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#LittleLoves – August 2023

by RachelSwirl August 25, 2023

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…

Things that I have #LikedandLoved in August 2022

by RachelSwirl August 31, 2022

So here we are, it’s the final day of what was a pretty awesome August. Time certainly flies when you are having fun thus why the summer holidays seem to have passed by in the blink of an eye and here we are with autumn just around the corner. So without any further waffle, here are a few of the many things that I have #LikedandLoved throughout the past thirty-one days. Alton Towers We started our summer holidays with a trip to Derby where we spent time with family and two days enjoying the rides and various activities at the…

#LittleLoves – August 2022

by RachelSwirl August 26, 2022

So here we are, it’s the final Friday in August already – the summer holidays have sure flown by fast! I for one am still clinging to the final days that August has to offer as I don’t feel quite ready to switch the alarm back on and return to the regular routine just yet… So without any further waffle, here are a few of my #LittleLoves from the past month. Read Having watched and very much enjoyed the first series of Heartstopper on Netflix, I then ordered the books online for my son J to read. Upon arrival, I…

#LivingArrows – Happy Harry Potter Birthday To My Princess 34/52 (2022)

by RachelSwirl August 22, 2022

Today marks the ninth birthday of our very happy little Harry Potter fan; thus we’ve spent the entire weekend celebrating in order to mark the occasion. Firstly, E had her friends over for a Harry Potter-themed party where they played in the hot tub, watched Harry Potter & The Philosophers Stone whilst guzzling a buffet (and a cake that took me a fair few hours to bake and decorate) big enough to feed the five thousand, which they then followed by an hour or so of karaoke and playing in the garden. E awoke to find the living room covered…