This coming Sunday (19th October) would have been my dad’s 81st birthday. I would always try and go home on his birthday and he used to love having all the family popping in to wish him a happy birthday. I wish I could go home on Sunday and see him sitting there, looking so delighted… Read More
This month’s photos were taken in order to send Nanny a photo of my girls in their beautiful matching winter dresses – I was trying to get them both sitting nicely and looking at the camera but of course it didn’t quite work out that way! I love the way the photos have captured the… Read More
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 very little of him throughout most of this month. The girls have missed seeing their daddy although we have Face-Timed a couple of times and… Read More
Having enjoyed two previous treasure trails around Wantage and Chalfont St Peter, I thought we’d try another in Petersfield, the town where I grew up. This trail was a Spy Trail – the answers to each of the clues would give us one or two letters to cross off a grid and lead us to… Read More
Over the last month, there have been more and more lovely moments where the girls will sit and play together for a while and fewer moments where Jessica gets frustrated with Sophie touching her toys. Even on Jessica’s third birthday a few days ago, there were no real moments of possessiveness over the new toys… Read More
Jessica’s birthday marks the end of the summer for us (although with return of some warm sunny weather at the moment, it still feels like summer is lingering for a while longer). Our first summer as a family of four has been a lovely one – we have been out and about a lot and… Read More
My little miracle Jessica celebrated her third birthday at the weekend. It is amazing to look back and remember how bleak her prognosis was and here we are now, blessed with a beautiful 3 year old who is doing so well. Her birthday is also one of her heart days as she had her first… Read More