I find it harder to speak feelings than to write them, I felt this way all weekend, choked up a little by my inability to vocalise words. Our weekend was beautiful; we spent it in the leafy luxury of Herefordshire staying in a stunning barn called Serafina. Myself, my two best friends and our families. Seven children ranging in age from seven years to 3 months and five adults. There … [Read more...]
Nov 3, 2011
Working Mum: The Perfect Compromise….
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I stumbled into the house tired, a bit fed up, trying to balance three children and an almost full time job at times can be a little demanding and today I was feeling it. … [Read more...]
Aug 24, 2011
Parental Happiness Is….
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Parental Happiness is... Exiting the house before 9am without suffering a sore throat from all that shouting. Struggling into a pair of size twelve jeans without a five year old asking why don't you buy clothes that fit? … [Read more...]
Aug 6, 2011
In Pursuit of Fairies….
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Molly almost tumbled out of bed this morning with excitement. 'Todays the day we are going on a fairy hunt' she whispered to her teddies. Laying on her back and tipping her feet up towards the ceiling she nudged the mattress that lay above her on the top bunk edging her twin brother towards waking. "Owen," she stage whispered, "let's get up and go find some fairies." … [Read more...]
Dec 6, 2010
dont forget this
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Things to not forget. The urgent pleas at night-time for one more kiss and 'huggle'. So often I am rushing on to the next task, to sort the house, to make the dinner, to wrap the presents. No sooner than I blink I am sure night-time huggles will erode from our relationship and I will regret the even one time I pull away from the undeniably loveliness of sharing a hug with my beautiful babies. I … [Read more...]
Dec 1, 2010
the boy has a willy….
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When the twins were little I adored being stopped in the street by everyone who wanted to comment on my beautiful babies. So much so that I grew resentful when I would leave the house and people wouldn’t approach me in the street. I think I became a little obsessive as I felt people simply had to comment on how well I was doing and how gorgeous the little ones were and in retrospect I do … [Read more...]
Oct 8, 2010
Eviction notice served – it’s twin time
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At 19 weeks pregnant and already the size of a pensioners bungalow I waited excitedly in the hospital for my first scan. I was tired of hearing comments on my size from everyone with an opinion, and was terrified that the sonographer would reveal what everyone was guessing, that tucked up inside my alarmingly sized bump was not one baby but two. With a squirt of jelly (the non edible kind I … [Read more...]
Sep 9, 2010
Who needs an alarm clock when…~ Northernmum
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I remember when we decided to have a baby, the batteries on the alarm clock had ran out and rather than buying some new ones, myself and he who helped create them thought it would make good financial sense to have a baby which would guarantee we would never sleep past 7am again (ever). How we smiled when we found out we were having two babies, so if one new baby alarm clock failed we could … [Read more...]
