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Friday Focus 26/06/20 – Reactions

The toddler tantrums have begun! Thomas has decided that he doesn’t like closed stair gates and the word ‘no’; the reaction to these has been lots of tears and getting…

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#366daysofgratitude 2020 – Week 24

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…

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Friday Focus 19/06/20 – A beautiful social bubble

It has been wonderful this week to be able to spend time with my mum; to have her come and stay over again and to be able to give her…

Sophie (holding a picture of Jessica) and Thomas in front of Jessica's memorial butterfly

Siblings – June 2020

It has been lovely to see that beautiful bond that Sophie and Thomas have getting stronger each day as they spend so much time together. If we’d just had normal…

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#366daysofgratitude 2020 – Week 23

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…

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Country Kids 13/06/20

Welcome back to Country Kids. I hope that you are all keeping well and safe during this time   While we’re still restricted with our outdoor adventures, Country Kids will…

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Friday Focus 12/06/20 – Beautiful memories of our beautiful girl

Sophie overtaking Jessica last week has made for quite an emotional week this week which wasn’t unexpected. We did have a lovely moment this week of taking time to focus…

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#30DaysWild – Rainbow leaf printing

We’re taking part in #30DaysWild once again this June. If you’ve not come across #30DaysWild before, it’s a challenge set by The Wildlife Trusts to do one wild thing each…

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From the mouths of babes: June 2020

From the mouths of babes is an occasional feature capturing some of the things my children say. It originally started as a weekly linky but as this gradually fizzled out,…

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#366daysofgratitude 2020 – Week 22

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…