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A Very Barbie Birthday

by RachelSwirl August 22, 2020

It’s been an eventful day and though it began oooohhh far too early, who can blame my daughter for being a little excited? It’s not every day that you turn seven years old and my gosh, what an amazing day she has had! It truly has been a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY. E has, as always, been spoilt rotten with a tent, a sleeping bag, almost every single Frozen 2 Lego set imaginable, a Jo-Jo Siwa doll, a stash of cash, a gigantic Barbie house, Barbie clothes, Barbie shoes, a Barbie ‘box-house’, and yet more Barbie dolls… oh it’s been a …

#MySundaySnapshot – Forever Eleven 21/52 2020

by RachelSwirl May 24, 2020

Welcome to this week’s #MySundaySnapshot post, which is part of a snap-sharing-blog-linky series that you are very welcome to join. Click here for further information and guidelines upon this linky should you wish to take part. Earlier this week we celebrated a very special young man’s eleventh birthday and despite being in lockdown, J had a truly wonderful day. J began the day by being spoilt rotten with gifts galore, following which he spent time chatting to family. As we were blessed with beautiful weather, we were able to enjoy time paddling in the pool, bouncing on the trampoline, and shooting some hoops in the …

Six Wishes For My Princess On Her Sixth Birthday

by RachelSwirl August 22, 2019

Our beautiful, little Princess turned the grand age of six-years-old today. I’m not sure where exactly the time went to, but E is no longer a baby, nor a toddler, she’s now a fully-fledged all-singing, all-dancing, little diva and I couldn’t be prouder of our Princess. Over the years I’ve celebrated E’s birthday by writing letters and sharing photos on this here blog. However, I recently read a beautiful post written by Natalie from ‘Confessions of a Crummy Mummy‘ sharing her eight wishes for her daughter’s eighth birthday, and I decided I’d ‘borrow’ this idea… So without further ado, here …

So I’m Thirty-Something…

by RachelSwirl August 20, 2019

It’s official, I am closer to forty than I am thirty. I won’t lie – I’m not entirely happy about this new number, but it is just that – a number. There comes a point in life when you stop counting the numbers so much, there are even times when I have to question my age as I’ve almost forgotten how old I actually am, though my husband is usually very quick to remind me. Pick A Number – Any Number! There’s no longer any hurry to reach a particular figure (other than a size 10 which would be nice), …

Gifts For Our Soon-To-Be Six Year Old

by RachelSwirl August 16, 2019

With less than a week till our little lady turns six-years-old, I thought I’d take this opportunity to share a few of the surprises that we’ve got up our sleeves for our little Princess. Let me assure you that finding and buying gifts for the girl that’s got ‘everything’ isn’t easy – as kids get older they seem to get trickier to buy for. I prefer that kids have things to open rather than handing them a wad of cash, thus I’ve scoured the Smyths catalogue and I think I’ve just about got it in the bag for the birthday …