From the mouths of babes is a linky all about sharing the things that children say. Whether it’s those adorable mispronounced words, glimpses into their imaginations or just the blunt observations that children make, I’d love to hear about them. The linky runs monthly, opening on the 1st day of the month and staying… Read More
Welcome to Country Kids. Country Kids was one of the first linkies I joined in when I started my blog four years ago. It helped inspire me to enjoy so many outdoor adventures with my girls and create happy memories. It is an honour to be taking over hosting Country Kids from Fiona at Coombe… Read More
Jessica is never far from our thoughts, but we’ve been thinking and talking about her a lot over the past week. Last Friday, we had a meeting with Jessica’s cardiac consultant on Ocean Ward to discuss the findings from the post-mortem. We have now been given a more detailed report from this which is useful,… Read More
I feel like I say this at the end of every month, but it’s been an emotional month. I guess the emotional rollercoaster is now our normal in many ways; all the little milestones of family life are so very bittersweet. We started off the month with a celebration: Thomas’s christening at our church.… Read More
One of the things my husband used to love about Saturday mornings was having Daddy and Jessica time. Most of the time this would involve playing Lego Dimensions together on the PlayStation. It’s one of the many things that he misses about life with Jessica. Sophie also enjoyed playing games even if she couldn’t… Read More
Halo Children’s Foundation is a charity based in Hayes which helps to support bereaved children. One of their aims is to provide positive experiences for the children and to help them build new happy memories. We started going to the monthly group with Sophie a couple of months after Jessica died. Sophie has enjoyed being… Read More
A visit to Father Christmas is always a magical part of the run-up to Christmas. We were recently invited to the Little Diggers Christmas Grotto event at the Wyevale World’s End garden centre. Sophie was so excited at the prospect of going to see Father Christmas. The path to Santa’s Grotto took us… Read More