Sunday Morning Monkey…
He might be three, but he’s still my baby…

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According to Juliet, a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. I never cared much for the romance of roses. That is, until they actually did come to me under another name – Beards and Daisies. You see, I grew up spending Summer Sunday afternoons surrounded by exquisite, organically homegrown blooms cultivated…
The Spiderman curse. He’s learning to write his name. He knows his colours, can say the alphabet, count over 20, count with one to one correspondence, add and subtract single digit numbers…and his vocabulary knocks me off my feet. He’s amazing, and he’s mine. He’s beautiful, and I love him so much it overwhelms my…
Snowy days in Hampshire are very few and far between. We get plenty of wet days, an abundance of windy days from the Southampton coast, and lots of toe-curlingly cold days, but few snow days. So when we awoke to a flurry of flakes and a blanket of white purity on Friday, we moved understandably…
Beans had his first day of pre-school today, after two settling-in-with-mommy sessions. He’s been allocated five afternoons as we’re entitled to 15 hours of pre-school fun, but we’re seeing which afternoons suit him best. As as he’s a summer birthday, our poor little Beaner is going to be wiped out for one, and secondly I’m…
If you follow us on Instagram you’ll have seen that today is our due date! We are 40 weeks today! We did think things were happening last night, but then it all stopped again. I know I’m jinxing myself to say that at this point in this pregnancy, I’m feeling the best I’ve ever felt…
It’s our fourth Picture Perfect post – and after last week’s up-to-nothing half term, we’re still pretty quiet here – but it’s a good quiet. We’ve been starting to clear the garden, and tomorrow we’re off to spend Father’s day with Kung Fu Panda! Jensen and I have been on the HMS Victory – and…