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Me and Mine (September)

We’ve not had a lot of opportunity for family time this month as September is a very busy month for hubby with events and it feels like we have seen…

Is breastfeeding in public provocative?

Every so often it seems I hear yet another story of a fellow breastfeeding mum being asked to cover up or to leave when she is feeding her baby out…

Jessica recovering from her third open-heart surgery

Jessica’s handmade heart

My daughter Jessica was born with a congenital heart defect (CHD) called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). This is a complex CHD where the left side of the heart doesn’t form…

Silent Sunday

Black & White Photography Project Week 12

This week’s black and white photo was taken at the coffee morning I held at our church this weekend to fundraise for Little Hearts Matter.  During October, members are being…

Mealtimes with small children

Mealtimes with little ones can certainly be a challenge! Here are ten rules that definitely seem to apply: 1. Only 10% of what your child is offered (with the exception…

Blackberry picking

One of the things on our autumn activities list was to go blackberry picking. As it was a little late in the season for blackberries, we went to a local…

Friday Fabulous Five #4

It’s Friday again and time for me to share five of my favourite posts that I’ve read this week. This week’s Friday Fabulous Five are:   Katie at Pouting in…

Word of the Week – Heating

With the mornings starting to become quite chilly, we have now started to put on the: I know it seems very early to be starting to put the heating back…

Words and music – the toddler versions

“I hear sum-der, I hear sum-der Hark don’t you, hark don’t you? Pretty pretty raindrops, pretty pretty raindrops I’m wet through, so wet through”  My daughter Jessica’s version of “I…