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Tag Archives: milestones

Dear Sophie… now you are eight

28/10/2021
Sophie sitting at the table with a pink sprinkle-covered birthday cake with an '8' candle on top in front of her

Darling Sophie I can’t quite believe that you are eight years old already; that it can possibly have been that long since ‘baby Sofa’ as your sister called you, made her entrance into the world. That the baby in those earliest entries on this blog is now a confident, talented, loving girl who likes to… Read More

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To Thomas on starting preschool

09/09/202109/09/2021
Thomas in the garden wearing his preschool jumper

Darling Thomas, This week you started preschool. I still can’t quite believe you are big enough to be going to preschool. You made a friend at the gate waiting outside for your first morning and went in very happily. I didn’t even get a backwards glance as you made a beeline for the play area… Read More

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To Sophie on your first day of junior school

02/09/202105/09/2021
Sophie standing in her school uniform in the garden

Darling Sophie, Today is your first day at junior school. A new school, a new adventure starts today. You were excited to go off to your new school this morning; full of smiles as you saw all your friends at the gate. Waving me off as you walked in, hand-in-hand with two of your friends.… Read More

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Reflecting on the end of infant school

22/07/202122/07/2021
Sophie on the first day of Reception and the last day of Year 2

Sophie’s time at infant school has now come to a close. She’s said goodbye to the school she knew for the last three years and will be starting at a new school in September.  It’s been a very different three years to what we anticipated but they’ve been three mostly happy ones in spite of… Read More

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Friday Focus 28/06/19 – Performing

28/06/201927/06/2019
The word performing with a doodle of Sophie as the dot over the 'i'

Sophie has been enjoying doing lots of performing this week. Last Friday was the dress rehearsal for her Girls’ Brigade display which she’ll be performing in tonight. I’m looking forward to watching her take part although it will be emotional too, knowing that her sister should have been there taking part right beside her.  … Read More

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Thomas’s first trip to the park

10/04/201909/04/2019
Thomas going down the slide guided by Daddy

That trip to the park when a little one is able to sit in a baby swing for the first time is a lovely milestone moment. I can remember the first time we put each of the girls in the swing at the park; taking lots of photos to mark the moment. Naturally Thomas’s first… Read More

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Friday Focus 07/09/18 – Emotional firsts

07/09/201806/09/2018
"Firsts" - this week's word of the week

This week has been a particularly emotional one as two big firsts have come together: the first of Jessica’s birthdays without her and Sophie’s first day at school. We’ve also come to the end of our first summer without Jessica which was also our first one with Thomas. So many moments of missing Jessica so… Read More

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I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about living with grief after child loss, crafts, days out and the little moments of family life.

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