This post will be short and sweet – Christmas 2018 has probably been my favourite to date.  It’s been slow paced; full of food, laughs and family fun. I have loved it. Life has been so busy this year so the time off work and school has been so precious. I didn’t take many photos this year, I made a real conscious effort to be in the moment with the family, the few I did get I love! We made the most of this mild dry weather and headed for some scoots and bike rides when we weren’t busy with…

I officially have an 8 year old daughter! That sentence is quite scary to type out loud it makes me feel ever so old. In fact I have a 8 year and 2 week year old because I am ridiculously late in writing this post, I didn’t want it to pass by completely unmentioned though. The truth is this time of year is so busy getting online at the moment seems impossible. But alas here I am tapping away during my lunch break to talk about my big girls special day! It was a great day for us all; for…

Lottie is officially full time at school! When they’re little babies you never picture the day they’ll in in school uniform and off growing in independence day by day but it comes around all to quickly. I now have three school girls – it’s so scary! Lottie’s transition from Nursery to school wasn’t quite as easy for me as my older daughters; unlike them Lottie wasn’t all that keen to start school. She is the baby of the family and of corse she knows exactly how to pull on her mumma’s heart strings. Buying the uniform and meeting her teachers…

As the glorious weather continues to shine down on sunny Bournemouth the girls and I have been making the most our weekends together and getting outside! We headed over to Sopley Farm for our annual berry pick and this year we were happy to see we had made it just in time to find a ton of deliciously juicy strawberries ready to pick. Last year we went at the completely wrong time and all the strawberries were a rather disappointing shade of green! The girls grabbed their baskets (one each of corse they couldn’t possibly share) and we set about filling…

It’ll come as no surprise to you for me to say the girls and I love getting outside. If you have followed this blog for a long time you will have followed a lot of our outdoorsy adventures but one thing I am really slacking in is outdoor play at home. Since going back to work I have realised what a blessing the back garden can be, it gives the girls the chance for some fresh air after a long day at school an it also gives me chance to get some chores done without them being under my feet.…