A pocket of my life

Goodbye November, you have been a strange one, one that has felt too long and too short at the same time.  I think because this month has been quite a slow one for plans and just one of sorting the house out as best as we can it has caused the month to drag. We started the month off with watching some fireworks from our garden that a local school put on and we also had fun with some sparklers too. It was nice to have that time and watch the girls smile.  We had a couple of dress up days at school, including pudsey day and a phoncs dress up too. Travelling back on the school run we have witnessed many beautiful sunsets too, the perks of having to travel a bit for school. The end of the month has become very festive, we went into our local town to watch the Christmas lights switch on, they had some stalls set up, some donkeys to meet and panto cast from both the local pantomimes. Me and the girls were lucky and got the chance to meet the two stars, both of which were...

Wow! What a crazy full on month again and one that will stay with me forever. The month started off with our second house move of the year, it has been so stressful and crazy but we are in and the keys are handed back for the other house now so onwards and upwards.  Most of the month has been working, unpacking and Sorting and just being Mum but I have had a few days which have been incredible.  This month I got to attend an event and meet the wonderful Axel Scheffler, the illistrator of the Gruffalo, stickman and many more. He was lovely and we managed to get a book signed by him. I also got to meet Thomas Taylor, an author and illistrator who actually created the first cover for the Harry Potter books. It was such a lovely couple of hours and one I won't forget in a rush. The week just gone has been half term, it started off with a colleagues wedding, we attended the reception and had a boogie. 2 days later we make the big journey up to Lincoln to go and attend a...

With Halloween being just days away I wanted to share a few of our favourite seasonal books with you. In the new house with have this beautiful sheflf built into the wall and the moment I saw it I new I had to use it to display these books and future seasonal books too. Room on the broom  - An absoloutle classic in my eyes and one that we do read throughout the year as we all love it so much. The dinosaur that pooped Halloween  - This is another story that is always in our book baskets that we have as Olivia loves the dinosaur that pooped series. Where's Mrs Witch  - This one one that may be retiring this year as Olivia is slowly avoiding this more and more but I no and certain someone who will benefit from it.  Were going on a pumpkin hunt  - A story that has been adapted from a well known story meaning that we both love this, we both make the noises whilst reading it.  Little Miss Sunshine and the wicked witch  - We have had this story for a while an...

Every year I create a boo basket for my girls, it's nothing special or elaborate but my girls absoloutly love this. I try to make all the seasons speical and magical and try to create memories in any way I can. This boo basket contains some crafts including paint your own sun catchers and candy skull statues, and a sticker book, some sweet treats including chocolate pumpkins and decorate you own gingerbread skulls, two pumpkin face maskes and a bluey (booey) character to add to the set that we have. I try to find things that will keep them busy over the half term and gives them something to do on a cold or rainy day.  This basket proboable set me back around £15 max and sometimes I ended up gettting a few bits in the sale after Halloween just after the previous Halloween.  Victoria x  

  We have recently been picked for another Triyit box to review, this a a company that send boxes with items to sample that are tailored to your family and needs. This particular box had something for all the family to enjoy, exept for Snowy . In the box we had 7 different items to try. Blink cat meat (Chicken) - This is a brand that we have tried before and one that we know our cat enjoys, this is a natural food selection with no grains involved meaning easy digestion for your cats. Blink dry cat food (Chicken) - We have never actually tried the dry cat food before and our cat is fussy with this but he did give it a try and seemed to enjoy this one. Archers and lemonade can - This is a brad that I was aware of but have never actually tried before, I am definetly sold on this one.  Untamed Naturalicks (Chicken) - I have never actually heard of this brand before but I can confirm that our cat really enjoyed these natural licky treats. Menabrea larger can - Liam enjoyed this one...

So today is the wave of light for all the babies that have left us.  This is a very sensitive subject for us, my Mum lost two beautiful children, my sister, Joanne was just 3 days old and my brother, John was a stillborn. My story starts in the summer of 2011, I found out that I was expecting our first baby early in the July. Both me and Liam were made up with the idea of having a little boy or girl running around. We told my parents and Liams Mum that we were expecting and I also had an appointment with a midwife at around 5 weeks, it was all so exciting and it felt perfect until 5 weeks and 5 days hit. It was that day that I knew something had changed, I started to spot and my nausea that I had been experiencing had become non existent. I did the Google my symptoms thing and saw the word miscarriage, I was heartbroken but obviously nothing was confirmed at this point.  We phoned the EPU (Early Pregnancy unit) and they gave me an appointment for a scan and blood t...

This is a post that I didn't think I would be writing this soon but yes, we are moving, again!  Circumstances have changed in the past couple of months which has meant that we have had to look for somewhere else to live, this has been a very stressful, crazy time but it is coming to an end. On Monday last week we signed the papers and got the keys to our new home! My emotions have been through the roof, from frustation and anger at the situation, excitment and nervousness about moving but sad about leaving this house as we have started to really make it feel homely.  The past week Liam has been working his socks off decorating the place and making it homely, with me helping over the weekend. The next week or so will be Liam finishing the decoating and us finishing packing up the house before our move at the weekend then to unpack it all in the new house and get that sorted as soon as possible.  Lets hope this is our home for longer than the one we ...