Easter Sunday this year was certainly a different experience for us than ever before – as it would have been for most families around the world. We are in our third week of lockdown due to the global pandemic, currently with no signs of it lifting. After being stuck in the house for 27 days
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Chatty Update – making more videos, renovating our spare room and the Pusheen x Artbox Cafe Brighton
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Violet – Our perfect little flower girl
It’s summertime so that also means wedding season is in full swing for us. This year we’ve been lucky enough to be invited to see some of our closest friends get married, so we’ve been busy planning dresses, outfits, gifts and more! Even as guests, I always find a wedding takes quite a bit of
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An evening learning a skill that could save a life – our Daisy First Aid course
A few months ago we had quite a serious choking incident with Pearl. She was sitting happily eating bread in her highchair, around 7 months old. She was loving trying foods and would always put way too much into her mouth, taking another bite before finishing the first. Taking another big bite, all of a
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On Becoming a Full time Blogger
I write this post with much excitement and with a little apprehension too. This week I a huge but daunting decision not to return to work when my maternity leave runs out in July but to take a ‘career break’ for the following year to continue being at home with the girls and pursuing my
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Let’s talk about……. Cervical Screening | AD
You know me, I like to be open and honest on my blog and social media, so today I want to talk about a subject which may come across as a bit embarrassing, maybe a little TMI, but let’s talk about it anyway. Cervical screenings are at a 20-year low. 2 women die every day
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Tackling my Mum-body hangups and finding my best ever fit! | AD
Making peace with my new Mum body has been such a difficult thing to do. Not only does my body look and feel completely different to how I was before – until recently I have had a total disconnect with it too. It feels like for the past 3 years, my body has centred around
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Brighton Days Out
The gift of a stress-free Mothers Day
*Collaborative Post For us, being a two-Mum family Mothers Day is a big deal. It’s our day to give each other a massive high-five we’ve survived another year of being parents and kept not one but TWO small people alive. That deserves a celebration, right? Since Pearl was born, we also haven’t had any time
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Review: House on Cold Hill at Theatre Royal Brighton
*I received complimentary tickets in return of this honest review This week I had a rare night out in Brighton! I realised at the very beginning of the year that I hardly ever do anything away from home and the children in the evening, so my New Years Resolution this year was to get out
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Brighton Days Out
4 South-East Day Trips by Train
Violet has a new obsession! I’m sure it’s similar to any two year old, but it’s with trains. She absolutely loves building her train set, whizzing the train down over the bridge saying ‘choo choo!’ and ‘Weeee!’. She’s only been on a train a handful of times in her life and I think she’d probably
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A Valentines Day Treat with Mr Kipling (+ win a hamper of cakes!) #MrKiplingLoveSeason
*Post written in paid partnership with Mr Kipling When you are a Mum, cake is currency. There is not one soft play meet, play date or coffee and catch up where cake isn’t mentioned, and you know what? I am totally okay with that – cake makes any day so much brighter! It’s also fair
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A Chilly Day at Pooh Corner
Not being ones to let the cold weather get in the way, last week we embarked on a family day out to the hundred acre wood where the original Winnie-The-Pooh collection of stories were based. Located in Hartfield, Sussex our first stop was ‘Pooh Corner’ a quaint tearoom filled with ‘Pooh-phernalia’ (haha) which served the