Sharing the Blog Love - Showcase 16

Thursday, October 13, 2016 Permalink
Sharing the Blog Love - Blogger Showcase

A big welcome to our 16th week of #SharingtheBlogLove and our weekly Blogger Showcase! If you're new to #SharingtheBlogLove, these are mine and Laura's favourite posts from last week's linky. We love that each week we can choose a few favourites for you all to read, comment and show a bit of extra love!   Quite Frankly She Said   I remember when I first became a mum - those first few hours in hospital, just looking down at my little baby in wonder, thinking how surreal this all was. And the surreal feeling is one that has continued on and off, so I could really relate to Sian's post, Realising that I am a 'Real Mum'. The feeling of winging it, of being a bit ...

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Hot Pink Wellingtons is One Year Old!

Tuesday, October 11, 2016 Permalink
Birthday cake

I can't quite believe it, but somewhere along the line a whole year has gone by since I started blogging! I'm so proud of what my little site has become over this year, and everything I've achieved. I wrote a reflection on 6 months of blogging, and I'm so pleased that all those things I loved at six months are still so relevant now - the community, the emotional outlet, the creative element. Rather than repeating myself here, I thought it would be nice to look back at the highlights of this year and the things I'm most proud of achieving with my blog. Instagram I find it hard to believe now, but it took me a long time to set up ...

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Living Arrows 41/52

Monday, October 10, 2016 Permalink
Conker held out on hand to toddler, toddler with big grin on his face

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth – Kahlil Gibran   We had such a wonderful time last week conker hunting (I wrote about it here), but I saved this gorgeous shot for today's Living Arrows post. I love that little grin of wonder on his face!  

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5 Happy Things #24

Friday, October 7, 2016 Permalink
Faded pink hydrangea heads tinged with green

I feel like I've been saying this all week, but hasn't this weather been just fabulous? The perfect autumn sunshine just gives that lovely warm glow to everything, but there's enough of a chill in the air to warrant digging out your favourite winter scarf again and cosy up. My 5 Happy Things is a fortnightly list of the small things that have brought me a little bit of joy - a way of being grateful for what I have, and to capture those little moments that can pass us by.   01. We've had a couple of days lately where Max has been a bit grumpy and not wanted to go out anywhere. He's been a bit unsettled with moving rooms at ...

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#SharingtheBlogLove #15

Thursday, October 6, 2016 Permalink
#SharingtheBlogLove

A big welcome to week 15 of #SharingtheBlogLove! I love running this linky with my lovely friend Laura at Dear Bear and Beany, and once again we were so pleased that so many of you joined us last week - a record week for us! I love that each week new linkers manage to find us and even better - they come back the following week too! I've said it before, but I often find it hard to start embracing autumn. But with this gorgeous sunshine I've been loving everything autumnal. We've been conker hunting, picking up leaves, and this weekend we're going to try heading to a pumpkin patch (I laugh at what a cliched blogger I've become, but I don't ...

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Sharing the Blog Love - Showcase 15

Thursday, October 6, 2016 Permalink
Sharing the Blog Love - Blogger Showcase

A big welcome to our 15th week of #SharingtheBlogLove and our weekly Blogger Showcase! I've had such lovely feedback this week from so many of you about this linky, it's made me so proud that we have such a wonderful little community of linkers! If you're new to #SharingtheBlogLove, these are mine and Laura's favourite posts from last week's linky. We love that each week we can choose a few favourites for you all to read, comment and show a bit of extra love!   Dilan and Me I think a comfortable body image is something that most women struggle with at some point in their lives. I know that throughout my teens and twenties I was never happy with how I looked. It's strange ...

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The Little Things: Conker Hunting

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 Permalink
Closeup of Max holding out conker in his hand

I think one of the things that I love most about being a parent is the chance to introduce your child to all of the wonderful things of each season and see that look of joy in their eyes as they discover them for the first time. There's no doubt that autumn has arrived, and I'm always determined to celebrate it by filling our days with autumnal adventures. We took Max conker hunting last week and it was his first time - I think it's fair to say he loved it! We had to search quite hard as we certainly weren't the first conker hunters to visit that day, but amongst the fallen leaves we found some great little treasures. Max's eyes ...

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Living Arrows 40/52

Monday, October 3, 2016 Permalink
Max standing in between two huge iron gates

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth – Kahlil Gibran   I love this shot of Max stopped still in the middle of this huge garden gate - he looks so tiny in his little yellow coat compared to the size of the gate!  

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