Right from a little one I have always loved books and reading. I love curling up with a good book and being transported away with a good novel. As a Mum is warms my heart seeing Sebastian starting to foster that same love of books and reading (although he is yet to actually do this). I love seeing him sitting there either in his room or in the lounge in front of his books picking them up and looking at them one by one, looking at the pictures, taking them it. I love it even more when he then … [Read more...]
Lil Gooseberry ~ 16 Week Update
So here it is... My first bump update for lil gooseberry. In case you didn't see my Facebook post a week or so back, I am one of those Mumma's that name their bump. As Steve and I choose not to find out the sex of our baby until it decides to make its entrance into this world, it helps me feel connected with the life I am luckily enough to be growing. I have decided to post updates roughly monthly. The time already seems to be zipping by... (I don't think I could post … [Read more...]
Peppa Goes On Holiday
Hands up how many parents out there know the Peppa Pig theme song? Yip, that's me (I'm waving madly). Sebastian has recently joined the multitudes of children world wide who are fans of 'Peppa Pig' and at present loves anything Peppa Pig related from the T.V show, to books, to toys... Mention Peppa Pig and from wherever he is in the room you will instantly hear a little oink, oink coming from him, complete with scrunched up face. So last week when the mail arrived and inside was … [Read more...]
21 Months of Cuteness
My Sebastian, Well, my little munchkin man.. it feels like forever and a day since I wrote my last little post like this. The last one was when you were eighteen months old. You have grown so much since then, I can not believe you will be two in a few months. We have had a busy couple of months and have shared some very exciting news with everyone in that time too - you are going to be a BIG brother by the end of they year. Hence the lack of posting, Mummy has been feeling a … [Read more...]
Coconut Loaf
I have always enjoyed trying new recipes especially those which have a list of ingredients as long as my arm, that take ages to create and the finished product is something out of a magazine. But in actual fact what I love the most and what I have time for (as a Mum of one, with another on the way) is the old tide and true. The family favourites which have been written on scraps of paper, you know the ones with the writing slowly fading. This quick and easy coconut loaf … [Read more...]