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The Siblings Project – December 2021

by RachelSwirl December 15, 2021

It’s most definitely ‘beginning to look a lot like Christmas’, certainly so in this household! My Mum and the kids teamed together to put up and decorate our Christmas tree. For the second year in a row, I stood back and stayed away from the chaos, watching with wonder as the magic happened. The kids must have inherited my eye for symmetry as I haven’t had to rearrange or rehang a single ornament – talk about a job made easy! My husband has spent the past week or two hanging lights, lights, and more lights in an attempt to ‘keep …

The Siblings Project – April 2021

by RachelSwirl April 15, 2021

Despite the lockdown measures easing, we have stayed safe, and other than taking a couple of walks out in the woods, through the park, and such-like, we’ve spent the holidays at home. It’s been a funny few weeks weather-wise as it seems to flit from sunshine to snow without any warning. It’s been so unpredictable that we’ve been a little unsure as to what we should wear each day, it may well be spring but it’s not as warm as I’d have hoped! Despite the erratic weather, we’ve wrapped ourselves in various removable layers of clothing in order to enjoy …

The Siblings Project – January 2021

by RachelSwirl January 15, 2021

Though we’ve had the odd flurry of the white stuff, in comparison to many other places around the UK we’ve not seen all that much snow as of yet this year. Earlier this week, the kids wrapped up warm for a winter’s walk, and despite scaring their Dad silly by slipping on the ice, both J & E rather enjoyed their escape from our ‘four wall fortress’. Though I’d love to see some more snow this year, I’m well aware that the moment it does ‘dump it down’ that the kids will want to be out with their sledges and …