Retro daddy and I were having a little conversation about our holiday – I said we should have either lunch or dinner out each day. He thought we should always have lunch in (remember he’s the accountant). I made it clear this is my holiday too and I’d like a tiny break from the cooking, […]
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I made a dress
September 10, 2012 By 21 Comments
I can’t quite believe it myself. But with our holiday coming up soon I really wanted to make my girls a new dress each to take away with us. I have so many patterns and sewing books and forgot about this one. The book is called Girl’s World by Jennifer Paganelli and has a couple […]
{Keep Reading...}I’m redesigning my blog
September 8, 2012 By 14 Comments
Next month I’m finally getting a total overhaul of my blog and moving to wordpress. It is so exciting and I’ve been talking about it for a year BUT it’s scary too. What if I don’t get it right? What if I get sick of the new design? What if you my lovely readers get […]
{Keep Reading...}retro mummy plays nurse
September 7, 2012 By 23 Comments
You know if I’ve learnt anything in the 6 years I’ve been a mummy, well it’s that little people get sick with a click of the fingers. You can put them down to bed perfectly happy and next thing you know you’re dealing with vomit, croup or some other sickness. And I’ve also learnt that when […]
{Keep Reading...}my top tips for blogging
September 5, 2012 By 52 Comments
So earlier in the week I gave a little talk on blogging to a lovely group of ladies here. And here are my top tips which I think make a great blog and a great blogger! Even if you’re starting out you can adopt these and even if you don’t blog these are really important […]
{Keep Reading...}8 weeks
September 4, 2012 By 19 Comments
tomorrow this super cute munchkin will be 8 weeks old! Yes really. He is getting cuter by the day. I look at this picture and realise why I keep having babies……………because they are just so cute. There are plenty of times when it gets crazy especially when I think he’s off to sleep and I […]
{Keep Reading...}big babies and apple porridge
August 29, 2012 By 15 Comments
I’m a bit of an over achiever in a few parts of my life – let’s take babies. I like to have lots of them and I breed them big. Big babies ‘r’ us. Here is Emerson at just 7 weeks – he’s wearing a 00 (size 3-6 months) jumpsuit and not leaving much room to grow […]
{Keep Reading...}are they all yours?
August 28, 2012 By 22 Comments
I’m getting that question more than ever but sometimes I do forget that they are all mine! Like when I was looking over photos I took on the weekend and I look at these 4 and think wow they are all growing and they are all mine. I think the bigger our kids […]
{Keep Reading...}starting to think about renovating
August 28, 2012 By 20 Comments
One of the reasons that I fell in love with our new house was that I knew that my style would fit in here perfectly. And I know that some people move into houses and get stuck straight into the renovating. But we are not those people. The reality is we have always moved into […]
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