There is something incredibly, deliciously hygge about bringing your toddler back from the playground with chilly hands, rosy cheeks, windswept hair and muddy boots.
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Going Natural
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Going natural seems to be the theme of the year. I’m cutting out the hair dye and letting my hair breathe for a bit, bleach free. I’m trying to reduce the amount of plastic-wrapped goods I buy in the supermarket and signed a petition to eradicate it from our grocery aisles. (The one I signed was a UK .gov one and it’s since closed but you can sign this Greenpeace one.) And I’m teaching myself to embrace a new normal as we head into autumn, in which a walk to the playground in torrential downpour is the norm.
Beautiful Brighton and Puppy Playtime
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To round off a summer of exciting excursions, we drove the three hours down to Brighton where some of our friends from university live, and to show little J the sea for the first time!
Staycation at the In Laws!
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Staycations have been all the rage this year, thanks to the global pandemic, and to be honest I’m glad we can leave the house at all. My lovely in-laws decided to ‘escape’ their idyllic home in the countryside to go visiting some touristy places on the east coast, leaving behind their beautiful and friendly eight year old cat, Arthur, for us to cat sit. They live a couple of hours away, and with the amount of stuff we loaded into the car, it certainly felt like going on holiday for a week!
Our Hygge Glamping Weekend
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For my mum’s birthday this year, my sister and I decided to treat her to a weekend away (with us and my husband and baby) to escape into the countryside, forget her troubles, and have dinners cooked over a fire! What could be more hygge than a close-knit group talking around a campfire?
The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read
Book Reviews, Child-led Life
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Upon first reading this book, I thought that it was nicely written, positively affirming, but didn’t really tell me much I didn’t already know from reading other books. Until, that is, I reached Part 5. Bear in mind that Parts 5 and 6 are half the book in themselves.
Calm Parents, Happy Kids
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This book and the discovery of ‘Aha moments’ was a revelation to me. I cannot recommend it enough. I recently read this book again for the third time. Having read it during pregnancy and since J was born, I am returning to it again and again for the best advice I have found so far.
Cocoa Crisp Cookie Monsters!
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My husband and I are total cookie monsters. We have a definite sweet tooth and always like to have some kind of pudding available to treat ourselves after the daily toil that is convincing little J that he wants to go to bed. Sweet little baby, he doesn’t want to miss out on anything!
Hygge Family Life 