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
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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
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Itโ€™s such a ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ to be invited to a friendโ€™s wedding. โฃ
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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
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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
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ปโฃ
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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
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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
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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
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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
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โฃ
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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
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
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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
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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
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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
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น 

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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#prgifted Isla gets her lessons partially funded in exchange for us showing you what she gets up to.
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
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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
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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
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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
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Are you ready for the early mornings and rushing around again? โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐˜† & ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ โฃ
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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. 
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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
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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
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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
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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
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๐Ÿ“ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, Peak Districtโฃ
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๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น route ~ Cave Dale, Mam Tor, Lose Hill Summit and back to Castletonโฃ
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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
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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
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ต 

๐Ÿ“ท See my stories for more of our walk & I will be sharing photos all week.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต โฃ

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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
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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
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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
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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
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ โฃ
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Simple guide to ease your pregnancy

Simple guide to ease your pregnancy

Pregnancy is a roller-coaster ride that is filled with a lot of ups and downs. You must be feeling overwhelmed with emotions, and you may be experiencing a little to a lot of discomfort. However, with some simple tips you can make this experience easy for yourself and your baby. Once you have conquered how to ease your pregnancy, you can start to have fun with your pregnancy. VIEW the POST

What to expect when you are expecting your second child

What to expect when you are expecting your second child

So, you are pregnant again with your second child. This time round you might feel slightly less overwhelmed and stressed than you did the first time you experienced being pregnant and the build up to the birth. There will be positive aspects to the second pregnancy, like having the opportunity to buy lots of different baby products from various baby shops that you might want to get, that you did not have the first-time round, or simply because you would like to get new items. VIEW the POST

Operation โ€œmove Isla into her own roomโ€ is a go go

Operation โ€œmove Isla into her own roomโ€ is a go go

You may recall many moons ago we decided to move Isla into Noah's room. Well now it's time for her to have her own room back. But what a palaver! When we moved Isla into Noah's room we quickly learnt we needed bunk beds and storage for all the toys. Her old room became Daddy's office/dressing room. So in order to get her back into her own room we had to first make room for the extra furniture we'd purchased: desk and wardrobe. It wasn't a simple room swap.VIEW the POST

Helping your toddler to bond with a new sibling

Helping your toddler to bond with a new sibling

The arrival of a new baby, a brand-new member of your family, is both exciting and daunting at the same time. When you first discovered that you were expecting another baby, you probably focused on the many benefits that having a new sibling would bring to your toddler. However, the reality of introducing a new baby to your home is often fraught with sibling rivalry and anxiety. Noah slapped Isla on the head the first time he met her! VIEW the POST

Celebrating National Siblings Day with Baby Born

Today is National Siblings Day, a time to celebrate those siblings you love. Or bicker with constantly if you are my two! It’s nice to acknowledge your siblings I think. As we have all got older, with busier and fuller lives, it’s hard to stay in touch. You grow up in each others pockets, living in the same house, doing everything together. I remember the day I went to uni. I felt completely lost. There is 10 years between me and my sister, so she was 8 when I went to university and I am pretty sure she wouldn’t have known what was going on. My little ones are 18 months apart, so I can imagine they will very much be a part of each others lives growing up. It’s days like today that make me feel grateful for family.