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We had to say a very heavy hearted goodbye to our boy, 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘆, on Friday. Less than 90 days since we said goodbye to his brother, 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗼. We are all completely heartbroken.⁣ 💔
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Snoopy was the 𝘤𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 dog I’ve ever known. Always up for a snuggle. As soon you as you sat on the sofa, he’d be there tucked up in your legs or by your chest. We’re going to miss his 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘧𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 too, he made us laugh so much over his 13 years and 9 months. ⁣🐾
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He has been the most unluckiest 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹; he suffered with ear infections from age 1. Had surgery on his ears which reduced his hearing. Then he went blind. Then he got diabetes, a liver tumour & an illness called EPI. He got through all of these things with a wag in his tail as he had us. ⁣
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This time it seems so much harder as we have now have no dogs. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘰. The house is so quiet. It feels so wrong and we all feel lost.⁣
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I hope Rambie was waiting for you and your running on 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀, through 𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 & chasing 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀 all day everyday.⁣
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We’ve lost both of our best friends & I’m not sure how we’re going to get through this… they’ve left such a big hole! ⁣
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𝗪𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀. ⁣❤️
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#mummyphotoaday ~ quiet

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Quorn®️ challenged me to make a quick, delicious & meat free meal. 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 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.⁣
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I used some 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗽𝘆 𝗡𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 to make a quick and tasty meal (since recording this I now use the 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘺𝘦𝘳 which is even quicker than the conventional oven).⁣
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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 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲.⁣
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My lunch is a Quorn Crispy Nugget roll. So easy… so tasty & perfect for a quick family meal too.⁣
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Quorn have an 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 on their website now: Quorn Crispy Nuggets take 𝟭𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 to cook 🙏🏻 I will put the link to the guide in my stories. ⁣
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What do you cook for a quick lunchtime treat? ⁣
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#mummyphotoaday ~ 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵⁣
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Music: Back to 1987⁣
Musician: EnjoyMusic⁣
Site: https://enjoymusic.ai⁣

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It’s 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆 coming up and I love any excuse to celebrate the special ladies in my life. Gift boxes are my new favourite type of gift too, the items look sweet in their nests. ⁣
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@sandandsparklesgifts sent me this lovely 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘅 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝘅 (as an early Mother’s Day treat). I love it & I’m sure any Mum would. It has certainly done the trick too: the beach theme took me back to our holiday last Summer, in Devon. Being together. It made me smile as that was the 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 we had with our pups. Swipe left to see my favourite photo from that holiday. ⁣
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Not only did it bring back wonderful memories that made me smile, the items in the gift box are all sustainable: eco-friendly and plastic free: 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴!⁣ The tea is going to be a part of my new bedtime routine too.
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If you’re looking at getting a 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 for a 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘢 these are a great gift idea. ⁣
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What do you do to celebrate Mother’s Day? ⁣
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#gifted⁣

#mummyblogger #mummylife #mothersday #mothersdaygift #mothersdaygifts #mothersdaygiftideas #giftbox #sandandsparkles #giftideas #beach #ecofriendly #sustainable #plasticfree #relax #unwind #relaxandunwind #relaxing #sleep #candle #camomile #mindfulness
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#mummyphotoaday ~ 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗸 ⁣
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Happy International Women’s Day… I’m lucky enough to have grown up with independent & strong women all around me. It’s where I get my resilience & determination from.

It’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 it’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 already… 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 I’m still learning things about myself on this motherhood journey: some of those things I’m learning from Isla.

I’m very proud of my baby girl 🥰

#mummyphotoaday ~ listen

#mummyanddaughter #daughter #listen #love #parenthood #motherhood #internationalwomensday #womensday #nationalwomensday #sunsetphotos #sunsetsilhouette #iwd2023 #iwd #strongwomen #celebratewomen #familylife #daughterlove #daughterappreciation #gratitude

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Did you know it’s 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸? 🥧 ⁣
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I love pie… sweet & savoury. Gravy & custard. Yummy. Yummy. Yummy.⁣
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This is 𝗝𝗼𝗲’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝗲 from the Joe Wicks Lean in 15, the shift plan (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘴). I’ve put a twist on it as I’ve used 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀 instead.⁣
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I love this recipe as it’s so easy and creates a delicious pie… 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 too as there’s no prep needed. Just pop in the pieces and off you go.⁣ We love @quorn_uk.
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I’ve posted some photos on my stories and a link to the recipe on the 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘵𝘰𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 website if you want to try it. ⁣
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What’s your favourite kind of pie? 🥧⁣
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#mummyphotoaday ~ 𝗽𝗶𝗲⁣
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#nationalpieweek #joewicks #leanin15 #pieweek #pie #joeschickenpie #quornrecipes #quornuk #easyquornrecipes #easymeals #easycooking #pies #vegetarianfood #vegetarianpie #easyfamilymeals #easycooking #easyprepmeals #easypierecipe #foodphotography #dinnertime #familymeals

The Quorn Chicken Pieces were #gifted.

Recipe is @thebodycoach Joe’s Chicken Pie

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Get cleaning the air fryer with me… 🧼 A slightly different post from me tonight: a handy little tip for cleaning your air fryer.⁣
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There’s something about a cleaning tip that makes cleaning that bit 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳. We use the air fryer everyday, we love it. Keeping it clean is important.⁣
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▪️ add 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗱 to the trays⁣
▪️ add water to 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 the plates inside the tray⁣
▪️ air fry for 𝟯 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘀⁣
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If you’ve only been cooking vegetables and things like that then this is 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 to clean the trays. Simply rinse and dry. ⁣
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If you’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!⁣
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𝗛𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝘁?⁣
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#mummyphotoaday ~ different⁣
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#deepcleaning #kitchencleaning #airfryerhack #airfryer #ninja #cleanwithme #cleaningmotivation #mykitchen #satisfyingcleaning #mondaymotivation #cleaningreels #cleaninghacks #cleanairfryerhacks #airfryercooking #airfryerlovers #ninjaairfryer #very #cleaningtips

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If you saw my stories yesterday you will have seen I finally got around to building my 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗢 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗱. It was a birthday present & I’ve been saving it for a quiet weekend.⁣
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I just love it. It’ll be the only flower I can’t actually kill. I either water them too much or not enough… it makes me quite sad. I have a wisteria not doing so great at the moment, so I need tips!!⁣
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Fun fact: 2 of the 4 plants you can see in this photo are real. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝟸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦? And I gave you a rather big clue in my first paragraph 🤣⁣
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳? Yesterday I spent 90 minutes building my Orchid whilst watching enchanted on Disney+… it was nice as Isla hadn’t seen it before. We had a lovely snuggly Sunday. ⁣
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#mummyphotoaday ~ 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲⁣
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Isla is so close to her level 6 certificate. She’s been coming on in leaps and bounds over the last few weeks… her confidence is definitely improving with her @gymfinitykids classes.

Today was awards week for Isla’s class, and I love they they dish out “part way” certificates to those who haven’t quite levelled up yet. Everyone gets a certificate. It’s so lovely.

With my discount code they waive the joining fee, which is £30, so don’t forget to use it when signing up your child to @gymfinitykids…

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Have you ever tried gymnastics or Ninja Knights? 🤸‍♀️

#mummyphotoaday ~ close

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The month of 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘔𝘶𝘮𝘴 & the official start of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵. This month I’ve included World Book Day, National Pie Week, Mothering Sunday & of course the first, official, day of Spring. ⁣🌸
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The March Photo Challenge prompts for #MummyPhotoADay are in the image above. Please 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 & save this post!⁣ ⁣
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Join in on any day you like… or 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆. ⁣
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I have loved seeing the February photos. Such beautiful photos. Here are my favourite 9:⁣
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From left to right, in photo 2:⁣
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📸⁣ ⁣ @theclarkesfamilyadventures ⁣
📸 ⁣ @snapped_by_mum ⁣
📸⁣ ⁣ @her.perfection.is.pending ⁣
📸⁣ ⁣ @hausofbrooke ⁣
📸⁣ ⁣ @mummywifeandnurse ⁣
📸⁣ ⁣ @three_pitter_patersons
📸⁣ ⁣ @our_kentish_life
📸 ⁣ @beatrix.hendrix.and.me
📸 @alison.pashley
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Use the hashtag #MummyPhotoADay, we will all 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 and 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞.⁣
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I’d love to spread this photo challenge to many more people. It’s good fun and gives you something positive to focus on.⁣
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Now, here’s your part: Tag your 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 friends who you think would enjoy this challenge...📸⁣ Go Go Go!!! ⁣
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This is the 4th year of my photo challenge & there are over 23,000 photos.⁣
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#photoaday #winteradventures #positivelifestyle ⁣#winterphotoprompts #wintervibes ⁣
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I love seeing all the buds popping up in the garden; it makes me excited to see the colours that will Spring up during March. Last year the purple was in abundance by now, it seems to be a bit later this year.

There’s lots to look forward to in March; Mother’s Day & lots of birthdays. It would have been my late Grandad’s 100th birthday towards the of March too.

I’m looking forward to seeing all the February #mummyphotoaday shares and choosing my favourite 9. I will share the new photo prompts for March in the morning.

Have you joined in with #mummyphotoaday yet?

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Do you have the Winter Olympic blues?

By MummyConstantFebruary 24, 2014July 19, 20180 Comments

With the Winter Olympics ending yesterday it left me feeling a little sad, I have the Winter Olympic blues! I want to go to Sochi and enjoy a little bit of the winter activities. It would be fantastic to whizz off to somewhere cold and enjoy a spot of snowboarding. Reminds me of our pre-baby holiday, "babymoon" we had before we got pregnant with Noah. It was so much fun. VIEW the POST

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