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Five Fact Friday

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1. Hi all! I am introducing a new weekly feature over here today! One of my favourite blogs – One Lovely Life (which I have been reading for somewhere in the region of 6 years!) has a feature every Friday called…

You guessed it… ‘Five Fact Fridays’! This week I thought I would join in too.

The basic premise is 5 random, happy, good or new things that occur over the last week – with photos (only a few phone snaps today I’m afraid) that may or may not have anything to do with the ‘facts’. FUN!

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2. Little legs cope with stair cases better than hills – Or at least our little lady’s little legs do…. or even her feelings towards stair cases are to totally love them, which means we get much further than just tackling the steady incline of the West Hill. Our little miss independent pretty much insists on walking everywhere these days and the mere mention of a pushchair is enough to trigger a LOUD meltdown, and with no longer owning a car… well our journeys are slow… But since Vince discovered a variety of stepped ‘shortcuts’ it has vastly improved! Also I love place names, they fascinate me.

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3. I love how little eyes are drawn to little things – I love spotting things to point out to Emma when we are out walking and I love it more when she spots tiny things – quite often ‘bugs’ – to show me. She is also fascinated by every stone she has ever laid eyes on and does her best to fit every single one she sees into her pockets – and mine.

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4. I love Thursday mornings – I am so grateful to have found such a wonderful church community for myself and our little family. On Thursday mornings I attend a small bible study group of mums while our babies and toddlers are cared for in a creche run by other church members. I feel so blessed to have the friendship and fellowship, advice and support of these wonderful women. I also feel blessed that Emma loves her time playing with the other children and that it is the one time in the week that both Emma and I leave the house and Vince gets some space to do his own thing!

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5. Our summer hols are here! – Vince has one shift left to do tomorrow evening and then 8 days off! Even better – by a perk of scheduling he has most of the following week off too! Looking forward to more beach trips, taking Emma to the zoo and whatever else takes our fancy 🙂

Have a lovely weekend friends!

Naomi x2

Bank Holiday Fun!

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I thought I would share a few photos from last weekend and the things we actually got up to during the bank holiday!

Emma and I had the opportunity on Saturday to spend some time with one of Vince’s cousins and her family who were camping locally. We do not have the opportunity to see each other very often, but when we do our little girls are always very pleased to see each other and play together so nicely, it is a joy to watch!

emma bubble Try as I might to snap some nice photos of them together, I was mainly capturing the backs of their heads as just about everything is more interesting than me with a camera! Ha!

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On Sunday Vince had an unexpected day off work, so we spent a lovely morning at our church and then a lazy family afternoon at home… Bliss!

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Monday saw our town turn into absolute mania. On the May bank holiday this year over 30,000 motorcyclists descend on our seafront and the old town celebrates Jack in the Green – an old festival based around the green man (above).

We were visited by my mum and her partner and we took a picnic up to the green to watch the parade. It was good fun with lots of morris dancers and drum groups which Emma thoroughly enjoyed watching, she was quite upset when we reached the end of the parade!

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After we had eaten we took a stroll around the packed west hill green and unashamedly took a good look at all the people dressed for the occasion!

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People really go all out for the day! It was an interesting and fun few hours out but then truthfully it was just too busy for my little one who was already starting to flag so we headed back home. But being the homebody that I am I was’t too upset!

All in all I found it a very enjoyable bank holiday weekend, the only shame being my lovely husband having to work through so much of it. But I could never be ungrateful that he is able to work as hard as he does for us <3

Well I’ll be back later lovelies! Hopefully with a crochet pattern for a little flower garland! 🙂

P.S. I’m having a giveaway on my facebook page for reaching 500+ likes! Head over and check it out! 

Naomi x2

‘Pooh Country’

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Hello lovelies!

I trust that you all had a wonderful Easter weekend! We enjoyed ours, it was low key, peaceful and joyful!

I actually want to share some photos with you today from before Easter.

Last Wednesday we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary 🙂 As it’s not always easy for Vince and I to arrange 1-1 time together we planned on having a family day out.

Emma is currently in the midst of a deep passion for all things Winnie the Pooh so we decided to visit ‘Pooh Country’! (And if we’re being honest Vince and I are fans of the little bear and his friends too!)

‘Pooh Country’ means Hartfield in East Sussex, the place where A.A. Milne wrote his stories and the surrounding countryside that inspired various ‘Pooh Places’.

We started out our day at Pooh Corner, which I completely neglected to take a picture of 🙁 but do check out their website! It’s a lovely old house that is packed to the rafters (NOT an exaggeration!) with Winnie the pooh related goodness.

After a quick look around we picked up a map and set out on our ‘expotition’ to find Pooh Bridge.

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The weather was absolutely gorgeous. We literally couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day for a walk.

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We stopped for a picnic in a meadow field and I could have stayed forever just drinking in the landscape.

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I love living by the sea but this sort of country view will always be my favourite, especially in the spring.

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Happily we stumbled on some bluebells which I thought I would miss this year, not having any bluebell woods easily accessible to us without a car.

bluebells-hartfield After a good 2 hours walking at Emma’s stop/start pace we made it to Pooh Bridge for multiple games of Pooh Sticks!

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Someone was also very excited to stumble upon ‘Piglits House’! Sadly he wasn’t home when she knocked!

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By the time we had walked back to Pooh Corner Emma was finally worn out (after walking the best part of 4 miles, my little star!) and was sound asleep in the pushchair. So Vince and I enjoyed a quiet and delicious cream tea – with honey of course!

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It was such a lovely day and the perfect way to celebrate being married for 3 years to best man I know. A blessed day together as a family, a family that couldn’t possibly be without that lovely man of mine <3

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I love you Mr Wade, and I thank God each day that I am blessed to be your wife.

Naomi x2