Wordless Wednesday

Answer Me This

Linking up with Catholic All Year!

1. Do you hate happy clappy church music.

I actually don't! I grew up with traditional hymns, went to catholic schools from 4 through to 18 and spent a chunk of my teen years at a catholic boarding school so those hymns are comforting, nostalgic, and I almost don't have to think about them when singing. Which isn't really the point, I do like the happy claply stuff, I like the emotions they tap into, I like how they often speak of a relationship with God. But I still adore the old classics from childhood.

2 What is your priority, eating or sleeping?

Oooo tricky. Must be eating. I'm in a bad spiral with eating just now :-/ I am not good at sleeping, never have been, but I do love it. Food never fails me, unlike sleep.

3. What type of milk do you drink in your house?

We get it delivered from a local dairy in old fashioned milk bottles that remind me if being a little girl! We only started this since moving to this fair isle but I do love it. Marc get irritated by the amount if bottles that go off, but something in it feels more wholesome than your supermarket plastic jugs of milk.

4. What is a book that changed your perspective on something?

Hmmmm. I am an avid reader (or I was, before munchkins) but I am

Finding this hard to answer. I think reading about the Spanish Civil war a few years ago in The Return by Victoria Hislop really opened my eyes to

My fathers childhood during that era. I really had no clue of the brutalities and hardships that the Spanish people suffered and it made me see my father and who he was in an entirely different way. 

5. Who is your favourite saint?

I am not sure I have one! Perhaps Sta Teresa de Avila. I was in Avila house at boarding school and learned about her then, her patronage of loss of parents, people in need of grace (both me) and bodily ills (my parents, particularly my mother) and for Spain are close to my heart.

6. Introvert or Extrovert

I think anyone who knew me in real life would say extrovert, but this is learned behaviour from all the moving we did (which I am beginning to realise wasn't necessarily a bad thing!) I think I probably lean more towards introvert, I have to work at not staying inside my own little bubble, some times with more success than at other times.

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Lie in

Watching a Peppa Pig marathon with this one while my big snoozer and little snoozer snooze on. 

We have been so lucky to have a prolific sleeper for our first child, although she did lull us into a false sense of security! Sadie has been different, not a 'bad' sleeper, but certainly not one that sleeps through and has to be woken or she'll sleep till 10! 

Sadie is different in many ways. Not mellow and laid back like her sister, not contented and happy to go with the flow like her sister. I often wonder how much is character and how much is second child syndrome? Or even the result of a fair amount if stress coming her way in utero? Whatever caused it the positives are her cheeky personality, her determined and independent spirit, her ability to brighten up any moment with her funny chatter or even with her grumpy scowl. I am afraid sometimes she gets away with things we really shouldn't tolerate just because we have no fight left. 

Wouldn't change her though.

7 Quick Takes

I have never done a link up before! I may fail utterly but I am going to try!!

1. 

Reconnecting after work. I have always worried about my bond with this curly haired whirlwind, but sometimes when she calls for Daddy or Nana over me, my heart breaks a little bit. Moments like this when she only wants 'duddles and shungules wid mummy' are so precious.

2.

I revamped the playroom over Easter, moved out the day bed and rationalised the toys. We have rediscovered old toys, isn't that just the best? My little kitchen role play area has had lots of traffic too! 

3. 

Old buttons left over from Nana Wales knitting, cheap idea frames leftover from too-busy-to-print-photos and glue... Instant crafty presents! Dylan and Eviebeans self portraits look perfect in them :-)

4. 

This patient little Lhasa. My Blossom rarely gets fed on schedule, has a famin and feast scenario with regards to walks and is regularly menaced by small children. But so sweet and so loving and so easy :-)

5. 

Little girls in school summer frocks :-) can't believe my little girl is coming to the end of her first year of school. And she won't even turn 5 till the Summer holidays. I wrote my dissertation on Summer Born children in reception but this school year has really brought it home to me!

6. 

This little girl. She scares me.

7. 

My little girls and their god brothers. Love this image so much. Long may it last. 

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See? I don't even know how to add a link!!

Easter Holidays

For some reason our most recent visit back to Sevenoaks was particularly hard. We stayed over at our friends Colin and Rachel's place, so Evie got to enjoy a sleepover with her pal Donnie and I got to share a glass of wine with my precious Rachel as well as love in Donnie and Marnie! 

The girls are so at home in their house, having known it their whole life. The following day we met up with the rest of our antenatal group (minus Vix and her 3 lovelies) as we used to do (and they still do!) every Wednesday. It was fantastic to catch up, and absorb that comfort and guidance that these ladies have always given me. I love seeing their little ones, all of whom I've known since they were bumps! 

I felt quite tearful on our journey back. Ok, I'll admit it. I cried. I wobbled. Questions I have about our move bubbled to the surface. I was so happy in Sevenoaks. Beanie and Babalina were so happy in Sevenoaks. Marc was happy in the times when he didn't have to work all the hours that god sends in two jobs. And there in lies the rub. The toss up we had to contend with. We see Daddy now. He has time for us and for himself. We go places and do things. I don't think our finances are eased as much as we hoped (because I didn't find work as quickly as we hoped!) I still wonder if we might one day weight return to somewhere nearer the area. Especially if my sister moves there from London and has babies! But till then there is this 

And this

And this