A bit late to the party, but happy ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† to all the wonderful Mums I know. Mums of humans & Mums of furbabiesโ€ฆโฃ
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๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† is so important. It gets you through the tough times, brings the happy times and makes you feel safe.โฃ
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We are all still struggling after losing both of our furbabiesโ€ฆ but ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ & weโ€™re doing it ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.โฃ
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This photo makes me smile. The last time we went to the beach together, to give Snoopy some sea air through his ears.โฃ
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๐— ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†. My memories. I am so ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ to have this lot & have my sacred memories of the furbabies.โฃ
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๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ?โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ Motherโ€™s Day

#family #mothersday #mothersday2023 #motheringsunday #uktradition #mums #mumma #mothers #familytime #familyfirst #beachday #beachvibes #winterbeachdays #wellsnextthesea #norfolk #visitnorfolk #furbabies #dogslife #puppys #doggies #loveislove #memories #reminiscing #missmydogs #grievingdogs #grievingprocess
Quornยฎ๏ธ challenged me to make a quick, delicious & meat free meal. ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ are perfect for lunchtimes whilst working from home. They are also perfect for family lunchtimes on a Saturday as we have little time after clubs.โฃ
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I used some ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ to make a quick and tasty meal (since recording this I now use the ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ which is even quicker than the conventional oven).โฃ
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Being vegetarian is definitely made easier with Quorn products. They are tasty, usually quick to cook & versatile. Isla & Noah love these nuggets too, they prefer them to meat. A family bag of Crispy Nuggets lasts a long time, so they are ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ.โฃ
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My lunch is a Quorn Crispy Nugget roll. So easyโ€ฆ so tasty & perfect for a quick family meal too.โฃ
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Quorn have an ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ on their website now: Quorn Crispy Nuggets take ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ to cook ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป I will put the link to the guide in my stories. โฃ
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What do you cook for a quick lunchtime treat? โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ตโฃ
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โฃ#crispynuggets #familymeals #crispynuggetmeal #quickmeals #quicklunch #quickmeal #vegetarianrecipes #vegetarian #easyrecipe #airfryerquorn #cheap #quick #easy #favouritemeals #meatfreemeals #quornrecipes #quornnuggets #healthylifestyle #healthyfood 
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Music: Back to 1987โฃ
Musician: EnjoyMusicโฃ
Site: https://enjoymusic.aiโฃ
Happy International Womenโ€™s Dayโ€ฆ Iโ€™m lucky enough to have grown up with independent & strong women all around me. Itโ€™s where I get my resilience & determination from.

Itโ€™s something that I want to ensure Isla has too: to be resilient is to have patience and strength. To keep a smile, even if deep down itโ€™s painful. Determination is to have focus and passion. To keep going even if the end is not quite in sight.

I can see a lot of this in her alreadyโ€ฆ she is far more confident than I ever was at 10 and she knows her own mind. Which I love.

Now I need to make sure she has self confidence, self awareness and self love. So she can endure all that life throws at her and she can listen to her body & mind to guide her. 

I love that Iโ€™m still learning things about myself on this motherhood journey: some of those things Iโ€™m learning from Isla.

Iโ€™m very proud of my baby girl ๐Ÿฅฐ

#mummyphotoaday ~ listen 

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Get cleaning the air fryer with meโ€ฆ ๐Ÿงผ A slightly different post from me tonight: a handy little tip for cleaning your air fryer.โฃ
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Thereโ€™s something about a cleaning tip that makes cleaning that bit ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. We use the air fryer everyday, we love it. Keeping it clean is important.โฃ
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So: โฃ
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โ–ช๏ธ add ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ to the traysโฃ
โ–ช๏ธ add water to ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ the plates inside the trayโฃ
โ–ช๏ธ air fry for ๐Ÿฏ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€โฃ
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If youโ€™ve only been cooking vegetables and things like that then this is ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต to clean the trays. Simply rinse and dry. โฃ
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If youโ€™ve cooked meats or food that sticks to the trays, like cheese, then give it a good wash afterwards. The air frying will have helped to release those foods!โฃ
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๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜?โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ differentโฃ
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#deepcleaning #kitchencleaning #airfryerhack #airfryer #ninja #cleanwithme #cleaningmotivation #mykitchen #satisfyingcleaning #mondaymotivation #cleaningreels #cleaninghacks #cleanairfryerhacks #airfryercooking #airfryerlovers #ninjaairfryer #very #cleaningtips
If you saw my stories yesterday you will have seen I finally got around to building my ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—š๐—ข ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฑ. It was a birthday present & Iโ€™ve been saving it for a quiet weekend.โฃ
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I just love it. Itโ€™ll be the only flower I canโ€™t actually kill. I either water them too much or not enoughโ€ฆ it makes me quite sad. I have a wisteria not doing so great at the moment, so I need tips!!โฃ
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Fun fact: 2 of the 4 plants you can see in this photo are real. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐Ÿธ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ? And I gave you a rather big clue in my first paragraph ๐Ÿคฃโฃ
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๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ? Yesterday I spent 90 minutes building my Orchid whilst watching enchanted on Disney+โ€ฆ it was nice as Isla hadnโ€™t seen it before. We had a lovely snuggly Sunday. โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒโฃ
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#roalddahl #beachvibes #legoorchid #legoflowers #lego #legoproject #indoorplants #officeinspo #plantsinspo #indoorplantsdecor #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantsplantsplants #selfcare #mindfulness #wellbeing #happybirthdaytome #homedecor
Isla is so close to her level 6 certificate. Sheโ€™s been coming on in leaps and bounds over the last few weeksโ€ฆ her confidence is definitely improving with her @gymfinitykids classes.

Today was awards week for Islaโ€™s class, and I love they they dish out โ€œpart wayโ€ certificates to those who havenโ€™t quite levelled up yet. Everyone gets a certificate. Itโ€™s so lovely.

With my discount code they waive the joining fee, which is ยฃ30, so donโ€™t forget to use it when signing up your child to @gymfinitykidsโ€ฆ

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Have you ever tried gymnastics or Ninja Knights? ๐Ÿคธโ€โ™€๏ธ

#mummyphotoaday ~ close

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Silent Sunday photography challenge: 20 September 2020 #SilentSunday

Silent Sunday photography challenge: 20 September 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 20 September 2020. We have had an odd week, it should have been the kids first full week back at school and Isla fell sick. So, she had 2 days at home. Thankfully by the end of the week, everyone was OK. We made the most of our day together yesterday and went out on the river; Daddy and Isla on the Paddleboard, Noah in a kayak and Mummy in a kayak. It was good fun. VIEW the POST

Silent Sunday photography link up: 13 September 2020 #SilentSunday

Silent Sunday photography link up: 13 September 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 13 September 2020. I had a little break from this over the past couple of weeks but we are back, just as the kids have gone back to school. How has everyone found the transition? This photo is from last Sunday when we took a visit to Norfolk to celebrate the end of the Summer Holidays. We had a lovely day. VIEW the POST

Silent Sunday photography link up: 23 August 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 23 August 2020. This week the grown ups have been back to work, albeit at home still, and the children have been at Summer Camp – dance and sports all week. They have loved it. We usually use around 4-5 weeks of camps at Summer but this year only had the option to use 2 weeks (due to COVID-19). The next 2 weeks we have to juggle kids and work, like homeschooling without the homeschooling. Wish us luck.

16 August 2020 #SilentSunday

16 August 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 16 August 2020. We have had a lovely week off together as a family; we explored around the Peak District and had some well earned chill time at the end of the week too. Ready to tackle the last few weeks of the Summer Holidays and then a new normal with Back to School. It's been nice to wind down. VIEW the POST

9 August 2020 #SilentSunday

9 August 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 9 August 2020. This photo is from our impromptu trip to Cambridge yesterday, we went out for a meal to celebrate Daddy's birthday (this coming Tuesday) and it was so nice. We splashed in the new stream area at Sheep's Green. Its the perfect place to spend a silent Sunday. VIEW the POST

2 August 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 2 August 2020. We have enjoyed the first week of the Summer Holidays as the kiddies went to Summer camp. It wasn’t the same, as there was a lot of measures in place for keeping distance and ensuring the kids are well. However, the kiddies still had fun. We also had a fun beach trip to kick off the Summer and it was nice to feel the breeze and the sand between our toes.

26 July 2020 #SilentSunday

26 July 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 26 July 2020. We are officially into the Summer Holidays. Woohoo. To celebrate we went to the beach and let our hair down. This photo was us leaping into the holiday break, in style! What are you doing for the Summer? I would love to know in the comments below. VIEW the POST

19 July 2020 #SilentSunday

19 July 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 19 July 2020. I am truly sorry that I missed last weekend, as some of you may have seen I spent the night in hospital with Noah and therefore didn't have time or any signal in order to make the post. Serves me right for not scheduling it up. This photo is from one of our dog walks this week, thankfully Noah's pains cleared up quite quickly. VIEW the POST

5 July 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 5 July 2020. We have had a nice few weeks. Not much has changed for us, we are still distancing and still only really socialising with our household. We have seen a couple of people, grandparents and a coupe of friends, distanced, but other than that we are just us. We had a nice trip to the beach, it was pretty empty and the fresh air was perfect. What have you been doing?

28 June 2020 #SilentSunday

28 June 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 28 June 2020. The last Sunday of June 2020, another month done in lockdown! This week we have had another lockdown birthday in the family and the kiddies have had 2 trips to the beach. Once on the hot day and once on the rainy day. I love their sense of adventure. VIEW the POST

21 June 2020 #SilentSunday

21 June 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 21 June 2020. Have you enjoyed the thunderstorms this week? We managed to get out and about in amongst the rainclouds. There has been some extremes in weather this week, the garden is certainly happy about it. Lots of beautiful colours popping up! VIEW the POST

7 June 2020 #SilentSunday

7 June 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 7 June 2020. We haven't changed much in our lockdown routine, we haven't driven to far away places (much as we would love to) and we haven't gone for days out anywhere. We are still at home, enjoying the garden and walks that are nearby. I am still a bit anxious to go in a place where there will be a large amount of people. This week we have been for a walk with Nanny & Grandad and my Mumma came over to help me with the roses in the garden. Which has been just lovely. What have you been up to? VIEW the POST

31 May 2020 #SilentSunday

31 May 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 31 May 2020. We have made it through May during lockdown. Another month in these very unusual circumstances. I am hopeful that by the end of July that things will start to be a little more normal. It would be nice to let the children hug their grandparents again. What do you think? VIEW the POST

24 May 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 24 May 2020. What a tropical weekend it has been so far? We went for a walk yesterday morning and it was definitely a 4 Seasons in one Day kind of day! (Yes, I love Crowded House). We haven’t really managed to spend a lot of time on our new furniture yet due to the high winds. Hoping to have a nice photo for you next weekend. This one was from our walk.

17 May 2020 #SilentSunday

17 May 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 17 May 2020. This photo was from our dog walk yesterday. Daddy went on the kayak and met us at the rivers edge for a picnic, then we walked alongside the river back home. Daddy is super fast in the kayak, the kiddies had to run to keep up! I just love this photo, the sky looks pretty and the colours of nature look fantastic too. VIEW the POST

10 May 2020 #SilentSunday

10 May 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 10 May 2020. Today is Isla's 8th birthday and we have a special lockdown party surprise for her. We took this photo on VE Day and I love it, our most recent family photo. I feel so bad that we can't have a family BBQ like we normally do for Isla's birthday but I am sure we can do this later in the Summer. Happy Sunday everyone! VIEW the POST

3 May 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 3 May 2020. I loved this photo, on our nature walk, they told me that this tree was a Birch as it had the white bark. Something they’ve learnt from Minecraft. They have learnt a lot from that game. It’s nice seeing things coming to light. Also, it’s exactly 1 week until little Isla’s birthday, I am prepping for a lockdown birthday. Any ideas are welcome…

26 April 2020 #SilentSunday

26 April 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 26 April 2020. It has been a glorious week of weather. I have been truly grateful for the opportunity to get out in the garden with the kiddies. We have had a relaxed school week this week, namely because Noah had finished all his core work by Wednesday! So we went on nature hikes, watching nature documentaries and played for hours in the padding pool. What about you? VIEW the POST

19 April 2020 #SilentSunday

19 April 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 19 April 2020; the week has flown past. Has it for you? We have been on our first family bike ride for 2020, baked lots of yummy treats and had an afternoon tea at home. My favourite activity has been when we pretended the house was a restaurant. The kids loved it. This photo was from our bike ride. VIEW the POST

5 April 2020 #SilentSunday

5 April 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 5 April 2020. How is everyone getting on in lockdown? I would love to know your cool ideas for entertaining the children, or yourselves of course! This photo was on Friday when I took Rambo out for his birthday walk, my baby is 13. I can't believe it. VIEW the POST

29 March 2020 #SilentSunday

29 March 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 29 March 2020. Today, would have been my late Grandads 97th birthday and it's also my grandparents wedding anniversary. Today is a sad day, but also a happy one full of memories and I love thinking back to how today would have been a big celebration as a family. We would all be huddled around Grandma's dining table with Grandad at the helm. VIEW the POST

15 March 2020 #SilentSunday

15 March 2020 #SilentSunday

Thanks for coming to #SilentSunday on 15 March 2020. I have been totally consumed by BBC News this week. Half of me is worrying so much I can't think about anything else, the other half of me is trying to carry on as normal. But just cleaning and washing my hands a whole lot more than normal. This photo is of a surprise party we arranged for my Mums birthday, it was successful and she was pleasantly surprised! VIEW the POST