Monday, February 6th, 2012
I grew up on a street, a suburban street, in a house with a garden. When it snowed all the kids on our street would get their sledges out and sledge down the hill we lived on. It wasn’t a steep hill but just steep enough to pick up some speed and steep enough for [...]
Monday, December 5th, 2011
I find myself saying the word “No” a lot nowadays. And it is extremely dull to hear it. “No, Ned, don’t eat the bauble, it’s glass” “No, Nye, don’t eat the cat litter” Closely followed by…. “NONYEDON’TEATTHECATLITTER!!!!” “No, Ned, you can’t climb on the table and put your spoon in to Dada’s wine glass” “No, [...]
Monday, June 13th, 2011
When my Mother in Law asked me if I’d like her to host a first birthday party for the twins my response was an immediate “YES”. This response is part of my new habit of trying not to bite off more than I can chew and then feeling crappy about everything because I never quite [...]
Friday, June 10th, 2011
It’s my children’s first birthday today. I remember the moment in the top picture very clearly indeed although the hours following it are a little more sketchy. It was the first time I laid eyes on one of the babies growing inside of me. They were here. They were out, airborne, alive. I had a [...]
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Hello! Welcome to my corner of the world in West Sussex. I have been here all week, apart from yesterday when I was up in London for a meeting. It’s great for me, as a mum, to don a summer dress, heels and make-up and stride through the streets of London in the sun occasionally. [...]
Monday, April 18th, 2011
I’m loving all this so much. The contact, the knowing, the tiny moments that we have together. It’s lovely in amongst all the busyness of packing and moving house to have stillness and cuddles and moments of wet hair straight from the bath resting on my cheek. She speaks out to the garden when we [...]
Monday, April 4th, 2011
I’ve realised over time that I actually watch the year go past by observing the light on any given day. I know the light of an afternoon in late November. I know the light of a morning in June. I know the light of a late night on a Saturday in August in West Sussex [...]
Friday, March 11th, 2011
I should really have titled today’s post “Proud Mummy Just Showing Off”. You see my boy Ned has a double crown (he was also born with a tooth but I’ll leave that for another day) and this means that his tiny hair is growing up from both sides of his head on the top and [...]
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Robert and I went out on Saturday afternoon for a walk around the beautiful town of Petworth. We got tea and cake, I bought some Pussy Willow and a scented candle and we chatted….about the babies. We were afforded this afternoon “off” by Robert’s mum who very kindly offered to look after the twins while [...]
Monday, February 7th, 2011
I don’t know whether it’s because I’m a first time mum and I have no experience of these types of feelings or whether it’s because we waited quite a while to have the twins but sometimes I feel like I might crumble from the weight of how I feel about these two. It came home [...]
