My Favourite Blogs

I try to read and support my fellow bloggers as much as I can, but inevitably life catches up with you and sometimes I don’t get to read as much as I like. I have had my firm favourites for years, but I am always discovering new ones too. Here are just some of my favourite blogs, I couldn’t possibly list them all!

1. Dear Beautiful

2. Coffee Work Sleep Repeat

3. Not Another Mummy Blog

4. Lets Talk Mommy

5. Tiger Lilly Quinn

6. Wild and Grizzly

7. More than Toast

8. Along Came Cherry

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8. Capture by Lucy

9. Life at The Little Wood

10. Potty Mouthed Mummy

11. The Ordinary Lovely

12. Cool Bananas

13. Write Like No One’s Watching

14. The Breton Mama

15. Real Housewife of Suffolk County

16. Oh Little One Sweet

17. What the Red Head Said

18. Bump to Baby

19. Goblin Child

20. Oh So Amelia

21. Mrs Meldrum

22. Running in Lavender

23. You Baby Me Mummy

24. Hurrah for Gin

25. Ginger Lilly Tea

26. Space for the Butterflies

27. Clarina’s Contemplations

28. Innocent Charms Chats

29. Project Wanderlust

30. Little Jam Pot Life

31. Mummy of Boy Girl Twins

I also have an obsession for watching YouTube. (subscribe to my channel here!) Some of the channels I enjoy watching are Channel Mum, My Two Mums, Katie and Baby, Liza Prideaux, Hollybobbs, Emily Norris, Natasha Bailie, Don’t call me Step Mummy and Kate Sutton.

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Today I drove a 6 hour round trip (well it will be

Today I drove a 6 hour round trip (well it will be once we drive home, we haven’t left yet), up to Shropshire to see our wonderful Nana. It’s been a really tough few months, my Grandpa passed away, we couldn’t say goodbye to him, go to his funeral, and no one could comfort my Nana in her time of sadness. But today we finally got to see her. We only got to see her in the garden of her care home, in masks, for half an hour as that is all they allowed. We weren’t allowed to go close to her, to hug her, or hold her hand. But it was worth the 30 minutes we spent with her. It was hard to say goodbye but so special. We also got to see my Grandpa’s memorial stone in the care home garden, my Nana painted it alongside the lovely staff there.
We then went up to a place called ‘The Cliffe’ and also to see a place called the Highway Man’s cave, where we both spent so much of our childhood with my grandparents. We used to walk there for hours when I was little and my grandpa used to hide ‘treasure’ in the rocks for us to find. I felt like it could have been yesterday. We walked for ages, and I said to my sister ‘wouldn’t it be amazing if we saw a robin (cause I have a bit of a thing about robins), and I’m not even joking less than a minute later one randomly landed on the path in front of us, and then sat on a bush watching us. We got so close to it and took photos. It’s probably one of the most surreal things that I’ve ever experienced. I don’t know if I deep down believe in stuff like that, but we both found it very comforting.
It’s been a very emotional but special day. 🤍

Hope you’ve all had a nice weekend. Ours hasn’

Hope you’ve all had a nice weekend. Ours hasn’t been particularly exciting, but has been nice all the same. We spent yesterday at home doing house jobs, and the usual cleaning and tidying, and everyone was pretty good and relaxed. Then today Jon went out on a bike ride in the morning, I met my mum for a quick drink outside at the garden centre, then we have spent the afternoon in the garden with friends. Now they’ve gone home and we are just putting the kids to bed, before both Jon and I have a bit of work to do this evening. I want to try and get to bed at a sensible time as the book I’m reading is getting good- it’s non stop fun here. 😉Has anyone done anything nice? 💕 *not an accurate photo of what our kitchen currently looks like, this was yesterday after I tidied. 😆

A very hot day here, it reached 34 degrees at one

A very hot day here, it reached 34 degrees at one point. 🤍 I wish I could be out here every day I love paddleboarding so much. My sister took a half day off work this afternoon and met us at the river. The kids played for ages, before Jon took them home, and my sister and I paddled all the way back to near our house. It was so peaceful (bar a wasp incident 😆) and we stopped a few times just to sit in the sun. Hope you all have a good weekend, does anyone have any nice plans? We have none but I’m hoping the sun sticks around.

AD I cannot believe in September I will have three

AD I cannot believe in September I will have three children at school. It really is the end of an era and while I know that we will all get used to our new routine, at the moment I do feel a bit emotional at the thought of our pre school days being completely over. On the other hand though, I have two very excited girls (and a slightly unsure but bemused Wren) who can’t wait to get back to school. The girls love school and they are so excited about their brother joining them, although at first it won’t quite be the same as I don’t think they will be able to see or play with each other during the school day.
We have worked with @clarksshoes a couple of times over the years, but this year their back to school shoes process can also be completely done online – to give you the option if you’d rather not head into store as normal. (check out my stories for more details). I always remember going with my Grandma to get my school shoes from Clarks.
Clarks also have a great initiative where you can donate your children’s old shoes that no longer fit back to ShoeShare- Clark’s donation programme with UNICEF. We will be doing this – you can learn about it on their website or in store.
PS do you like my drawings? 😆 I had good fun doodling on these pictures, I found it quite therapeutic. #clarksbacktoschool

Yesterday afternoon randomly we decided to pack up

Yesterday afternoon randomly we decided to pack up the car and head to the beach. We chucked a mini picnic, the dogs stuff, and the kids pyjamas and tooth brushes into the boot and away we went.
We didn’t arrive till about 4ish and by that point most people seemed to be leaving. We started off having an ice cream in Southwold which was busier (but not to the point it was too busy at all) and where you can’t take dogs on the beach, so after a google we found out about a place called Covehithe beach. We had to park quite far away and walk which to be honest was part of the fun, and when we got there it was worth it. It was secluded and gorgeous, and bar one other family ages away, we were the only people on the whole beach.
I wanted a nice photo of the kids, but after splashing in the water for a few minutes, they decided to take their clothes off and properly swim (we hadn’t bought swimming costumes and towels 😆). They had the most fun ever and I’ve not seen such happy laughs and smiles on their faces for a while. The dog was also going crazy in the water, and it was one of those simple afternoons I think they’ll remember for a long time, I know I will. We then walked back to the car in soaking wet, sandy clothes and bare feet, and had our picnic on a random patch of grass near where we’d parked. We were totally unprepared to clean their feet and sandy bodies but that was kind of what made it more funny.
We put their pyjamas on, stopped at another beach for what we hoped was a bit of a sunset, then headed home. We didn’t get back till about 11 but we just popped them straight into bed.
One of the best days we’ve had in so long. 🤍

Rolo is still pretty furious that we no longer loo

Rolo is still pretty furious that we no longer look alike now we don’t have identical hair colour, I think he liked the fact we had the whole ‘owners who look like their dogs’ thing down. He wouldn’t even look at the camera, but he’s not the type to hold a grudge. 😆
Hope you are all ok. We’ve not got many plans for today, I’ve got work to do this morning, and then this afternoon if the weather turns nice like it’s promising we might take the kids on a little adventure somewhere (this is another name for a slightly more exciting walk than usual- it’s how we sell it to them 😆🙄😆). Hope you have a good day.

As much as I wish the sun would make an appearance

As much as I wish the sun would make an appearance again (what has happened to summer?), I do love a rainy, gloomy night when it feels so dark out. I’m not normally in bed much before 11pm (out of interest what time do you go to bed usually?) I have no idea if that’s late or not when you are just sat at home doing feck all. 😆 I just appreciate an evening so much since having kids.
I’m contemplating going to bed earlier tonight to read my book. It’s looking so cosy in here. I’m currently reading ‘That Day You Left’ by Dorothy Koomson. I’m enjoying it but I’ve been reading it a few weeks now and I just want to get it finished. Does anyone have any good book suggestions they’ve read recently? I need some new ones to add to my list. Hope you all have a nice evening. 🤍

Kids are in bed and I’ve got new pjs on (which I

Kids are in bed and I’ve got new pjs on (which I’m a little bit too pleased about as they’ve got oranges on them and what more could you want on your pyjama bottoms to be fair? 😆🍊🍊). I’ve got a Diet Coke and some chocolate by my side (plus a hairy dog who seems to have forgotten the no dogs on the sofa rule long ago, but he’s being very affectionate), and Jon and I are going to start watching something new this evening. Has anyone got any suggestions? What are you watching at the moment? Call me sad, but tonight there’s nothing else I’d rather be doing with my Saturday night. 👍🏻 Hope you have a good one, what are you up to?

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