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8 Months ::

Posted by vicki brown on

The lovely Miss Effie, turned 8 months old a couple of weeks ago. The same week she also cut her first tooth (finally!). I was so sure that tooth was coming months ago. We've had days of grizzliness, red cheeks and the desire to chew everything in her path off and on for ages. Of course the week it actually decided to make an appearance there was no sign it was coming at all. She now has a little...

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Wychwood Festival 2015 ::

Posted by vicki brown on

We had such a good time at Wychwood Festival this weekend, it's so nice to have a festival like this right on our doorstep. The weather was wonderful and much fun was had by all!


Despite it being a local festival we've never attended in the 7 or so years we've lived in Cheltenham until now. I wish we hadn't waited so long! We woke up on Friday morning full of excitement, only to discover heavy dark...

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Looking Forward to Wychwood::

Posted by vicki brown on

Wooohoo! Tomorrow we shall be heading down to spend the weekend at Wychwood Festival. We're so excited. I can't believe we've never been before, especially as it's right on our doorstep. We're not going to be camping, much to Milo's huge disappointment. I guess it would have been a good practice run with Effie, but really when we can just saunter back to our nice dry house and comfy beds, it just...

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Swatching a New Project ::

Posted by vicki brown on

Things have been crazy since I came back from maternity leave, it's only been 5 weeks, but it feels like a whole lot longer. Almost as soon as I started back a load of work landed in my lap. It's such a nice feeling to have people search you out and ask you to do work for them.
Of course most of what I've been working on is massively top secret, but needless to say there's been a whole lot crochet...

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Play Dough :: A Recipe ::

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When I signed up to take part in the Magic Square Playdates Challenge, hosted by BritMums and Petits Filous, it got me thinking a lot about what we usually do when Milo has friends over to play and what we could do to mix it up a bit and make it all a bit more fun.

Recently the time when Milo has friends round has become a lot more led by him and his friends, with a lot less interference from me....

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