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And just like that Garden Cottage turns into a lit And just like that Garden Cottage turns into a little corner of paradise again. 

#worththewinterwait #cottagelife #timeforcider #hereford
Best Mates 🥰 Best Mates 🥰
Got to love this dog’s resilience. Never, ever g Got to love this dog’s resilience. Never, ever giving up on the chase of the squirrel 🤦‍♀️
14 today. Feels like this was taken yesterday. Sur 14 today. Feels like this was taken yesterday. Surely it was 🤦‍♀️ Happy 14th Birthday D 🥰
Health and fitness has been stepped up in the hous Health and fitness has been stepped up in the house. We are all enjoying the products from @willysacv 🥰
Love this old girl. She has her moments but we kno Love this old girl. She has her moments but we know exactly how to look after her and she looks after us. 

@fleetwoodcaravan @candmclub @campandcaravan 
@isabellacamping_uk
More crafting with friends today 😍 @artstudio More crafting with friends today 😍 

@artstudioross 🥰 @kayteesoo
Today. Found a broom on a walk. Penny rolled in so Today. Found a broom on a walk. Penny rolled in some green slime so has a ice shower and the trampoline was put to the test and D has been accepted onto a sports foundation program so got him enrolled at the gym. All exciting stuff 🤪
Crafty birthday treat at @artstudioross this after Crafty birthday treat at @artstudioross this afternoon 🥰

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A small window in time – let them play

February 9, 2018      admin      25 Comments

The statement in the above picture is one I often think about. It was written by Magda Gerber who was an early childhood educator in the United States and is known for teaching parents and children. When you have children you pretty much presume they will pick a book up and in time the words will click together and with support from you and teachers, reading will come naturally, like walking and talking. Sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes things happen to make it more difficult than that. In our ...

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Anxiety and me

February 2, 2018      admin      17 Comments

78 days (at this current time) since the doctor told me to take time out. 78 days since I was told I have anxiety and stress. I could break it down to the hours and minutes. This winter we had snow, enough snow to build a igloo. With nothing but a ice cream tub and a few pairs of gloves we had a good go at building a igloo. I told Dylan to be really careful as we started to make the walls higher. It was curving in and I knew that if we put on any more bricks it would fall down. This is the best ...

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Tuesday’s thoughts – Being a exausted working mum

November 14, 2017      admin      Leave a Comment

I have been working crazy shifts. Working though the night and working till 11pm with the odd 7am shift thrown in. It works around the children and childcare and I am lucky to be able to swap shifts when i need to but I am tired. Worn out. Shattered. Eyes drooping, squinting at the TV as if I was drunk, fighting the urge to go to bed at 8.30pm, unable to conduct a sensible conversation exhausted. I’m propped up on the sofa, intermittently nodding off, desperately trying to make conversation ...

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Animal Tracking with children

October 31, 2017      admin      2 Comments

Before becoming a mum spending time walking in mud and splashing in muddy puddles was not on my list of ways to have a good time. Things have certainly changed! We spend so much time outside and living in the country we are lucky to have so much nature on the doorstep. As part of the Autumnal RSPB challenge we have been out and about looking for animals and animal tracks. The RSPB also have a downloadable sheet to try and help with all of the tracks you may see, my two loved using this ...

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Not for boys. Not for girls. Clothes for children.

May 15, 2017      admin      2 Comments

Piccalilly clothing have asked me to guest post for them. Pretty exciting as I've never produced a guest post before. They wanted someone to write about unisex clothing. This is a subject that I have been meaning to write about for sometime as having a boy and a girl it has become something that at times has really frustrated me. I admit that I do love a dress. I suppose after boys clothes shopping for 8 years it's a nice change to look at all the lovely girls clothes or is it simply that ...

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Living in the Sticks

November 14, 2016      admin      3 Comments

  I'm not sure where the past six years have gone. The time here at Garden Cottage has flown by.  At times it is hard and has been a huge challenge but I wouldn't change it for the world. I lived in Manchester for 18 years. Dylan was born at Salford Royal and has spent so much time visiting Manchester over the years he thinks of it as home as much as living in Herefordshire. I grew up in the town of Hereford not in the country itself, then moved to Manchester for university when I was ...

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