Back in August Dotty & Margot turned 2. I am only just getting round to blogging their party but I wanted to make sure that I did as I spent so much time making sure everything was perfect and making so many different elements. Unfortunately on the day it was torrential rain – not good for a teddy bear’s picnic but we made the best of it anyway! Scroll down to see our ideas come to life. We decided to make a bean bag toss for the kids to play with. Josh drew and painted a teddy bear on to a stand that my dad made and wrote ‘feed me’ on it. We also put together a biscuit decoration area u ..read more

I’ve never made any secret of the fact that when I found out at the end of 2015 that I was pregnant it was a huge shock. Then, in February 2016 I found out that there was not one but two babies in there and my life was turned upside down forever! I was 22 years old and was in my final year of university. It wasn’t exactly the graduate role I had planned, but I was determined to rise to the challenge of motherhood and ensure that I did my absolute best at that role, as I do with every challenge I take on. Despite dealing with extreme sickness until I was 20 weeks pregnant and sufferin ..read more

There have been a lot of exciting changes in our family – the biggest of which is that we have now moved to Manchester from Cornwall! We moved to Cornwall in 2017, my parents had recently moved there and we needed support with young twins. However, it was always a temporary move – much as we loved the quiet, beach life… the hustle and bustle of a city was calling to us! Around August last year we realised we were ready to move… the problem was we had no idea where we wanted to go. We knew we wanted to be close to a city that we could both find work in and would have a good amount of diversity ..read more

I posted this on my Instagram a few weeks a go and I wanted to share it on here too. Anyone else been through deconstruction?   For the last little while I’ve been trying to come up with a way to say what I want to say without being judged. But I’m realising that I will be judged no matter what I say so I might as well just try and articulate my feelings the best way I can. What I am going through is deeply personal and not something I feel I owe to anyone to share however I do feel as I have shared my faith lots on instagram and have people thinking I have “backslidden” or “fallen away ..read more

Dear Margot, What a year its been! A completely different year than we expected but you’ve taken it all in your stride. You are still the most sensitive soul- you adore people so much but you feel feelings big. You are so funny and are always making people laugh and you come out with the funniest things. You love trying new things and you are really in to bike riding, scooting, playing tennis, football – just about anything! You love to help me with basically everything but most of the time it’s more of a hindrance – but since you’re so cute we let you get away with it! You are so clever, you ..read more

My little Dotty I truly cannot believe you are 4 years old! You are still fiery but you’ve definitely mellowed a lot this year. You are a very easy going little girl who is eager to please. You have the most incredible memory and we always say its your super power! You always say “I’m a good memberer arm I mummy?” In fact “arm I” instead of aren’t is one of our favourite little quirks about the way you speak. Also we love how you can’t pronounce “L” instead using a “Y” sound. It makes everything you say so cute. You are boy crazy! You always choose a little blonde boy as your favourite charact ..read more

It’s been a long winter. Here in the UK, it has rained almost solidly for months. I know everyone thinks it rains a lot in the UK, but this has been a lot even for us. I suffer from seasonal affective disorder and as such my mood has reflected the atmosphere over the past few months – very heavy. I’ve just about managed to keep my head above water. This week, the first week of spring, has been glorious. Sunshine has warmed our souls. But there’s just one thing, we’re all at home. You see, in case you have been living under a rock, or are reading this in a hundred years time… we are in the mids ..read more

My dad has cancer. Even writing those four words feels wrong. I’ve known for a few weeks but still saying it out loud feels alien. Cancer isn’t a thing people close to me get. Cancer is a distant, far away thing that a friend of a friend has. Or a family member of an acquaintance is going through chemotherapy. It isn’t something close to me. Until it is. Thankfully, the prognosis is good. My dad’s cancer, albeit aggressive, should be completely curable. It is going to take a lot of recovery and it will change his life but he will have a life. He will still be a husband, a dad and a grandpa for ..read more

My girls absolutely love superheroes. Its like their favourite thing at the moment, they’re Spiderman obsessed, they love PJ masks, Batman and Iron Man and are obsessed with being super heroes. Josh and I have always made a conscious effort not to push stereotypes on the girls. They are growing up in an age where girls are increasingly more able to like and do whatever they want. When they’ve warmed to certain tv shows we’ve never assumed they’d like the girl characters best, we’ve just let them like what they like. It has frustrated us over the years that there are often only token girls ..read more

Dear Margot, You are 3! Wow time sure flies when you’re having fun! You have had some big changes this year, the biggest being starting nursery! It took you a while to warm up to going there and the drop offs always ended in tears but thankfully you love it there now! You are a very sensitive soul and wear your heart on your sleeve. But it also means that you are incredibly caring and loving to people. You constantly seek approval and affection from people and enjoying helping and being kind. You often sit down next to me and daddy and say “so, how was work?” Which is so sweet! You often have ..read more