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This little blog is all about me and my life as a mummy of 2. I started to write it while on maternity leave, in need of a little more creativity in my life and so that the people I don't email or stay in contact with regularly enough can see what we are up to! Enjoy! x
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Rain be gone!

Crikey, is the rain ever going to end? It doesnt feel like it! (Its so cold in London Im still getting numb hands and feet whilst cycling into work..) I do hope it stops raining soon - I am desperate...

18 may 12

A family wedding

Last weekend we were at the wedding of my dear Cousin. It was lovely for us to spend a whole day together as a family with no other agenda (cleaning, washing, etc.)!! I have to say though, going to a...

11 may 12

London Marathon

As I do every year I am sitting watching the London Marathon in absolute awe of every single person who is taking part. They are all utterly amazing. I am also if I am honest feeling a little incy bi...

22 apr 12

Hypospadias

On March 9th, our (18 month old) little R had his hypospadias operation. Very shortly after he was born one of the midwives assisting told us she thought she had spotted that the baby may have a birt...

20 apr 12

Our Easter

Eugh, wasnt the weather grim this Easter?! That put a stop to all the rewarding gardening I was planning. But it didnt stop us enjoying the lovely long break! We took our traditional Easter visit to ...

16 apr 12

Busy busy

Wow, life has been pretty busy and my little blog has suffered - its been pretty much two months since I updated it ... bad. The biggest things weve been up to is the ho...

10 apr 12

Mothers Day

Weve had a lovely day here, very relaxing just chilling at home. I was woken with a cup of tea, some gorgeous pink roses, some pressies (I am spoilt!) and a lovely letter from big sister telling me w...

18 mar 12

Let it snow..

Like most of the country, we woke up on Sunday morning to 5-6 inches of beautiful snow. This obviously equalled much cold fun. Miss A thought it was wonderful and couldnt of had a better day - snow m...

09 feb 12

Opening up a little too much?

This week I was a little freaked out. It was bought to my attention that a very unpleasant pers on has been reading my tweets (and therefore I guess reading my blog) and doing not nice thing...

05 feb 12

Discovering Norfolk...

Way back in October the family went to Norfolk to celebrate my mums birthday. I hadnt been to Norfolk since I was much younger on holidays with my Dad, so it was really nice to go and discover it as ...

08 jan 12

Our Christmas...

So....way late I know, but heres a little snippet of our very Happy Christmas... Playing with new toy from Father Christmas... Helping open one of Daddys presents (he was really into the presents)......

06 jan 12

A low calorie alcoholic wine...wow!

I didnt think it could really be true - a decent low calorie alcoholic wine, but the clever peeps over at Stowells have managed it, and how perfect for this time of year when lets face it we are all ...

18 dec 11

Christmas Wreath Making...

Yesterday my mum and I, along with my friend Colette (meandmine)  and her Mum, went on a Christmas wreath making course at Hainault Forest. It was SOOOO much fun, and really I hope it b...

11 dec 11

The boy and his chair...

Mini R has not had a great week... Hes really poorly again, another chest/throat infection, which resulted in a night visit to A&E on Monday night because the poor little man was struggling to br...

30 nov 11

My precious girl is 6...

Wow, just over 6 years ago, after a pretty straight forward labour....on a very cold winters night.....with a beautiful full moon...we two became three. 18th November 2005. 2:04am. 7lbs 12oz. The arr...

24 nov 11

Happy Birthday my special girl...

Yesterday my beautiful girl was 6 years old....I cannot express how much I love and adore this little person! Were having lots of fun making sure she has a fantastic time turning 6. Full birthday&nbs...

19 nov 11

Halloween fun

We’ve had such a lovely half term, both Mr Y and I had time off work which doesn’t happen often so made it all the nicer. We had a few days out in town doing a little exploring and also fitting in on...

01 nov 11

Hatfield House

Ive been meaning to write about this for ages (along with a dozen things I am meaning to write about!). Towards the end of the summer, on a particularly cold summers day, we took a little d...

01 nov 11

A day to toast...

Were off to the Cotwolds today. Hopefully tonight Ill be sitting by a nice fire in a nice hotel (if ive booked well), drinking a little whiskey and toasting to a man I love and miss soooooo much........

25 oct 11

A birthday for me...

I had a little birthday recently. My wonderful family and friends made it really special for me. My mum and Step Dad came up the night before, and on my actual birthday we all had a lazy morning, fol...

21 oct 11

13 months now...

Mini R is 13 months now...and oh boy, he’s getting so big!Its been a while so Im trying to think of whats new in his life.... A week after his birthday he became a little walker, and runner, and danc...

10 oct 11

Happy Birthday Daddy...

Today it’s my Dad’s birthday. If he were with us he would of been 66...a whole year as an OAP! He’d have found that quite amusing and I am sure he would of been on some adventures with his free ...

04 oct 11

A big week finished with a half marathon!!

Last week was a pretty big week for us all.On Monday... I stepped back into the big wide world of work, Big Sister started to go to breakfast club before school and get picked up by a friend after sc...

27 sep 11

Our little visit to Westfield Stratford City...

This week I braved a visit to Westfield Stratford City. Now, Im a shopper, so I wouldnt of been able to stay away for long, but I certainly didnt plan to go 2 days after it opened.... ...that was unt...

17 sep 11

Less than a week...

Well, its less than a week until I am back into the world of being a working mummy. Its a weird feeling this week, a little bit of limbo. So soon until I go back, so little time to do much more with ...

13 sep 11

Jamming!!

Last week I made Jam...! I was determined not to let the apples and pears growing in our garden go to waste yet another year. I remembered saying this last year to the midwife doing the home visits w...

12 sep 11

E17 Art Trail

Last weekend we popped along to see some of the E17 Art Trail. Some friends who are participating in the E17 Trail were holding a back garden craft fair, and the delicious cakes on Hardyandscotts cak...

08 sep 11

Birthday festivities!!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Mini Rs first birthday... As he was born in August we attempted a garden party - I mean you think youd be safe with the weather in August right...? Wrong!!! Of cou...

05 sep 11

Mini R is 1 today....!!

My gorgeous boy is one today... What can I say? It is not possible to put into words how much I love you. Happy Birthday baby boy - mummy loves you so so much xxxxxxx my precious 1 year old on his bi...

31 aug 11

So we took a holiday...

..to Paphos in Cyprus...and very nice it was too!!! Its definitely diffe rent taking a holiday with 2 children. I mean there was no laying on the sun lounger soaking up a few rays and readin...

30 aug 11

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