me and mine {june}

Daddy is loving

* taking the beautiful boy to the Natural History Museum.

* getting an unexpected pay rise.

* the beautiful girl clapping at everything.

* getting some tasty snacks in his graze boxes.

* a magical day at Legoland.

Mummy is loving

* that she ticketed an item off her bucket list and saw The Killers live at Wembley Stadium.

* a day spent at Legoland with family, great friends and fab bloggers.

* white dresses.

* watching the beautiful girl become more fascinating with each day.

* listening to the beautiful boy singing his favourite songs.

The beautiful boy is loving

* watching the video of our day at Legoland.

* going on lots of rides at Legoland, especially "the boat with the elephants spraying the water"

* Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 'The Wizard of Dizz'.

* going to visit the broken clock at the field near Nanny and Pops' house.

* wearing his shark shoes.

The beautiful girl is loving

* clapping, grinning and waving all the time.

* dancing whenever she hears music.

* marmite sandwiches.

* nap times.

* splashing water everywhere at bath times.

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{our beautiful story} week twenty-six

sunday 23rd june

nearly, nearly crawling

monday 24th june

bubbly faces in nanny's bath tub

tuesday 25th june

big smiles and giggles at the park

wednesday 26th june

kisses for motherducka

thursday 27th june

this gorgeous girly loves a breadstick

friday 28th june

sharing some cake for dear beautiful blog's birthday

saturday 29th june

waiting for the party to start for nanny's birthday

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forty weeks new

 

It seemed absolutely incredible to think you were forty weeks old.

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new dreams

It's a funny thing

when all your dreams come true

and you find yourself

quite literally,

living the dream.

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{our beautiful story} week twenty-five

sunday 16th june

splashing good times in duplo valley

monday 17th june

grass is funny

tuesday 18th june

morning snuggles with daddy

wednesday 19th june

and so the first birthday planning starts

thursday 20th june

simply perfection

friday 21st june

a sleepy girl at britmums live

saturday 22nd june

just a little bit excited to see the killers at wembley stadium

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thirty-nine weeks new

Since you had entered the world you had been ticking off milestones.

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one day {june}

music credit: Love Like This by Kodaline

Blogging has given me some fantastic opportunities

as well as some brilliant friends.

On Sunday we had the fantastic opportunity

to spend the day at Legoland

with some of those brilliant friends,

all as a result of being a MAD Blog Award finalist.

We had an amazing day at Legoland Windsor.

I had been unsure how much fun my fairly young children were going to have,

but I needn't have worried.

We spent our day with the gorgeous family behind Mummy Daddy Me,

and we all had so much fun.

With Mads at his side my beautiful boy had a blast,

my beautiful girl and LL loved watching all the hustle and bustle going on,

the hubby got to go on some thrillseeking rides with Mr E,

and Katie and I had a really great natter.

On top of that we got to meet up with some of my favourite blogger friends.
Some who I've met before,

and some of whom I was only meeting for the first time,

but who felt like old friends.

Funny how that happens with blogging...!

I'm so glad I captured our day on video,

it was such a great adventure.

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nine months

For nine months I grew a baby,

I grew a bump,

I grew a little person inside my tummy

all the way until it was time to meet.

And nine months ago that baby came to join us,

my bump became my beautiful girl

and our lives, our family and our hearts 

were changed forever.

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happy father's day

I find it hard to find the right words to describe my husband

as a father to our children.

And at the same time I could write forever

about the beautiful gift he has given me, given us,

in making us a family.

He isn't perfect,

but he is perfect for us.

He is our beautiful boy's play mate,

his partner in crime.

They share a need to have things "just so"

and a mutual love of boys trips to the supermarket.

He is our beautiful girl's safe hands,

her hero.

They share the exact same smile 

and a certain twinkle around the eyes.

Happy Father's Day.

We love you lots

and are grateful every single day

that you are ours.

x X x

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{our beautiful story} week twenty-four

sunday 9th june

fun on the farm

monday 10th june

happy splashy times

tuesday 11th june

an abandoned teddy bears picnic

wednesday 12th june

he can play like this for hours

thursday 13th june

"yes, I'm under the sofa again Mummy"

friday 14th june 

slippery sliding

saturday 15th june

happy little flowers

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thirty-eight weeks new

We had been edging ever closer, and you had finally cracked it.

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midsummer fair

Last Friday it was my birthday.

And while birthdays seem to lose their sparkle a bit as you get older,

it's still nice to have an excuse to do something fun or maybe a bit different.

We were offered tickets to visit the Wealden Times Midsummer Fair

and when I discovered it was on for my birthday,

it seemed like a great way to spend my last 20s birthday.

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your twenty-eighth month

It seemed like in one month you had left babyhood firmly behind.

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{our beautiful story} week twenty-three

sunday 2nd june

my beautiful girl

monday 3rd june

f1 tyres make great places to play

tuesday 4th june

the perfect place for 'dinosaurs love underpants'

wednesday 5th june

making dinner in nanny's garden

thursday 6th june

she's a thumb sucker now

friday 7th june 

 such a little dude

saturday 8th june

my favourites

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thirty-seven weeks new

You were getting more and more mobile all the time.

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sleepy time

There is nothing quite like the image of a sleepy or sleeping baby

all snuggled up in a babygrow

ready to go to bed.

The bedtime routine is my favourite time of day,

and not because the crazy is nearly over,

but because it's capped off by seeing my beautiful sleepy bubbas

ready to drift off to dreamland.

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summer came...

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