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This takes me back to being a child again!! and is definitely one of my fondest memories …..

I always loved cooking with my mum – the fun of reading through the recipe, weighing out the ingredients, getting my hands stuck in and mixing the cake mixture, then camping out by the oven, watching the cakes slowly rising ….. and now, being a mother myself, I can appreciate how much delight she would have also got from the experience, being able to do the same with my children now just melts my heart, it’s so much fun!

And of course, the best bit has always licking the spoon at the end …….

So, the Christmas fun and madness has subsided and the house is now filled to the brim with new children’s toys (which I am sure I will still be trying to organise in March!!), meaning its now the time to start thinking of sending out the all important thank you cards.

The easiest option of course is to buy a pack of generic thank you cards from the shop, but I think its always such a lovely touch to send a personalised photo card especially as there are so many great websites now that offer a simple design service for the same cost.

So now I need to convince the girls that this is a good idea and not some kind of punishment! Leila will tolerate me to a point and politely smile when asked, (although she’ll often offer me her best Wallace & Gromit grin in an attempt to get me to take the photo and move on!!), but Isabelle would much rather run in the opposite direction or insist on looking at the floor whenever asked to look at the camera.

Anyway, this is the result of an hour long walk through the woods, with some careful distraction tactics and gentle bribery, I hope you like …..

One of Leila’s more natural smiles …

Of course there was plenty of time for some all important tree climbing …

 I am pleased to say, they did amazingly well and this the chosen option ……

So as the title says ….. Welcome!!

I am so thrilled to be able to finally start blogging!! although I must admit ….. a little scared!! My initial thought is that I would like to use this space to share our family adventures and to record our memories! but I am happy and excited to see where this journey will take me …..

Thank you so much for following, i would love to hear from you!

Jen

xx