Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things

Happy New Year! I know it doesn’t seem very long since I wrote my Wednesday Happy Things post. I love this time between Christmas and New Year, although it’s difficult to know what day it is!

Monday mindfulness- 5 happy things

We went away the day after Christmas Day and visiting family and friends means it has felt like a bit of a holiday. We’ve actually had a few great days out and some lovely meals too.

One thing I love at this time of year is seeing my ‘Best of nine’ on Instagram. It’s a bit silly but a great way to see some forgotten images from the previous 12 months. Here’s mine and don’t forget to look up yours here. I love that mine’s a mix of my family and favourite crafts – there will definitely be more of that in 2018.

Whilst we were visiting family in Devon we managed to spend a wonderful morning at Haldon Forest exploring the wonderful, and free, Highway Rat trail. If you love the story of the Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, or the animated version which was shown on Christmas Day, you’ll love the activity trail at selected woods around England. Find out more about our walk along the Highway Rat activity trail here.

It’s no secret I find Christmas Day a little stressful. I love routine and everything goes out of the window on Christmas Day which makes me super anxious. This year my children LOVED Christmas and were naturally very excited by everything. I received some lovely presents on Christmas Day but my husband also treated me to a new Orla Kiely handbag in the Sales. It’s a gorgeous little embossed flower leather sling bag in green, so I may be searching for some clothes to match it when the children go back to school.

We had another great day out at Barrington Court. Our National Trust membership ran out yesterday so I’m pleased we were able to squeeze in one last property. Barrington Court was gorgeous and we spotted snow drops and daffodils too!