Chloe Ridgway

Ella: Thirteen

At the start of December, amidst the chaos of moving house, we celebrated Ella’s birthday and somehow my firstborn is now a teenager.  Thirteen!  And only a few inches off being the same height as me!  I can’t believe it.  It honestly doesn’t feel like thirteen years ago that she entered the world, launched me…

Project Happy {Year 6}: Days 281-290

The beginning of a whole new chapter. Quite literally, as one door closes, another one opens. Mid-December was busy with moving house, end-of-term festivities, work, Christmas (and birthday!) preparations and two children out for the count with actual, proper flu. It hit them one week after the other and I’ve not seen them that poorly…

Little Loves: December 2019

What a month!  We celebrated Ella turning thirteen at the beginning of December, finally moved house (woohoo!) and then both Mimi and Ella succumbed to the epidemic of flu going around their school.  It completely wiped them out one week after the other in the lead up to the end of term and they each…

Project Happy {Year 6}: Days 271-280

The start of December was a good kind of busy with a visit from my Mum, Ella’s birthday and finally getting a moving date.  This month is always manic so throwing in a house-move along with everything else will be totally fine (won’t it?!).

November 2019: The Moments In Between

I take hundreds of photos every month, and most of them don’t get shared with anyone, let alone online. And yet the moments in time that those photos capture are just as important a part of our story as the other images that I do choose to share. I originally created this blog as a…

Project Happy {Year 6}: Days 261-270

The end of November has been as understated as the rest of the month and even though part of me hates being at home so much, another part of me is quite glad of the quiet as I feel utterly mentally exhausted at the moment. It’s when I start feeling overwhelmed with everything that this…

Project Happy {Year 6}: Days 251-260

The seasons are beginning to shift. Temperatures dropping, the first frost. The stillness of winter slowly starting to settle in.  After weeks of rain it’s actually quite welcome. We haven’t been doing very much recently and I’ve been trying to enjoy the slower pace before the busy festive season kicks in. Here are my quietly…

Little Loves: November 2019

I’m not a fan of November.  It’s one of my least favourite months of the year (along with January and February).  Dark mornings and evenings combined with cold and drizzly weather are not fun, no matter how much I try and shift my mindset to being happy to hibernate indoors in front of the TV…

Project Happy {Year 6}: Days 241-250

The start of November was a bit of a whirlwind with the end of half term, going back to school, two trips to London, family coming to visit from overseas (no photos – we were too busy chatting and catching up with each other’s news!), the ongoing house-moving saga and a very special 18th birthday…