Merry Christmas!

Just to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Plus thank you for reading my blog!

Thank you all and Merry Christmas xxx

Silent Sunday

Five Minutes Peace

Tonight I have had a whole night to myself, this has not happened in a long time!
I have throughly enjoyed every second and even decorated my Christmas Cake!
Thank goodness for five minutes peace xxx :)

Silent Sunday

Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights

Now if you have clicked on here expecting something else then I apologise, but this book needs to be shared! :)

I received Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights for my birthday, and I havent put it down since, its full of super scrumptious recipes for each season.

Each one is a delight and for me quite refreshing as I am a reluctant meat eater and many of the recipes are vegetarian. I cannot wait to start cooking from this!

It also has excerpts from Sophies' life telling her food story and how she came to love the recipes in her book.

A perfect Christmas or birthday gift, I would highly recommend for any foodie in your life!

Nursery...

My eldest will be 3 in Feb and will be entitled like all three yr olds to 15 hours free childcare...
Bring a former nursery nurse, I think I have put myself under more pressure to find the perfect nursery, I would love to send her where I worked but its just too far.
Today we had our second visit to a nursery, the Ofsted report was Satisfactory, which left me wanting more to be honest, and its quite a small nursery, so I was worried about my daughter becoming bored.
I needn't have worried about these things, my daughter whisked her coat off and was playing and talking to everyone within seconds.
While I have been busy researching the local nurseries and preschools, it seems my daughter had already chosen her favourite!

Happy Daughter = Happy Mama xx

Roll on April xx

Missing You x

It was my birthday this week, and this is kinda what prompted this blog.
My dad died when I was a teenager and obviously I have never gotton over it, even more so when I got married and started a family.. there was nothing more that I wanted than to have my dad there.
I would give anything to see him again for just five minutes, let the girls meet this wonderful man, see their faces light up when they saw him.
I really feel this more around Christmas and special events, I wonder if he knows how much we miss him and love him.
My dad was so kind and generous, and would do anything to make his kids smile.
He was simply the best! :) 
Short and sweet today but sometimes I need to say how much I miss him.
Thank you for reading xx

Silent Sunday

Muddy fun

Nothing beats playing out with my eldest daughter, she will be three in February, and loves nothing more than getting muddy!
At the moment her favourite programme is Ben & Hollys Little Kingdom, so I had to be Gaston, and a frog!
We both ended up covered in mud but had so much fun! I think the more messy you get the more fun you've had! Although I may have to get some cheap playing out clothes haha :)

I hope there are many more messy muddy days ahead of us! :)

Baby Firsts

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Firsts!

Today has been a day of firsts for my youngest, first time she said mama, first shoes and first top tooth! A very proud mama but also wondering where the last nine months have gone!!

Here's to our first Christmas and next year her first birthday! Life is so much more exciting when it is full of first times! :)

The First One!: Worrying...

The First One!: Worrying...: I would like to confess something... It has been on my mind for a while now and I need to get it off my chest.. I am the worlds biggest w...

Worrying...

I would like to confess something... It has been on my mind for a while now and I need to get it off my chest..


I am the worlds biggest worryer... I worry about everything and nothing. My children usually sleep through each night but I am always exhauseted through lying awake each night worrying about their future.

 More recently though I have been worrying that there is too much pressure on our children these days. Mothers are always comparing what their child can do compared to everyone else, I know I do. If a child who is the same age can do something my daughter cant, then I worry...
Is she being pushed enough to learn new things, is she experaincing enough of the big wide world, has she got enough friends in her age group... what more can I do to make sure my daughter acheives everything she wants to in life...

My daughter however doesn't worry about such things.... she is 3 in February next year and at minute her main concern is what presents Santa (or HO! HO! HO!) is going to be delievering down our chimney in a few weeks or what chocolate she will have in her advent calender that morning. She lives life just as it comes every day no worries or doubts or concerns about what lies ahead. Just happily living life and loving every minute.

I really think we can learn a heck of a lot from our children, the way they just love uncondtionally, seeing through everyones faults and just loving them as they are, not willing people to change. Children are our future, and no amount of worrying will ever change the outcome of their lives, no matter how much we wish it would. I know worrying about one of my daughters (or both) having a boyfriend who rides a motorbike will not enhance my life or theirs so why do I do it..?

I cant say I will ever stop worrying but I am going to try and just live each day as it comes, not worrying about tomorrow or what everyone elses children are doing and what milestones they are hitting.

My children are bright, outgoing beautiful little individuals and no amount of worrying has made them that way!