Psoriatic Arthritis | Health Update and New Beginnings

Since I began this blog it has always just been a place to document my life as a mother. I shared our adventures and happy times but have never really got too personal. And then this year my health got worse, which I’ll get into in a moment, and it kind of turned everything upside down for me. I was no longer sure of who I was and what I wanted to do, there were less fun outdoor adventures in my life and so this blog became a little neglected. Real life took over and all of the time that…

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Portraits of my Children | 45/52

45/52 More outdoor adventures from us this week as the weather has been pretty kind to us. We headed to one of favourite places, Dyrham Park, to take part in their Halloween trail as Lyra loves a National Trust kid’s trail. Lyra’s photo was taken as she was running back to tell me the next clue and I love her tongue sticking out! She was also wearing jeans for the first time in months and she looks so grown up. When we arrived they actually asked if she was five! Please slow down little one, you’re only three and a…

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My Family in October | Me and Mine

Here we are, the end of October already. I was reading back the last Me and Mine that I did back in August and I mention how ready to throw myself back into my blog I felt. That clearly didn’t happen but I’m feeling more optimistic about the future of this blog now. I’ve had a rough few months with my health which I go into much more detail in in this video which meant that getting out and about was more difficult. I suffer with Psoriatic Arthritis and have been struggling to walk most days. All of my energy…

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Portraits of my Children | 44/52

44/52 I feel like this blog has been full of apologies at the moment (and not much else) but I think that I may finally be back properly. Hopefully. Let’s just all cross our fingers. We’ve been spending as much time as possible in the woods recently just because they are the perfect place to be in the Autumn months and so naturally this week’s photos are from one of our trips. There’s always so much for little ones to see and do in the woods and both of the girls absolutely love it. Lyra is examining some fungi in…

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Portraits of my Children | 39/52

39/52 There’s something about this time of year that just screams outdoor adventures to me (even more so than other times of year) and so we’ve been out and about as much as possible. The woods have been our go to place recently because the woods in Autumn is a gold mine to our little nature hoarder! Lyra’s photo this week was taken in Clanger Woods with some of her ‘treasure’. I love the way that she’s peering at me through the gaps in the leaves. Athena’s photo was taken on the same day but she was much more interested…

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Clanger Wood | Weekend Adventuring

Oh Autumn, how happy I am to see you! We have found ourselves drawn to the woods at every opportunity recently as they are my absolute favourite place to be at this time of year. Walks under the trees, ‘treasures’ to collect, puddles and mud to stomp through. Everything our little family could need. In order to keep things fresh though we’ve been searching out different woodlands each weekend and last week we stumbled across Clanger Wood. Only a short drive from Bath I was surprised that we hadn’t heard of it sooner but we will definitely be back as…

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Portraits of my Children | 38/52

38/52 Wow, look at me, two weeks in a row! It’s been quite a quiet week for us as Athena is teething which means we’re all getting even less sleep than usual but we’ve still managed to get out and about a bit. I am loving the change of weather and the feel of Autumn in the air so much that I even put Athena in a winter hat despite it not really being cold enough to need one yet. Lyra’s photo may not look like much, just her running down a hill, but we had just walked down to…

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Swimming with a One Year Old on Holiday | Happy Nappy Review

When we went to Spain last year Athena was only 13 weeks old ( I can’t quite believe we went on an overseas holiday with a 2 year old a 13 week old baby either!) and so she didn’t really do a lot. Of course she laid around and looked very cute but mostly she was pushed around in the pushchair or carried in the wrap whilst she slept so this year we were really excited to see how she got on on the beach and in the pool. Since the weather forecast was predicting a steady stream of hot…

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