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The Friday Focus – 23/01/15

This week has seen me trying to get a couple of earlier nights in the hope of catching up on some much-needed sleep although my attempts have not been very…

Me with my eight brothers and sisters on my wedding day

My big blended family

Whenever I tell people that I have four brothers and four sisters, they nearly always assume that my mother gave birth to nine children. Actually, the reason my family is…

Wicked Wednesday

Sophie was determined not to waste any of her chocolate pudding if she could help it!

Me and You – January

Having so much time with hubby around over Christmas and New Year was blissful and then it was all over and back to normal life with a bit of a…

From the mouths of babes #3

From the mouths of babes is a weekly linky which invites you to share a post about something your children have said. Perhaps they have just started babbling for the…

Rose Petal Cottage Playhouse - Little Hearts, Big Love

Rose Petal Cottage Playhouse

We were recently given the Playskool Rose Petal Cottage playhouse by my twin sister – it had belonged to her two girls who had outgrown it and she thought that…

Silent Sunday

Black & White Photography Project #28

Planting Sophie’s rose

After Jessica was born, we planted a ‘Pretty Jessica’ rose in our garden for her and it bloomed for the first time last year. We recently ordered a new rose…

Friday Fabulous Five #19

The Friday Fabulous Five is my regular feature where I share five of my favourite posts that I have read in the previous week – posts that have made me…