A pocket of my life

Every year for as long as I can remember I have created what is now known as a boo Basket and I wanted to share what I put in to make my girls smile.  I wanted to point out that this is normally just a few crafts for Halloween, nothing special but something that will keep the girls entertained.  I have started this year's Basket with a couple of Halloween colouring books with stickers, they are always fun for the girls to use. We have some spooky glowsticks for them to wear during treat of treating. We then have some Slime kits, I don't know whether that was the best thing but I know the girls will love to make it from scratch. I have also added a spooky bead kit with Halloween coloured beads and string. I have finished the basket off with some chocolate mice from aldi as a little sweet treat. I love creating these and will continue to do so for years to come, it's something that I know my girls will enjoy and get use out of.  Victoria x  

Yesterday we took a trip to Lime tree farm in Brookland, this is around a half an hour drive from us but it was well worth the trip.  This is a small family farm which has created a beautiful area to pick some pumpkins with the family and get some cure photos too. They have set up some lovely displays to get some cute pics and have so many pumpkins around for you to pick from. The field is quite small but they have managed to fit a lot not making it too cramped. The display that made us laugh was the tractor with the skeleton as a driver.  The farm had a wide array of pumpkin from blue pumpkins to odd shaped double coloured ones and all so reasonably priced too. We decided to pick some odd pumpkins at just £1 each, Lils got one that looked like a mushroom and Olivias one is covered it little bobbles. The prices started at £1 for the small up to £4 for large pumpkins.  Lime tree farm create this display to raise money for charity by accepting donations to Pilgrims Hospices  as an entry

Halloween is fast approaching and I love changing the books up to fit the vibe of the seasons, we have a range of Halloweeny books to read but these are the fond favourites this year for Olivia.  1. The dinosaur that pooped Halloween is her most read so far this year, this is a new edition with it only being released this year but it's such a funny story and one that makes Olivia laugh and join in too. The flaps in the story make it more engaging for Olivia too and she is so keen to open them to continue the story. 2. Peppa's Magical Halloween is one that we have had for a couple of years now and one that she picks out often. It's fun and full of Peppa charm along with the humour the older ones can understand. It's one of the longer books that we have in our collection but it makes her really excited for Halloween. 3. Room on the broom , who doesn't love a Julia Donaldson. We have many in our collection and I try to gravitate to this one during October

Wow! What can I say? Wednesday the 9th of October was such an amazing expereince and one that I will never forget, I actually saw Mcfly live! Back in February Mcfly announced that they would be celebrating there 21st birthday with a special concert at the o2 arena and I needed to go, I had never seen them live but had followed them since pretty much day one. The first day sold out but they added an extra date and I took the opportunity to get tickets. Fast forward to last Wedneday when the day actually came, we drove up, leaving at around 4.30pm as had to drop Olivia off at my Dads for the night. We arrived at the o2 carpark at at around 6.15pm after getting food on the way. We prebooked parking for £27 which garantueed us a place, parking was simple and is only a 5 minute walk from the o2 itself. The whole experince of the o2 was so quick and easy, we went straight through to the o2 and security without a hitch, we were on the 4th floor so took the escelators up. On the 4th floor we w

I know its late but I am finally getting around to writing my September recap. This last month has been the busiest I have been in years and I have loved mostly all of it.  September has brought a lot of change for us as a family, both me and Lilly celebrated our birthdays, I turned 33 and Lilly turned 12. I didn't do a lot for mine as I have just have a night out for my birthday but that will be in next month's recap. Lilly requested a family meal with a friend aswell.  I also started my new job as a teaching assistant, I am loving it but it's hard and full on. I never fully realised how much a TA does behind the scenes of a school. But I love that I am able to help in so many ways. The next new change is that Lilly has started secondary school, a huge step and one that I really have struggled with mentally. It seems inly yesterday she was starting primary and now she is in full swing of Secondary life, she os of course smashing it and making us proud. And also Olivia star

We are well into the swing of autumn and the weather is definitely flying along with that too, the wind and rain is just been causing havock so what better to do than the Autumn tag. I have taken these questions from my old blog post but the answers are for me know and not 5 years ago. Let's see how things have changed. 1. What signifies the start of Autumn for you? It would have to be the middle of September, when the kids are fully in school and the leaves start to fall. The weather is still a little confused but there is just a different vibe 2. What is your favourite Autumn scent? This would have to be a really cosy scent, one of our favourite wax melts is autumn leaves and I also loved a sweet pumpkin scent. Just something that makes the house smell cosy. 3. What is your favourite Autumn colour? This would have to be dark green and dark red! These both scream Autumn/Winter to me.  4. What is your favourite Autumn drink? Anything hot, a hot chocolate or a warm latte