What We Wear.

Skye is only 3.5 years old but she definitely already has her own way that she likes to dress!

I always want to encouraged Skye to explore with her style and dress in a way that she likes to dress.

I remember when I was growing up, I had my own style, but was always afraid to wear what I wanted, just incase. I remember so many times putting on one outfit and loving it and then when my mum said we were leaving the house, I would rush upstairs and change. I was always afraid of what people would say! I gradually came out of this phase at around the time I was leaving school, but still was quite reserved in my clothing choices!

Now as an adult, I hate that I didn't express myself more, and show more of who I was when I was growing up. I hate that others made me feel that I couldn't be myself.

I remember being probably 14/15 and going to Bristol with my sister, and some girls walking behind us, spoke very loudly, obviously so we could hear (well done girls!) saying we were greebers. What the eff is a greeber?!! We were also called goths, avril lavigne.. the list goes on.. all as you can tell super original insults! However I didn't take it as an insult. I was pretty chuffed that I was different enough to get a reaction! I was just glad that they felt the need to comment, because it meant I wasn't like them!

This is something I would like Skye to be able to do. I want her to feel comfortable being different if she chooses to be, I want her to be happy to shrug off other peoples comments.

I know I spent far too long worrying about what other people would think, even being too afraid to wear my hair in a different way, just incase!

I hope to raise Skye to know that everyone is different, and however they choose to dress shouldn't affect how you treat them.

Thanks for reading! x

Dress: H&M
Shoes: Converse
Socks: Ebay

The Best Things In Life Are Free..

For Easter this year Dom surprised Skye with her very own strawberry plant to take care of and watch grown!

She took great care with watering it and got excited when she started to see the small green strawberries starting to grow!

We noticed the other night that she finally had one big red strawberry ready to be picked and once we told her she couldn't wait to pick it off and try it!

I love watching her learn about things and seeing the excitement in her eyes over things we take for granted every day, it really is the best seeing life again through her eyes!

After picking her first strawberry she couldn't wait for more to grow, and was excited to be able to pick quite a few this morning before nursery!

I love summer mornings when the air is still crisp and the sun is shining, I can't wait to explore life more with this little one!

What are your favourite things about summer? Do you grow your own fruit/veg? :) 

Thanks for reading! x

Easter 2017!

I can't believe that Easter has been and gone already! This year is really flying by!

We had a great Easter and really enjoyed the Easter holidays!

Skye went to bed excited for the Easter bunny and was really pleased to wake up and see what he had left for her! :)

I love how excited she gets for all these things now that she is a little older!

We then went out for lunch with all the family and Skye got to run around and play with her older cousins.

Once lunch was done we headed back to mum's and the kids did a little Easter egg hunt! Though I'm not sure who got more excited about it...*ahem...Dom* ..!!

  

After a lovely day and too much chocolate, we were all ready for a good nights sleep! 

When Skye went back to nursery after the holidays, we found out they were doing an Easter bonnet parade on the Friday, so we bought supplies to make her a hat! She really enjoyed making her hat and sticking all the things we had got to go on it, Dom was even allowed to help her!

I'll definitely remember her first Easter bonnet parade forever, she did so great even though she was very nervous about it! I still remember doing my Easter bonnet parades when I went there all those years ago! ( I hated it!! )

Starting Nursery.

Tomorrow morning my baby girl goes for her first proper session at nursery.

I can't quite believe it has come around so quickly and before we know it she will be starting school!

I decided last year that when she was three I would start taking her to nursery just to get her ready for when she starts school and get her in to the habit of getting ready and going, and also learning to be away from me.

Though in saying that I think it's far more me that needs to learn to be apart from her! When I put her name down last year it felt like such a long way away, but now the day is here and I can't quite imagine not being with her! I can't imagine leaving her behind or leaving her with strangers!

She is only going for a few hours in the mornings but I feel quite sad as this was our treasured part of the day. She would help me with the house jobs, and play quietly in her room while I got ready, sometimes pretending to do her make up with me as I did mine and now I feel quite sad at the thought of returning home tomorrow morning without her!

I know it will be good for her, and I know she will be back before I know it, but it really doesn't stop me dreading the morning and wishing she could stay my baby for just a little longer.


Please send positive thoughts our way as I feel tomorrow is going to be a tough day for this mama!

Sparklers and Hot Chocolate!

After a long day at work on Saturday I was so excited to get home and enjoy an evening of sparklers and hot chocolate cosiness!

We made sure to get lots of sparklers this year as Skye really enjoyed them last year and we ran out! However this year she wasn't too sure if she enjoyed them or not! (TYPICAL!!) She enjoyed watching Dom do one then thought she would be brave and do one herself and she loved it! (phew!!)

It was super cold out though and Leo was going totally crazy all evening at any noise he heard! Once he hears one firework he is completely anxious for the whole evening, it's so horrible seeing him so on edge and upset, if he's not barking then he's whimpering. Poor poochi!

Once we had finished outside doing all the sparklers we came inside to have our hot chocolate which I had prepared early using the slow cooker recipe I had found online.. so yummy!! I will  make sure to share the recipe on here soon as it's so easy and so nice to have it ready when you want it!

Here are a few photos from our bonfire night!

Autumn Memories..

I've always enjoyed taking photos (of everything!) and it's become so easy to take quick snaps on your phone that we forget about the expensive cameras sat on the side collecting dust!

So every so often I like to take proper photos on a proper camera, just so I have some super nice pictures and manage to capture Skye growing up in more than just an everyday snap!

As halloween was on a Monday I decided this would be a good day, the weather was beautiful, warm and sunny with a real autumn feel in the air. However as Skye has got older, she doesn't really want to cooperate in my photo shoots I have planned, but bless her she does any way and we have great fun in-between me desperately snapping away!

I love how these photos turned out, even the ones where she looks so fed up!! It's always fun to look back at these posts, I'm still so in love with her first halloween photos we took!

Haha how fed up?!