Miya turned 9! Starting with a birthday bacon butty breakfast in bed, moving into a garden party with family and ending with some karaoke!
Photo Dump Catch Up- Miya’s Birthday
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Let’s Catch Up
Happy Wednesday all! I hope you're as well as can be given the weird times... I'm ok, can't complain. Just the usual ongoing struggles of trying and failing to balance my attention over all areas of life , ya know how it is! I wanna catch up by rounding up some of the things that've [...]
Hitchin Lavender Fields
Yippiiiiiie, I finally paid a visit to Hitchin Lavender Fields! (thanks to an early birthday present off Mum, thanks Mum!) Cheers to a bloody lovely day! We had to pre book online Entrance price is £6 but we paid £22 for a family of 4 ticket. We booked the 12-2pm slot and there was about [...]
Meditating with Barbie
To my delight, Miya loves her Meditation Barbie (the one I got for her birthday) She repeats five different mindfulness exercises and comes with a pet dog and 4 different mood rainbows (so cute). Anyway... Head Space have partnered with Barbie and are offering a mindfulness sessions FOR FREE on their website to encourage children to [...]
Virtual Journaling Date
After a few month of keeping in touch via FaceTime me and Miya had a lovely virtual read along and enjoyed it so much that we decided we wanted to do more of them, as they gave our calls a bit more structure. Miya said that although she wanted to, she hadn't journaled in a [...]
Miya’s Lockdown Birthday
Despite both my parents, lots of family members and a few good friends having birthday's since lockdown started, the one that hit hardest was Miya's. I've never had the option to see her taken away before and the idea of not seeing her on her birthday was strange...HOWEVER in reality it wasn't as sad as [...]
Virtual Read Along- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Lots of my family members have had birthday's during lockdown, including Miya (my little sister)... I sent her a few gifts through the post... including the book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy as I'd seen it around a lot and was feeling very drawn to it! Anyway...since we've been [...]
Socially Distant Quiz Date
My virtual social life means a lot to me right now, I've tried to FaceTime my loved where I can without feeling too overwhelmed or pressured to be on constant calls and it's been so nice. However a few weeks ago, I had a socially distant quiz date with Miya and my heart was so [...]
Hardwick Hall Afternoon Tea
Looking for a reasonably priced afternoon tea in the County Durham area? How does £11 each for afternoon tea AND a glass of prosecco sound? The standard afternoon tea is priced at £19.95 for two or £24.95 including prosecco which is great in itself but Mum found our offer on Groupon which meant it worked [...]
Happy Valentines Day
❤️ L O V E ❤️ Today is about showing ALL of the people who add goodness to your life LOVE✨ Remember to appreciate them at times like this when OTT consumerism tries to make you focus on the wrong things. I hope you all have a love filled day whether that means showing yourself, [...]
