May

The Sibling Project 2016 – May

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E&M may

In my last post I mentioned how in the harder moments I was just trying to put one foot in front of the other and trust in God. Goodness this month has truly made me live those words with varying degrees of success. I can safely say I will not be sad to see the back of May 2016.

However there have been hard moments when I have looked up and seen my two little blessings loving each other and thought if God’s plan for my life right now is to be at home being their mum I’m not doing too badly at all.

My little brother sister duo are growing up just beautifully if not a little quickly. To me this month has been about communication for both of them.

Emma just cracks me up with her little phrases. She quite often puts ‘indeed’ on the end of sentences which gets all the smiles from me, or answers a request with ‘of course!’. I don’t know she just sounds so grown up in those moments.

Matthew has finally started breaking out some new sounds on a more regular basis. Although ’em-ma’ is still his favourite word and I kind of want it to stay that way, I now regularly hear ‘mamama’, ‘dadada’ and other babble.

Happily, the two of them are still loving being in each others company. I love watching their bond grow but occasionally find that Emma is now a little too protective of Matthew, he’s no longer quite the baby we all still want him to be!

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Previous Siblings Project Posts:
January
February

Naomi-16

Living in moments…

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Although we are only 10 days in to this month, for us so far it is definitely a May of moments. Some great, some not so good, and some down right heart achingly awful.

At times I think it can be easy to focus only on the ‘less than’ moments in life, it is what we naturally tend to dwell on. It takes at times, or so I find, dedicated effort to dwell on the happier moments. But I believe that choosing gratitude and joy as often as we can is important.

So while I don’t want to portray a life that is all sunshine and rainbows all the time, as it is certainly not, I am choosing this moment to use this space as a way to focus on our recent happy moments. I am choosing now to thank God for just how blessed we really are and in those harder moments, which will always come, I am just putting one foot in front of the other and deciding to trust in Him.

Emma & Daddy

Watching the Jack In The Green procession.

Jack in the green family shot

Green nosed family selfie!

bluebell walk

Sunny walk in the bluebells.

first car wash

Emma & daddy washing the car together.

baby goalkeeper

Baby goalkeeper!

first summer ice cream

First ice cream cone of the summer!

planting a fairy garden

Helping Emma to plant a fairy garden.

Looking forward to focusing on more happy moments in May and I hope you all have plenty too!

Naomi-16

A Joules Clothing Review

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Truthfully, I was not familiar with this brand at all when I was contacted about writing a review on girls clothing pieces from Joules. So I did quite a bit of research and asking around before deciding to accept…

I knew I would love Joules when I first visited their About Page, they are all about colourful country clothing with personality, and as they say ‘established in the fields of Great Britain’!

As it turns out most of my family knew of them, my sister-in-law buys her wellies from them, and I’ve been living with my head in a hole??!

joules turtle

The item I chose to review was a red gingham midi skirt for Emma. I got it in the 3 years size which is a little big but it means she can get more wear out of it! It also means it is a longer skirt on her than a ‘midi’ might normally be.

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The skirt itself is gorgeous (I want one in my size!), it is 100% cotton and the fabric is such good quality. The skirt is fully lined and I was thrilled to find that it buttons properly down the centre of the skirt, they are functional as well as a pretty detail!

joules hareIt also features two large patch pockets and one of them carries the pretty little embroidered logo of Joules.

It has so much movement and is the perfect skirt for picnics in parks and playing on the grass all spring and summer long. But with a pair of tights and boots it will be warm enough for when autumn arrives too!

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Disclaimer: I was provided with this skirt for free for the purpose of this review but all thoughts, feelings and opinions expressed are my own.

Naomi x2