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. It was my husband’s birthday earlier this week and along with baking and eating a gigantic chocolate cake, we celebrated by enjoying a family day out in Maryport. We’ve been intending on taking the kids to a climbing wall for a few years now but we were never too sure whether E would be up for the action. Whilst we’d usually have plans in place well before the event, …
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Without a word of exaggeration, August 2023 has been one of the best and quite possibly the most expensive months of my life thus far. We’ve squeezed so much into the past thirty-one days or so it’s almost unthinkable but it’s been absolutely awesome. I only wish we could go back to the beginning of the month and do it all over again… Here are some of the things that we’ve #LikedandLoved this month. Florida Baby After two years of saving, spending, planning, and preparing we finally jetted off, care of TUI, to Florida for a fortnight’s holiday. We opted to …
Welcome to this month’s #LittleLoves post, which is part of a series that you are very welcome to join. August has been the most amazing, incredible, and awesome month I think we as a family have ever experienced. We flew out to Florida for a fortnight in Orlando on the 1st of August thus there’s been more than just #LittleLoves this month for all of us. I’m not even sure where to start in terms of sharing our memories as there are just so many of them and we will treasure them for a lifetime. Read Being the prepared type, I …
Our beautiful little lady turned ten years old this week. No longer is she a single-digit girl – she’s double-digits all the way! She woke to a house covered in balloons and banners and was spoilt rotten with cards and presents galore including a brand new bike ready for upcoming cycling proficiency, a beautiful flute which she will begin learning to play shortly, a range of Squishmallow plush toys, and various Harry Potter-themed bits and bobs to go in the room of requirements AKA E’s boudoir. After unwrapping her presents and opening her cards E, J, and their cousin traveled …
And just like that, I’m officially in my forties. Does it feel any different to being thirty-something? Not particularly… Did I celebrate the event? Not really… it was just another day. Most of my friends celebrated their big birthdays such as thirty or forty with weeks or even months of what appeared to be endless events; big birthday bashes, evenings out to see live concerts, meals out, cocktail parties, pamper sessions at posh salons, or even experience days at the likes of the racetrack. I wasn’t up for any of that, I haven’t been in the mood to celebrate any …