Blog — family life

Project Wild Thing ::

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As Camp Bestival gets closer, we're getting pretty excited by the prospect of attending this year.  As a result we've been keeping a fierce eye on their news page.  On Friday they announced Project Wild Thingwould be joining them for the weekend, creating an area for kids to really get back into the wild, activities will include building fires, tree climbing, identifying plants and animals and...

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Finding Inspiration :: Rainy Day Crafting ::

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The weather has not yet improved and doesn't look much like it will, not during half term anyway.  So I've been scouring pinterest in the hope of some rainy day entertainment for the little one.  Of course I was not disappointed!  I cannot wait to get started on some of these lovely ideas.

Click the little pictures at the bottom to see the original source of the images above, or click the big...

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This Week ::

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A round up of some of my favourite moments from my Instagram this week ::



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Finding Inspiration :: A Room for Milo ::

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As I'm pregnant and all, I sensibly decided now would be a good time to give our whole house a bit of a overhaul, because you know heavy lifting and painting are two things you should definitely make sure you're incorporating into a safe pregnancy!

Milo's room is first up, I'm moving him completely, due to some damp issues in his current room. On emptying, what was the spare room, of all it's...

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23 Weeks ::

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The baby now weighs as much as a mango, according to my baby centre app.
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about baby size as fruit comparison, for a start I'm no fruit weight expert, but a mango really can vary quite substantially in terms of size.
All is fairly well with the baby as far as I'm aware, you really do get a lot less care with your second pregnancy. She's moving lots, still mostly...

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