felt she might not want to …
What Mother’s Day means to me
It was a wintery October day when Mr Hubby and I agreed it was time to start a family. I was overjoyed, as it was something I had wanted for a long time, but we agreed to wait until after Christmas. We would start trying in the new year. I could just about wait that long. January arrived and I …
Mums’ List #2
I am joining in again with the fabulous Hannah over at Mums’ Days with her linky, in which we can share the highlights of our week. From our personal lives and also from our blogs. REAL LIFE This week Baby has learned to crawl properly (she usually just commando crawls) and has taken her first unassisted steps on her …
Bathroom Revamp – Top tips for small spaces
I would like to say that our bathroom is small but perfectly formed, realistically though is it just small. Like the rest of our house it needs some attention. After doing some research, with the task of revamping this room in mind. I have put together a few tips to help those of us with small bathrooms make the most …
Bedroom Make Over Wish List
Our house is getting a little tired. All of the rooms were decorated quite some time ago and I feel the decor doesn’t really reflect us. I would love our space to feel more personal. We have had some good news though. It looks likely that our landlords will be ripping out our coal fire central heating system and putting …
Family Matters
Photographs were not a big part of my childhood. I think it was the era though, more than something lacking in our particular family. I wasn’t given any photo’s and as I have grown up, my family has dwindled. I found myself wishing for some concrete history. Pictures that would give me a sense of history, family and maybe belonging. …
Mums’ List #1
I love making lists. Sometimes I must admit I enjoy writing the lists more than doing the tasks on the list. The lovely Hannah over at Mums’ Days has started a new linky, in which we can share our weeks highlights covering our personal lives and also our blogs. REAL LIFE This week Baby has decided she can pull …
Mother’s Day Wish List
This year will be my first Mother’s Day as a Mummy. Last year I missed out by 20 days! (not that I am bitter!). Therefore, I intend to make the most of it. Earlier in the week I blogged about homemade Mother’s Day ideas. However, Mr Hubby is not crafty, so I thought a spot of online window shopping was …
Wednesday words #8
I am linking up again with Crazy With Twins Wednesday Words feature. This feature give’s us license to find a quote, lyric, poem, whatever we fancy that we identify with, or that helps to tell our story.. I found this quote recently and I really associated with it. So far this week has been challenging to say the least. After …
Our Wonderful Weekend
This weekend has been ordinary and magical in equal measure. I often find the most magical moments can be found in the most ordinary of situations. We are always so happy to wake up on Saturday morning and know we have Mr Hubby with us. Baby’s face is a picture when she first see’s him, as during the week he …
Baby is 11 months old (well sort of!)
Baby is 11 months old today (well sort of!). She was born on 30th March and so that leaves us in a quandary as to when she is 11 months old, February being only 28 days and all. Anyway I have decided it must be today. So 11 months old! Time is flying past so fast, it seems just like …
Word of the week #7
Friday means it’s time to link up with Jocelyn from The Reading Residence for Word of the week #WOTW. Before I start this is not a woe is me post. Some people think that all overweight people have to do to lose weight is to eat less & exercise more. That’s right, we all know that, but sometimes there are …
8 perfect Children’s playhouses
Baby will turn one in a little over a month, so we need to start thinking about her presents. As with her Christmas present (we bought her a wooden swing). I would like our gift to be something that will endure the test of time. Maybe she won’t get the full benefit right now, but something that she will love …
Wednesday words #7
I am linking up again with Crazy With Twins Wednesday Words feature. This feature give’s us license to find a quote, lyric, poem, whatever we fancy that we identify with or that helps to tell our story.. Do you compare? Do you look at other people and think they are doing better than you? A better mum, a better …
Blog your heart out
I was recently tagged by Baby Isabella (Dear Mummy blog) in the ‘Blog your heart out’ meme. It’s really easy, all I have to do is answer 5 questions and then tag 5 other bloggers to do the same. O.k. so here we go… Question 1. Who/What encouraged you to start blogging? No-one encouraged me, but I had just started …
Word of the week – 6 #WOTW
Friday means it’s time to link up with Jocelyn from The Reading Residence for Word of the week #WOTW. This week it has been hard to pick one word. Until Wednesday afternoon my word was going to be We had a lovely first three days to this week, with a play-date with friends every day. On Monday a few of …
Kindness – Will you ‘Pay it Forward’
We could all use more kindness in our lives. I love the idea of random acts of kindness, something simple that puts a smile on someone’s face, even someone you don’t know. I came across Kate’s blog Crafts on Sea and saw a great post that she had written on paying it forward. Kate’s idea was to send a small …
How to help a blogger – Mad Blog Awards 2014
I blog because I truly love it. I feel there are times when it saves me. Although I blog about my family, blogging is MY thing. It is time that allows me to go into my own world and write about things that interest me, upset me, make me laugh or things I love. I started simply to document our …
Wednesday Words #6
I am linking up again with Crazy With Twins Wednesday Words feature. This feature give’s us license to find a quote, lyric, poem, whatever we fancy that we identify with or that helps to tell our story. Baby is really developing a sense of herself. She is definitely a little person that knows her own mind, and that is evident …
Our week that was captured #7
Another rainy week! Watching those poor people on the news, I know we are getting off lightly. I am so longing for longer spells of dry weather now. Everything is much harder with a baby in the pouring rain. Anyhoo, here is our week in pictures! 1. Sunday – We just bimbled around at home and I baked for visitors …
Word of the week -5 #WOTW
I am linking up again with Jocelyn from The Reading Residence. The idea of #WOTW is to find one word that sums up your week. The word of my week is Baby is very affectionate, but this week she has become even more so. Even though teeth seven and eight have made an appearance and have caused her a fair …
Love is………….
I was recently tagged by the lovely Betty from Betty and the Bumps and invited to share my view on what love is to me. The idea being that since we have become parents, our view of love may have changed, or at least shifted slightly. I think my view of love has definitely changed. The love for (and from) …
Theme Game #4
It’s Theme Game time! The time to be creative and possibly win a little prize too, courtesy of The Reading Residence and Red Peffer’s linky. This week the theme is ‘Glass’. I thought I was going to struggle. To find something I thought was relevant to me, which also fits within the brief, until I came across this quote, This …
Wednesday Words #5
I can’t believe it’s Wednesday already, time is flying by. It’s time to link up with Crazy With Twins Wednesday Words feature. I love this linky, as it gives me an excuse to spend time looking through quotes and lyrics, indulging my love of words and language. Quotes can be so powerful and I love reading something that instantly …
Wednesday Wishlist #1
I have been thinking about Valentine’s day and decided to join in with Mummy Alarm’s Wednesday Wishlist. I love shopping, but I need to be a little more frugal and so online window shopping is perfect! So having trawled a few websites here is my Wednesday (Valentine’s) Wishlist. 1. Boffle Bear £14.99 www.bigfatballoons.co.uk / 2. Number Picture £26 www.notonthehighstreet.com / …
First Birthday Party Planning
Baby will turn one on 30th March, I can hardly believe it. We haven’t had her christened, as it is not our belief. So we would like to have a party for friends and family to celebrate her birthday and the fact that our wish came true. As an event organiser by trade, I have already been filling my notebook …