I recently won a fabulous Orla Kiely lampshade from The Old Lamp Shed. I was able to pick the design I wanted and went for cars – perfect for Edward’s room. When we were expecting we painted the nursery a neutral colour but now Edward’s coming up to his first birthday we’re trying to give the room a more boyish feel. My photograph doesn’t do it justice as the lampshade is large, fabulous and a really vibrant orange. When we showed Edward the lampshade in his room he had a huge smile on his face so I think he’s…
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Thanks to everyone for entering my first giveaway. It was fun hosting and I had lots of entries. So there were 95 entries, 2 of which were duplicate entries and were discarded. All the valid entries were placed in a hat and the winner chosen at random by my little helper. And the winner is ERICA congratulations Erica, I’ll drop you an email!
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There’s a new photograph meme over at Cafe Bebe called Flashback Friday. It sounded fun and I found the perfect photograph! We’ll shortly be celebrating Edward’s first birthday and I thought I’d compare my own party many moons ago. I’m a definite child of the 70s with that plastic bib and the party food. We’re taking Edward off to Bruges for a couple of days over his birthday so hopefully we’ll have a little party when we return home. Expect the same kind of photograph of Edward surrounded by food with rosy red cheeks, recorded for posterity.
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When I was younger we went on lots of family holidays to caravan parks all around the coast. Each year we’d go somewhere different and spend a week exploring the countryside, eating lovely pub lunches, visiting castles and country houses and inevitably getting sunburn or soaking wet. This was before the internet, smart phones or review websites. Since those good old days you can now pretty much find out any information you need before you travel as review websites exist for hotels, caravan sites and places to eat. Since Edward arrived we’ve only holidayed with friends and family. However I…
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I love Ella’s Notes from Home and have previously joined in a couple of times. This week’s prompt really made me think: Five things you want your children to know about you. Did I really exist before Edward came along? Sometimes it’s hard to remember! 1 I did exist before you came along. I’m more than a mummy, I’m more than a wife, daughter, sister, auntie, friend. Sometimes I struggle to remember who I once was. I’d love to be more than a label and am working hard to forge my own identity. 2 I have dreams but they’ve…
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Michelle at Mummy From The Heart hosts a great weekly meme called Reasons to be Cheerful. I’ve seen lots of bloggers join in and thought I would have a go. 1 Edward took his first step today! I really wanted this to happen before he starts nursery as I wanted to see it. Lately he’s been standing unaided for a few seconds and today he took his first step. I went a bit mad and shrieked at my husband who fortunately saw him do it too. 2 I’m off to the Save the Children Blogging conference on Saturday…
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This meme has been around for a while and as nobody has tagged me (sob) I thought I would join in. So Five Things That Make Me Feel Good: 1 Putting an exhausted boy to bed because we’ve had a great day together. I love it when we’re both tired but happy. This means that we’ve had a good day, probably gone out and done something fun and created memories. 2 An empty washing basket means I’m on top of some of the domestic chores. The washing basket seems to be permanently full since Edward arrived. He’s a proper boy…
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Someone didn’t want to pose with the cake he helped bake if he wasn’t allowed to have a piece! Posted for Week 47 of The Gallery Week: expressions