Our little Princess

 

For a few months Kirsten was desperate to cut her hair short. As it was so long, I asked her to wait until she was very sure.

While we were waiting, she discovered that it was possible to donate her hair. After some research, Kirsten chose a charity who provide wigs to children who have lost their hair through cancer or other illness.

We also discovered that it costs the charity around £350 to provide one wig. So our kind hearted girl asked if she could be sponsored to cut her hair to raise the money to provide a wig.

 

I have to admit I was slightly nervous, I was worried she had put too much pressure on herself, but I was there to support her fully and allowed her to lead the way and it led us to a lovely sunny day in February.

Marissa, our hairdresser, was amazing. She made Kirsten feel so special and relaxed.

 

As soon as we arrived my nerves disappeared, Kirsten felt only excitement. She couldn't wait to get started.

 

Finally it was time to start cutting and look at her wee happy face.

 

Love those golden locks.

 

Each strand was at least 11 inches long.

 

Marissa treated our girl to a fancy wash and blow dry.

My heart was bursting.

 

She loved her new hair! She never stopped grinning the whole time.

 

GC had sneaked down earlier with some celebratory flowers for Miss K.

It just finished off this fantastic experience perfectly.

 

And in the end she raised over £700 for the little Princess fund , which is enough to provide

two wigs and those gorgeous golden locks will go towards another.

 

I am so proud of that girl x

Eight.

And so, during the last hour of the last day of April, with 3% battery left on the iPad I am finally going to upload these pics of my beautiful girl on her special day. Technology failed us that day too, my big camera refused to turn on, so we had to rely on our phones. We still captured the moments but they are slightly dark and blurry in parts.

Our girl is 8.

When it is the last day ever that you will be 7 years old, you are allowed to do all sorts of great Things like eat an entire punnet of strawberries with a chocolate fondue , on the work top, wearing boots. 

Happy. 

This year Kirsten wasn't sure what she wanted for a birthday gift. There wasn't anything that she really really wanted.

Well there was something that she really did want but Daddy had said no.

But then he secretly said yes!

We were very sneaky and organised two new additions to our family.

Technically one is mine but these are gifts the whole family can share and enjoy.

 

I'll never forget her face when she walked in to the livingroom and saw the hutch.

"Are we going to get some guinea pigs??" she asked.

 

Look inside KP!

This is the moment Syrup joined our family.

 

She is so good to them. giving them lots of cuddles and making sure they have enough veggies and cosy hay.

 

Wee syrup was only 8 weeks old when she joined our family, she has grown so much!

 

This is Mabel. She is a few weeks older than Syrup and was much bigger, she is still a little bigger but Syrup is catching up!

 

During a girly day, getting their nails done, Kirsten spotted a cake in a magazine and told Lor that this is the

one she wanted for her Birthday cake.

And of course Lor delivered, again.

This is definitely one of my favourites. (Along with any other cake she has made for us! lol)

 

 

It was very strange to not be organising a birthday party this year. Kirsten chose a birthday treat instead, we went to the science centre with her best friend.

So a quiet birthday tea was enjoyed instead of a busy , noisy party.

 

 

Eight. Eight!!!

 

Happy Birthday to our sweet girl.

 

(love the joy on Joe's face and the banner that fell down. This is real life. :-) )

 

Feeling Springy

What a year so far! It's been crazy busy. Lots of changes, lots of fun.

I feel super sad that I didn't manage to document Miss K's 8th Birthday in the actual month that is took place :-( 

But!! I'm back now and will pop them on here.

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Dear Future me,

When you are looking back through the posts of 2014 and you can't find the (very few) pictures (that you actually took) of Miss K's Birthday, you need look no further. They are nestled in here, under April's tab. You have decided to cut yourself some slack on this seeing as you have been living the life of a mad woman for 4 months now :-)

Love from

Present me x

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Anyway, onto this actual post.

Spring.

I have returned to working from home, back to childminding and we are all loving it. 

I have just been able to spend the whole of the Easter holidays at home with the kids. It's been fabulous. I forgot how awesome it is to allow them to just relax and stay in pjs all day if they want to. The only deadlines and time restraints are the ones we choose. 

Loving it.

The spring weather is finally arriving and last week we spent the morning at the beach. It was beautiful, fresh and exhilarating.  

That sky went on forever. 

**sigh**

The kids loved being out in the sunshine and we all wished it was warm enough for a picnic lunch. Sadly, it isn't yet but its been added to our summer list :-) 

I just love my girl with her short hair. 

Oh yeah! That's another thing yet to be shared on here! That is a story for sure. 

I love my little sand angel.

Ooh it does feel good to visit this space again. i have missed it. Here's hoping I'll be back very soon 

Happy happy spring xx

Out with the old ....

Once again, here we are on the cusp of a brand new year. 

The highlights of this year have been many I feel like I have ticked all of my goals for the year. 

My main goal was to lose weight and become fitter and healthier. I joined slimming world and the local gym in January and I reached my target weight in November. I feel so happy and actually proud of myself! Now I start my goal of keeping it off and looking forward to another fun and active year. 

Me and my girl last year, love this pic but it was definitely my "before" pic 

Before murray and I went out for my work Christmas night out I got him to snap an "after" photo and I love it. It makes me so happy to see that I made my target! For the first time since my wedding I feel slim. 

I still can't quite believe I went out wearing this super short dress but I felt like a million bucks and we had such fun. 

I was so happy and proud to be out with my handsome hubby too. 

We ate, we laughed and we danced :-) 

I am looking forward to many more dates in 2014

I don't think I could do a recap of our year without mentioning our fabulous summer holiday. I just don't have the ability to put into words how special it was. 

The closest I can get is one word. 

Perfection. 

        (Poo poo minister?) 

All too soon the summer was over and it was time to head back to school and work.

Our "children" just seem to rushing through their school days, Fraser is mere days away from his prelim exams. I hope this year brings exam success for our young man .

Another thing I am looking forward to in 2014 is spending lots of time smooching on this gorgeous face 

Joe boy is home. 

And not just for the holidays! 

He is home to stay and my heart is so happy to know I will get to see home every single week. I could see him every single day!! 

Oh it is good. 

I am feeling very thankful and have a very full and happy heart tonight. 

I also have a very fuzzy head and wobbly tum as I  indulged a little too much in the wine last night and have spent the last day of 2013 feeling truly awful. But I was still surrounded by my loving family and I am very grateful. 

In 2014 I have a few goals that I am working towards. 

- being more organised. This is a biggy for me as I am hopelessly disorganised. 

- keep my target weight and continue to go to the gym regularly. 

- monthly family dates and monthly dates with Murray. 

- be more positive - I did well with this for most of the year but I could feel negativity creeping in around the edges. Not this year! Big smiles inside and out this year! 

- keep my toenails painted, it's amazing how this small things makes me feel better about myself. 

- blog regularly and take more photos. These two hobbies of mine have really taken a back seat this year and I miss it. Looking forward to spending some more time in this wee corner. 

It is 10pm, I am going to watch the finale of the biggest loser with my peaty and then try to stay awake until midnight. I didn't tell her but I'm going to wake Miss K up for the bells , this will be the first time she will get to see in the new year at midnight, with the rest of us. I'm excited :-) 

I can't believe tomorrow we will be right back at the start. 

The gift of a brand new year, just waiting to be unwrapped and discovered.