Not A Frumpy Mum

Not A Frumpy Mum April 11, 2014

Beach Fun & Puddle Jumping

I love being by the sea. There’s something very calming about it, and it always makes the day to day worries and stresses seem a million miles away. Last weekend we took O to spend a few days at the beach in North Wales. The weather was a bit on the ropey side. Lots of wind and rain but on the Sunday late afternoon the sun came out and we headed outside. It was great being by the sea and O loved spotting the birds and the boats and making his footprints in the sand. As it had been raining…

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Not A Frumpy Mum April 11, 2014

Love The Little Things #15

This week has been lovely. No work, a family mini-break and lots of quality time spent with my boys! The highlights have been: Read The Grand National forecasts! A very serious business in our house. We always spend Saturday mornings on National Day reading the pundits opinions and picking our horses. My 3 horses didn’t do to well (my own fault for picking horses with names that make me laugh. Shakalakaboomboom, I’m talking about you!!) but hubby backed the winner and is taking me out for dinner tonight with his winnings! Watched The Grand National! It’s a bit of a tradition…

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Not A Frumpy Mum April 8, 2014

8 reasons you will ALWAYS be late with a toddler!

I hate being late, hate it! This comes from my dad who will arrive anywhere at least 15 minutes ahead of schedule. Since having a child I have really had to learn to just roll with it and accept the inevitable, I will be late! To pretty much everything! Just a handful of the reasons why: 1. They will always do a poo just as you are about to leave the house. This is especially annoying in winter as once all layered up you then have to undress, change and then re-apply the coat, hat, scarf etc! Just as you…

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Not A Frumpy Mum April 6, 2014

The Ordinary Moments – Getting Away

This weekend has been our first visit of the summer season to my parents caravan in north Wales. A few minutes walk from the beach and a few minutes drive from some beautiful locations, it’s the perfect place to get away from it all. It’s lovely to spend time together without the distractions of home. No washing and cleaning to worry about and O loves pointing out all the new things he can see from the caravan window. We first started coming as a recently engaged couple and now we arrive as a family of 3, and we’ll be coming…

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Not A Frumpy Mum April 4, 2014

Love The Little Things #14

Today is the last day of school before the Easter hols. The Easter break is one of my faves, the weather is just staring to get better, it’s not as hectic as Xmas and we have the annual Good Friday meal with all best friends (plus an increasing number of kids). Anyway, this is all to come so let’s have a look at what we’ve been loving this week. Read My beautiful Mothers Day card my little man made for me at nursery. He also felt the need to explain to me exactly how he’d made it, which was just…

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