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Signs of Spring at the Zoo…

Posted by CountryMunchkin on 20/04/201425/11/2015

Too, too cute. I just had to share these. Little baby moose twins born at London Zoo last week, welcome to the world Toffee and Caramel!!

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I can’t get enough of these wispy blonde curls....everyone keeps muttering to me about ‘haircuts’. The thought of cutting the boys’ blonde locks is beyond me at the moment. How long can I actually let their hair get? With Elsa I dragged it out for three years and two months (!) - but I am not sure I can get away with that this time around.... Mothers of boys, tell me, when did you succumb to the chop?! #twins #babyboy #goldenlocks #goldencurls #firsthaircuts #babyhair

Autumn colours everywhere. I love it when friends bring me flowers. People often ask when coming to stay, or for supper: “What can I bring?” And, of course, a bottle or a plate of something is always appreciated. But a bunch of something beautiful is guaranteed to always make me happy and always be truly and gratefully received. There’s actually a lot of special things in this photo - from a bunch of seasonal blooms that were a gift and the tiny munchkin pumpkins that I always buy hundreds of at this time of year, to the @stevalcandles Bay and Rosemary candle on the coaster I made at @shine.pnd.art and the @sketchymuma ‘Twins’ print that lives in my kitchen and reminds of important things everyday.... #cornersofmyhome #kitchenlife #sendflowers #giveflowers #bringflowers #buyherflowers #autumncolours #autumnflowers #signsoftheseason #signsofautumn #creativity

This boy. I sometimes really don’t know what to make of him. He’s such a particular sort of soul. Worried and worrisome one minute, a rock solid smiling bundle of hilarity the next. I always talk about Monty as our bonus baby, but Felix has been the biggest surprise of my three in so many ways. #middlechild #twin #babyboy #gettingtoknowyou #tinyhumans #tinyhuman #littleboy #motherofboys #motheroftwins #littlelife #outandabout

So, tonight, Elsa scribbled in red pen all over our expensive sitting room rug. And the sofa. In permanent red pen. I was furious. It won’t come out. But - also - I understood. She is tired. She didn’t do it for badness. She did it through idle lethargy, and frustration. She didn’t even realise what she was doing, until she’d done it. Because of the amazing book I’ve been reading, I didn’t shout, but I did share my feelings on how sad I was that she had done it. She was sorry - truly sorry, not toddler sorry - in an instant. And that was good. But the real pay off came later, when, just before bed, she said quietly: “Mummy. It’s hard in this house.” It broke my heart a little bit. Because I knew what she meant. “Everyone is in my house all the time and the boys are there all the time.” And I realised, that, just like us, she feels this shift, this invasion of tiny people in a very real way. I could have said things like: “I know. But we love the boys don’t we?” But I didn’t. Instead I said: “I know. Thank you for telling me how you feel. I feel the same. It is hard in this house sometimes. I’m sorry. I love you.” And she hugged me. And smiled. And climbed into bed. Feelings matter. They really matter. Whether they’re from a cross toddler, a tired four year old or a slightly depressed mother. They matter. And they’re not silly. I always want my children to know that their feelings matter. And that I want to hear them. I want that for my little girl because she has been born into a world where women still don’t matter as much as men. And I want that for my boys because men need to know that feelings are brave and true and part of who they are. So, yeah, it’s hard in this house. There’s a lot of people in it a lot of the time. And that makes us sad and tired sometimes. And that’s ok. Because that’s what we feel. And now we’ve said it, it doesn’t even seem so bad. #feelings #feelingsmatter #raisingboys #raisinggirls #parenthood #motherhood #internationaldayofthegirl #twins #lifewithtwins #motheroftwins #motherofthree #gentleparenting #howtotalksokidswilllisten

Hat envy. Trike envy. Twin sidekick envy. Just envy generally really. Everyone I meet who is a twin, tells me how awesome it is. And it does seem, looking at these two rascals, like having a permanent someone there who’s got your back and knows your life inside out without any need for explanations must be pretty amazing. Twins, what was your twin childhood like? #twinbond #twins #twinsofinstagram #twinstagram #twinboys #brothers #twinmama #twinlife #littletrike #trikes

I love the view from the back of our house, over our neighbours’ beautiful stone cottage, and up the hill to the woods beyond. In the summer you can hear the sheep in this field calling to each other and in the winter it starts each day covered in the thinnest layer of glittering frost.... #autumnscenes #homelife #cotswoldstone #cotswoldcottage #cotswoldvillage #autumnlight #autumnevenings #autumncolours #autumnscenes

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