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Patience - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 15/09/17 – Finding a little more patience

We’ve now settled back into normal routines once again and it’s made a big difference to my patience levels! I loved having the girls home for the holidays but having…

A heart with the text "Heart to Heart" on one side and a picture of hands making a heart over a child's chest with the text "A linky for sharing posts about CHD"

Heart to Heart – September 2017

Heart to Heart linky was set up to help other heart families share their stories and experiences in order to help support each other as a community.  It opens on…

Jessica and Sophie on the Seal Falls ride at Paultons Park

Siblings – September 2017

After a lovely summer (albeit one where we’ve been in limbo for most of it!) we’re now back to normal routines with the girls at school and preschool. Jessica started…

Jessica and Sophie with the animated Gruffalo

The Gruffalo Spotters Trail at Alice Holt Forest

Two girls took a stroll through the deep dark wood. The girls saw a sign for a trail that looked good. “Gruffalo Spotters” the eldest one read; “Follow the clues…

Two issues of Storytime magazine - one with the story of twelve dancing princesses on the front and the other with an alphabet zoo on the front

Review and giveaway – Storytime magazine

My girls love stories. Sometimes though, it feels we can get stuck in a little rut of bedtime stories. The same old favourites being read over and over again. As…

Jessica as a toddler with a speech bubble saying "From the mouths of babes" and the text "A linky for sharing the things kids say"

From the mouths of babes #136 – Actually, Mummy…

From the mouths of babes is a weekly linky which invites you to share a post, old or new, about something your children have said. Those adorable mispronounced words, the…

A sunset in Malta with the text "#365daysofgratitude"

#365daysofgratitude – Week 36

#365daysofgratitude is my challenge for 2017 to share one photo a day on Instagram of something I am grateful for. I took part in a similar challenge last year and…

A Go-Jetters Vroomster cake with the four Go Jetters sitting inside the vroomster and Ubercorn standing next to it

My Sunday Photo 10/09/17

Jessica, Sophie and me with Peppa Pig and George

Fun in the rain at Paultons Park and Peppa Pig World

One of the first things Jessica requested when we were putting together our summer activities list at the start of summer was to go to Peppa Pig World. We have…

The word "six" drawn with the "i" as a candle and the "x" as the ribbons on a present

Friday Focus 08/09/17 – Jessica is six

This week has been all about celebrating Jessica turning six. We would have normally had a party in Grandma’s garden but waiting for a date for Jessica’s next surgery made…