Christmas joy.

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…

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?!).

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…

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…

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…

I have been dropping the ball on so many things recently, and keeping up to date with Project Happy posts has slipped down the list of priorities out of necessity. The girls were so very ready for October half term – they were desperatly in ned of a rest and some proper family time after…

Still waiting for a moving date, still raining every day, still not much going on because we feel like we’re in limbo, but still finding joy in the every day. Here are my happy, ordinary, magical moments from mid-October…