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Spring is Sprung…

Posted by CountryMunchkin on 14/03/201414/02/2019

Loving the daffodils coming sneaking up through the dirt this week. Signs that the seasons are shifting. Little vases and quirky jars of flowers, hand-picked from my own garden is one of the ways I really really know it’s Spring…

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We first looked round this house in early spring. It was mid-morning and the sun had turned the back of the house yellow. I took a picture of Elsa, aged three running through the garden towards the warm, golden stone house and something clicked and suddenly everything felt familiar, it became more than just another house. Seeing Monty running towards his brother, with the warm spring glow in the background, made me feel very nostalgic this morning. #home #homeiswheretheheartis #homelife #cottagelife #springsunshine #twins #sunnydays #suninfebruary

It’s so good to get out in the garden again. Earlier in the week I spent six hours sweeping, clearing, scrubbing, emptying, tidying - it was pretty back breaking, (and I’ve been hobbling around and complaining ever since), but the garden feels ready for spring and a bit more safe, and fun, for the children. These first peeps of colour are going in pots today, which feels like a reward for all my endeavours earlier. I am a hopeless gardener really - too fast, too scrappy, too messy, and things often wilt and wither when they’ve been planted, and I never remember to deadhead or prune, and the chickens eat everything, and no doubt the twins will pull everything up - but I’ll carry on regardless, because I still love the feeling of putting something in the ground, and seeing its colours in my garden. And, if I don’t try, I’ll never learn. #springgarden #inmygarden #springplanting #primroses #camellias #springcolour #greenfingered #countrygarden #cottagegarden #planting #potting #mudundermynails

The joy of finding someone who will walk up and down, up and down, up and down with you, without getting bored. London visitors are the best kind. #goodvisitors #goodfriends #sparehands #babyjuggling #happyboy #boys #babyboy #toddlers #toddlerlife

Half-term kicked off in spectacular form yesterday, with no childcare, a smorgasbords of tummy bugs and a 4:45am start. Mega. I met the day head on - Richard and I decided to divide and survive (no conquering here) - and I proceeded to essentially go speed-dating with my children. First the twins and I discussed the merits of food throwing in the Waitrose cafe, over some humous and blueberries, accompanied by a lot of geriatric staring and muttering; before Elsa and I negotiated the specifics of having rainbows and unicorns on a pizza, and then went swimming. Then it was home to full on sibling scrapping and the delights of dinnertime. Then, when the war was over, everyone was in bed by 9pm. Today will be better. Today, my heroic mother gets to try her hand at all juggling three offspring all day, while I do the washing and have a bath. It’s all about balance. #twins #halfterm #bigsisters #twinboys #twinstagram #waitrosecafe #houmous #babiesloveblueberries #swimmingwithkids #pizza #pizzaexpress #soloparenting #toddlers #motherhood #motherofthree

I found him like this while he was waiting to go to the park. Inquisitive, curious, resourceful, fascinated by everything - I have to remind myself how special he is, how much he wants to get things right, find things out, to understand his world. It must be hard to do that without language yet, having questions you can’t vocalise and answers you can’t yet fully understand. But communication is so, so much more than words - it’s in gestures, eye contact, a hand held, a finger pointed; and it’s in patience and quietness and understanding. Slowly, day by day, we start to unravel the story of Felix, to know him better, to understand him more, and those little glimpses of who he is are very precious. #babyboy #muddypuddles #puddles #toddlers #toddlersofinstagram #motherhood #winterdays #childhoodunplugged #wildandfree

Apparently there is literally nowhere else to sit in this house. #twins #twinboys #twinsofinstagram #twinstagram #boys #boysthatclimb #kitchentablelife #mykitchentable #onmykitchentable #kitchen #heartofthehome #siblings #bigsister #babybrothers

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