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Now she is three

 

 
We wandered in the sunshine through the park and enjoyed the heady scent of hyacinth. With the bright blue sky above, we could see the newness and growth that comes with Spring. The tightly wound buds on the tips of tree branches are beginning to unfurl and the grass is a beautiful emerald green. With all these signs of renewel filling our days, it seems fitting for our little girl to have celebrated her third birthday. We look forward to being able to see and appreciate all the little changes that will come now she is three.

Nature's gift

 
Do you remember when we planted the children's birthday flower pots? Little L's pot decided to bloom one day before her birthday, just in time I think. Can you imagine her delight as she hopped down the front steps this morning and found this bright yellow daffodil that opened early this morning, just for her? It seems like a sweet little gift from nature for my almost three year old.

Spring is here

 
The sun is shining and as we finally step into the new season, it's lovely to see all the changes outdoors and say goodbye to winter. We are grateful for springtime blossom making our morning walk so pretty, little clusters of pale yellow primroses peaking out here and there and even the occasional bee visiting our garden.

Happy Spring to you all!

Klean Kanteen

 

Some Klean Kanteen stainless steel drink bottles arrived in the post today from Little Acorns to Mighty Oaks, one of which is a present ready for Little L's birthday next Friday. I chose her a 12 oz Klean Kanteen Classic in  'Pink Renewal' as she is going through a pink phase at the moment. Whenever she sees anything pink she says 'Pink mama, pink!' This is a very soft, light shade, so perfect for a little girl.

With all the worries about BPA over the past few years, I wanted to get her a reusuable bottle that would be free of BPA and other toxins so that she has something healthy and safe to drink from when she starts her pre-school in April. I also ordered one for myself and K too. 

Outdoors again

 

 
(Sunday afternoon)

We forgot how good it feels to be outside in the garden for the afternoon with the warmth of the sun shining on our faces without the cold pushing us indoors again. We got some jobs done, digging over the potato patch ready for planting and clearing and sweeping the brick pathways. They weave under the large old apple tree and around the back of the vegetable bed which is hidden away at the top of our garden. It felt good to be getting ready for the new growing season again.

Fairy Tales

 
(Little L and her baby cousin having storytime this week)

I can't believe it has been a whole week since I have been in this space! We have been:

• Going to a 'settling in' session at Little L's pre-school.
• Setting up a fairy tale book basket for the children.
• Running to the door everyday when we hear the post lady to see if she has bought us any treasures for the book basket we have ordered from Amazon.
• Eating these Nairn's rough oatmeal organic oatcakes we picked up in Waitrose (I can't believe we haven't tried them sooner, we all love them!)
• Attended K's Parent/Teacher consultation at her Primary school.
• Made pancakes (Although this was on Thursday... we ran short on time on Shrove Tuesday)
• Joined Pinterest and love the idea of being able to catalogue inspirational images from around the web. I can't wait to get pinning!

Wishing you all a happy weekend!

(Please leave a comment if you have a favourite illustrated fairy tale ...I am looking for individual books of each  tale rather then one large volume as my children find these easier to pick up and leaf through with their little hands. I am always after recommendations!)

Signs of Spring

 
~We went looking for signs of Spring in the garden. We found purple crocuses, little jewels of colour in the grass~

 

Morning play

 

 

As Little L was playing with her cousin, I couldn't help but notice the beautiful colours as the morning sunlight filtered through the play silks.