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โ˜•๏ธ Iโ€™m ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€, what is your go to drink now the weather is turning: coffee, tea or a hot chocolate? Which one would you have with a slice of cake and a good book?โฃ โฃ Any one else have different drinks for different reasons? ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ is my morning go to. ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ is my special treat when weโ€™re out. ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ warms me up after a chilly Autumnal walk.โฃ โฃ Iโ€™m very excited that tomorrow is October. One of my favourite months, I love the transition to ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, crunchy leaves and cosy nights under a blanket. โฃ โฃ Thank you to everyone that joined in with #๐—บ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† this month. I really appreciate it, despite me not being in it wholeheartedly. Itโ€™s been nice seeing your photos everyday, cheered me up. โฃ โฃ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ? โฃ โฃ #mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒโฃ โฃ The ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ was previously gifted by @patisserievalerie , itโ€™s the best Autumnal cake weโ€™ve ever seen and tasted! #coffee #cake #tea #cakeandbook #autumnaldecor #autumncake #cakedesign #psl #pslcake #pumpkinspicecake #pumpkinspice #pumpkin๐ŸŽƒ #coffeeortea #bookclub #toreadlist #theupstairsfamily #sliceofcake #hibernatewithme #autumnflatlay #septemberphotochallenge #photooftheday #photoaday #endofthemonth #lastdayofseptember #septemberends #autumnishere #networkbloggers #themumedition
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๐Ÿฅ‚ We kicked off my favourite season at a lovely wedding for one my favourite people on Saturday. ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป weddings are just beautiful. Itโ€™s so nice to get dressed up and make an effort.โฃ โฃ I love this photo (taken by another of my favourite people haha), itโ€™s nice to get little ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ on special days. โฃ โฃ Itโ€™s such a ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ to be invited to a friendโ€™s wedding. โฃ โฃ Having a break away from the norm really helped. Being at home all week had been quite painful without Rocky and learning to ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ things again is going to take time.โฃ โฃ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ? โฃ โฃ #mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ปโฃ โฃ #weddingguest #weddingguestdress #billabongdress #billabongwomens #weddingoutfit #autumnweddings #autumnvibes๐Ÿ #autumnoutfit #yellowdress #autumndress #weekendoff #husbandandwife #myhusband #wifeandhusband #husbandlove #networkbloggers #themumedition
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๐ŸŒฟ Now I wouldnโ€™t be a typical Brit if I didnโ€™t mention the weatherโ€ฆ oh yes, today is the last day of ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (officially) and so in comes the cosy nights & cold sunshiny days.โฃ โฃ We had a very low key Summer this year, largely because I didnโ€™t want to leave Rocky for long periods (as we knew he was very poorly) and the weather was pretty horrible. But we had some amazing ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ and made some incredible memories.โฃ โฃ Looking back through my photos I ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ and cried a littleโ€ฆ this photo is from our rather large adventure in the Peaks. The furthest I think Iโ€™ve ever walked and it was brilliant.โฃ โฃ ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ?โฃ โฃ #mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โฃ โฃ โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ #familyfirst #familytime #familytimes #familytimeโค๏ธ #familytime๐Ÿ’• #holidays #kidsforreal #landscapephotography #memories #peakdistrict #peakdistrictnationalpark #peakdistrictphotography #peakdistrictwalks #summerholidays #summermemories #summermemoriesโ˜€๏ธ #summermemoriesโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒด #summermemoriesโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ”™ #summermemories๐ŸŒž #summertime #ukhikers #visitpeakdistrict #walking #watchthemgrow #yourpeakdistrict #photoaday #photooftheday
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๐Ÿ‚ The leaves are starting to scatterโ€ฆ it can only mean one thing: Autumn is on the way! I handed my assignment inโ€ฆ now the waiting of whether I passed or not. It was my final one and so itโ€™s worth 50% of the year. As you can imagine itโ€™s pretty nerve wracking. A degree apprenticeship is harder than it looked. Not only do you study the academic aspects of a degree, you also do the apprenticeship side of things. Both have learning and assignments. Thatโ€™s 8 a year! On top of working full time and being a parent, oh and a blogger. Yes, itโ€™s been a hard few years. But if we can all just cross fingers that Iโ€™ve got more than 40% on this last assignment - Iโ€™ll be so happy! ๐Ÿคฃ Now itโ€™s done I can start looking forward to Autumn. Itโ€™s my favourite season and makes me so happy. Iโ€™ve got lots of exciting things to share with you over the next few weeksโ€ฆ an Autumnal themed competition for one! What do you love about Autumn? ๐Ÿ‚ #mummyphotoaday ~ leaves #autumn #autumniscoming #autumnal #autumnsun #reflection #uni #studymotivation #university #openuniversity #cmda #degreeapprenticeship #challenging #photoaday #photooftheday #themumedition #networkbloggers #photochallenge2023 #makethemostoflife
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โœ๏ธ What a weekโ€ฆThese 2 threw themselves back into ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น without any issues and completely smashed it! Isla has joined her big brother again as she started secondary school. She is still a bit nervous, it must be daunting having so many people in the year and itโ€™s such a big school. Noah seems to have seamlessly transitioned into year 8.โฃ โฃ Theyโ€™ve been told they can leave their blazers at home, due to the ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, but theyโ€™ve both worn them all day. ๐Ÿฅต I donโ€™t know how theyโ€™ve done it.โฃ โฃ I thought it would be ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ already, not sweaty weather! Clearly chose the wrong photo prompt for mummyphotoaday! โฃ โฃ On another note Iโ€™ve been head down studying for my very final assignment for ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ. Deadline is Tuesday, so forgive me if you do not hear from me for a few days. I am so excited to finish, it will be one of my biggest achievements. โฃ โฃ How has your transition back to school/work or uni life been this week? โฃ โฃ #mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ #adorable #babyboy #babygirl #backtoschool #backtoschool2023 #children #daughterlove #sonlove #education #firstdayofschool #littleexplorer #momlife #momsofinstagram #motherhood #motherhoodunplugged #mumlife #mumstheword #parenting #parentinglife #parentingmemes #parents #proudmumma #school #secondaryschool #networkbloggers #themumedition
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๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ Come and see a ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ of a gymnast by Isla! She wanted to show you the kinds of things they get up to in class and hopefully inspire some new, budding, gymnasts.โฃ โฃ ๐—š๐˜†๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† is a brilliant club for children to learn a new skill. Not only has Isla been learning gymnastics but also confidence. She is a different girl to what started a few years ago, she loves going to class and absolutely loves the girls in her group.โฃ โฃ Iโ€™m hoping Isla has got her level 6, which she is currently working towards. ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ week are every quarter where we get to see how close Isla is to the next level up. The girls love working towards the star of the week each class too! โฃ โฃ If youโ€™re interested in Gymfinity then please use my code ๐— ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—ฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ to get a waiver off the joining fee, which saves you ยฃ15.โฃ โฃ Let me know if you get ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ from seeing Isla, it would make her dayโ€ฆ ๐Ÿคธ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ โฃ Thank you @gymfinitykids for helping Isla with her confidence and gymnastics skills. .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ #gymfinitykids #gymfinityandbeyond #gymfinitymiltonkeynes #miltonkeynesmums #visitmk #themumedition #networkbloggers #children #committed #flexibility #flexible #fulltwist #goodtimes #gymfinity #gymnastics #gymnasticslife #gymnasticsvideos #handstand #kidsclub #miltonkeynes #supportlocal #prgifted Isla gets her lessons partially funded in exchange for us showing you what she gets up to.
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We had a chilled weekend, the last of the Summer Holidays, no plans and just us. The kids still have a few days at home this week but we wanted to start getting in a good ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: bedtime and waking up!โฃ โฃ Saturday we went for a lovely walk after stuffing our faces at the Pizza Hut all you can eat buffet. The walk around the marina is so lovely, look at that ๐˜€๐—ธ๐˜†? โฃ โฃ Sunday we spent most of the day chilling at the side of another lake, Grafham. It felt very hot with little wind, the sun was ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜. We had a mini badminton tournament & the kids bounced on the pillow. They love it there. I finally got to take Isla to see Barbie last night too: I was gutted the Barbie box had been taken down.โฃ โฃ I do love weekends like this when itโ€™s just chilled and thereโ€™s no rushing to get places. Now we have a couple of days to get back into a routine and prepare for ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† school. ๐Ÿ˜ฑ โฃ โฃ Are you ready for the early mornings and rushing around again? โฃ โฃ #mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐˜† & ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ โฃ โฃ โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ #candidchildhood #childhoodunplugged #familyadventures #familyfun #familytime #familytravel #familytravels #familytrip #getoutside #getoutsideandplay #landscapephotography #magicofchildhood #momlife #neverstopexploring #optoutside #outdoorfamilies #outdoorkids #runwildmychild #stayandwander #thegreatoutdoors #travelfamily #traveltheworld #travelwithkids #wildandfreechildren #wildernessculture #themumedition #networkbloggers
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๐Ÿฅพ We spent the day ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด around the Peaks. I just love it up there, the landscape is so beautiful. Hubby had a route on his trail app and we just went for it. โฃThis was one of my favourite photos as we walked out of the woodland, perfect for todayโ€™s photo challenge. โฃ I feel full of smiles this evening for it: not only did we smash over ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐—ธ๐—บ today, we had a lovely day together. It was nice to have chats with my babies, they seemed so grown up. Isla and I had a long conversation about how our bodies change over the years and Noah talked a lot about football with Daddy.โฃ โฃ Isla said when we got to the top of Mam Tor how she loved this walk as we had a nice ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜. It melted my heart. Sheโ€™s right. It was so nice to just chat. She asked me a million questions, it was nice to know she trusted me with the things on her mind. โฃ โฃ There was another moment where both Noah and Isla held my ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€. I didnโ€™t want that to end, itโ€™s not very often Noah does this anymore. It was another special moment.โฃ โฃ This walk is full of unstable terrain, steep inclines and absolutely ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ views. You will need the right footwear and a full camera battery! โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ“ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, Peak Districtโฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น route ~ Cave Dale, Mam Tor, Lose Hill Summit and back to Castletonโฃ โฃ ๐Ÿš— ~ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด was free along the road out of Castleton, as it forks off from Arthurโ€™s Wayโฃ โฃ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ด? โฃ โฃ #mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ต ๐Ÿ“ท See my stories for more of our walk & I will be sharing photos all week. #themumedition โฃ #countryside #derbyshire #familyhiking #familytime #getoutside #hiking #hikingaddict #hikingadventures #hikingculture #hikinglife #landscapephotography #peakdistrict #peakdistrictnationalpark #peakdistrictphotography #peakdistrictwalks #thepeaks #trek #ukcountryside #ukoutdoors #visitderbyshire #walk #walking #walkinguk #winnatspasspeakdistrict #winnatspassphotography #womenwhohike
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โ€œ๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€. ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ.โฃ โฃ What do you take from this quote? To me itโ€™s about looking beyond your fears as ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ lie underneath. After all a risk is not always a negative. โฃ โฃ Thereโ€™s a lot of plates spinning at the moment personally, work and uni. Iโ€™m trying to keep calm and focus on bite size chunks so that I can get over the line. The ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต line is in sight for uni and Iโ€™m going to put that fear to one side and try super hard to get to it.โฃ โฃ ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ-๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต? โฃ โฃ #mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ #beachday #beachlife #beachlifestyle #beachlife๐ŸŒด #beachlover #beachvibes #familyfirst #familyfun #familygoals #familyiseverything #familylife #familylove #familytime #jumpshot #momlife #motherhood #motherhoodunplugged #mummyblogger #mummydiaries #parenting #themumedition
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๐Ÿฅ‚ Last night Hubby and I had a ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ off being Mummy & Daddy. We celebrated our friendโ€™s 50th and had a blast. It was so nice to unwind with so many good friends.โฃ โฃ We got home at 3am and the soles of my feet have blisters from all the dancing. ๐Ÿ’ƒ I think that says it all! The ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† was just perfect and the playlist was one brilliant sing along track after the other.โฃ โฃ I didnโ€™t wake up until 10:45am (which is unheard of) just in time to watch the ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€. What a cracking game. Now itโ€™s a slow afternoon before the kids come home.โฃ โฃ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ? โฃ โฃ #mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ‘—Dress is Billabong. ๐Ÿ‘œPhone bag from @luellagreylondon (#prgifted) โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ .โฃ #aloha #grownups #hawaiianparty #party #partying #partylife #partyparty #partypeople #tikiparty #weekendmood #weekendvibes #weekendvibesโœŒ๏ธ #mumlife #mumnightout #mummylife #themumedition #networkbloggers #hawaiianstyle #billabong #partynight #letyourhairdown

Wednesday 16 August 2017

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Some of you may have seen, Marrying mum and dad, on CBBC today. You may have noticed that Dean and I were on it! My claim to fame. It was Dean’s cousins wedding and it was such a fun day. I love this outfit and I want to wear it every day. Check out the episode on iPlayer.

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