With all the policies and procedures, friendship groups and general exhaustion that comes with school, we have noticed a shift in our daughter’s general demeanour since the new school year has begun. For the most part she loves school and despite what we see as some shockingly absent ‘non-academic’ timetabled subjects at this key stage of her education, most days she…
A Flower Fairy birthday party for our daughter’s 5th Birthday, inspired by Cicely Mary Barker’s ‘Flower Fairies’ illustrations. With our daughter’s 5th birthday looming our daughter asked for a ‘Fairy’ Party to celebrate with her friends. However, she didn’t want just any fairy party, she specifically wanted a Flower Fairy birthday party. As huge fans of Cicely Mary Barker’s ‘Flower Fairies’ I…
Over the past few weeks we have been enjoying a daily assault on our senses here in the woods. Each morning as we opened our garden door, the scent of bluebells filled the air. A short wander into the woods and we were greeted by a magical sight: a carpet of blue, a haze of delicate flowers that stretched right out…
Watching our daughter’s love and connection to the environment that immediately surrounds us is something that gives us immense joy, so this time of year and the age she is now (coming on five) there is so much to learn, see and really take in. With such a natural desire to head out and really explore her surroundings, and the arrival…
Anyone who knows me and my journey into Motherhood will know that my daughter’s sleep has been and continues to be a real struggle. As a baby, she wouldn’t go to sleep anywhere but on me, so we co-slept (we occasionally still do!) as it was and very occasionally still is the only way my birdy will sleep! On my…
To say the last few months have been a whirlwind would be an understatement, for me as a mother I have watched my sweet girl adjust to a new pace of life with the start of school. Many warned me about how exhausted she would be as we approached the end of the year, but I still don’t think I…
As a mother there have been times when a small bribe is the only way to see ‘results’; my daughter’s thumb sucking had reached new levels and with the start of school looming something substantial was needed to break the habit, this was where I had a brainwave and my bribery plan was hatched! “Darling, if you stop sucking your thumb…
It started with a walk in the woods with my daughter last Winter; on a Bright Winter’s Morning we set out into our woods to walk the dogs and enjoy our surroundings, then in March I was contacted by a lovely girl called Lucy who has a lovely Etsy shop called Olly and Mills. She was incredibly kind about my Instagram…
I have been a fan of Little Cotton Clothes for some time now, my daughter wears clothing from their beautiful seasonal collections, as well as some other independent children’s clothes makers. With the launch of Little Cotton Clothes new AW17 collection, came a rebrand of their logo as well as their packaging. Living in a throwaway culture as we do,…
For the first three years of my daughter’s life, we never had birthday parties for friends, keeping things really small with just family, it has always been so lovely doing that, however this year, our little girl made it VERY clear that she wanted a party with all of her friends there! As her personality has begun to really shine,…
