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Operation Garden #4 Patio Demolition

Posted by Caroline Elliott

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Operation Garden Renovation is now WELL under way. So far we have cut down all of the bushes, torn down the shed and arbor, and had a big fire in the back garden to get rid of all of this … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Home & Garden, Life

Tagged Garden, Operation Garden Renovation

Mar·19

Word of the Week – Gardens

Posted by Caroline Elliott

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This week in our house it has all been about   In truth it has been all about gardens for longer than a week as we started Operation Garden Renovation a few weeks ago now, but this week I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Home & Garden, Life

Tagged Garden, garden design, Operation Garden Renovation, WotW

Mar·14

Adding some spring colour

Posted by Caroline Elliott

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So our house is full of illness again. Honestly this year has been a year of bugs and to tell you the truth I am fed of talking about it. So I am not going to write about the horrendous … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, Home & Garden

Tagged colour, Garden, plants, WotW

Apr·01

Playing outside in the Winter

Posted by Caroline Elliott

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Monkey, like most toddlers I imagine, seems to have boundless energy. He is always haring about the place so we try to get out of the house as much as we can. Last year we started our “operation garden renovation” … Continue reading →

Posted in 2 1/2 - 3, Garden, Playtime

Tagged Garden, happiness, outdoor play, snow, winter

Feb·06

Ten Easy Ideas for Outdoor Play

Posted by Caroline Elliott

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Regular readers may remember that at the start of the year we put a lot of time and effort into Operation Garden renovation. Turning our junk heap of a garden into a nice place to be. We hoped it would … Continue reading →

Posted in Age 2-2 1/2, Playtime

Tagged Garden, happiness, Magic Moments, messy play, moments that melt your heart, outdoor play, painting, playtime ideas

Aug·09

Helping Daddy Dig!

Posted by Caroline Elliott

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Now that the landscaping has finished in the garden renovation, we are starting to think about plants! Money is a little tight at the moment though, so as it was my birthday I asked people for plants and garden centre … Continue reading →

Posted in 23 months, Garden, Home & Garden, Life

Tagged Garden, messy play, mud, outdoor play

May·02

My pregnancy craving – Tangfastics!

Posted by Caroline Elliott

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There is only one word that can really sum up my week! Tangfastics! I am obsessed with them, they are definitely my guilty pleasure at the moment! I’ve always been a fan of our sweets but I hardly ever eat … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Pregnancy

Tagged pregnancy, pregnancy cravings, pregnancy symptoms

May·01

A very diverse week

Posted by Caroline Elliott

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There are many words I could use to describe the past week – hectic, varied, hospital, baking, exciting, depressing, progress, hopeful, honestly I could go on, so I have gone for Diverse. Right… where to start? We had a lovely … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Pregnancy

Tagged baking, being a stay at home mum, hard work, PGP, SPD, WotW

Apr·11

Signs of SPD/PGP and Burying my head in the Sand

Posted by Caroline Elliott

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After announcing my pregnancy on Friday, and my ‘Back to the Beginning‘ post on Monday, this is another post about what has been happening so far – in an attempt to fully chart the progress of my pregnancy and get … Continue reading →

Posted in Pregnancy

Tagged bad days, being a stay at home mum, hard work, PGP, Physio, pregnancy, pregnancy symptoms, SPD

Apr·08

A spot of weeding in the sunshine

Posted by Caroline Elliott

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As the clearance stage of Operation Garden renovation is over, and we are waiting for our contractor to start work on making the garden pretty again, we have been enjoying a bit of a rest from garden stuff. However the … Continue reading →

Posted in 22 months, Garden, Home & Garden, Life

Tagged Family, Garden, happiness, mud, sunshine

Apr·02

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