Welcome back to Country Kids. I hope that you are all keeping well and safe during this time. The weather has certainly been glorious over the last week or so, hasn’t it? We’ve been making the most of the sunshine and have been spending most of our days out in the garden. While we’re… Read More
We’ve been enjoying spending lots of time out in the garden making the most of the glorious sunshine this week. It’s been nice to sit out there with the laptop and work outdoors while Sophie and Thomas run around and play. We’ve had most of our meals outdoors and enjoyed the first barbecue of the… Read More
I bought our tuff tray a few years ago when the girls were very small. It’s been one of the most useful things I’ve bought for the children and has been getting a lot of use recently as we’ve been mostly keeping our outdoor activities restricted to the garden. It’s brilliant for setting up small… Read More
At the start of 2016, inspired by a friend, I started a daily gratitude challenge – posting one thing that I was thankful for each day on Instagram. I enjoyed it so much that when I reached the end of that year, I carried on and have kept going ever since. Finding one little thing… Read More
It’s been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster of a week as it was the two-year anniversary of Jessica’s funeral on Monday. Both Sunday and Monday were very tough days with grief hitting us very hard. Jessica is so very much missed by us all, and always will be. Even though I expected those two… Read More
This is the last siblings post where Sophie is still younger than Jessica and my three children are in age order. By this time next month, Sophie will be older than Jessica ever was. And while of course, I want Sophie to grow and thrive and keep getting older, it breaks my heart too that… Read More
At the start of 2016, inspired by a friend, I started a daily gratitude challenge – posting one thing that I was thankful for each day on Instagram. I enjoyed it so much that when I reached the end of that year, I carried on and have kept going ever since. Finding one little thing… Read More