Home Sweet Home

Would you believe we have been in our little house for 4 months and I have yet to show you around! Better late than never, please find some of my favourite little corners of our sweet little home.

My sweet little kitchen windowsil

 My home couldn't be complete without a star

A bronze nutbrown hare and trinkets

 

 What better way to start the year in our new home

 Finally, a place for my books

Yes, more hares

 

And a bee, or two, of course

Textures for the sofa

Photo albums for the coffee table

And that is it! And I think it is a rather beautiful little place indeed.

Nerf Warfare

Sunday. The sub zero temperatures meant that we scrapped our plan of going out for a little walk, in favour of getting some excersize inside instead. Pappy bought another Nerf gun so that he and Louie could play together. It was such fun watching these two stake out two sides of the house, the shrieks of laughter were delightful though I think both sides took it very seriously!

Wanderlust

January. Time for booking holidays and making plans.

This year we are trying somewhere new. Two weeks by the sea for us this year, to make up for a lack of seeing any water in 2014. We will be taking our little family to the Suffolk Coast to celebrate our wedding anniversary, somewhere new to us.

When Dan was a child, his grandparents would take him to the south of Suffolk. We won't be too far from his old stomping grounds but we are happy to be making our own footsteps for the first time.

And also a little trip for me and the bee, to our favourite little south western corner of England, to visit our old and familiar, possibly most favourite holiday spot!

There is lots to be excited about!


Photocredit www.thesuffolkcoast.co.uk

A Boy and his Den

Two and a half weeks and we are gradually getting used to being back at school! The days are still jam packed and we are busy bees indeed. I hoped that January would bring us some peace, so maybe there is hope for February?

Wednesday is a work free zone for me, so whilst Mr Bee was at school, I built him a huge den in his bedroom with the goodies sent to us from Philips. He had a super time hiding with his toys in his own little cosy space with Sulley to keep him company. I was sad to tidy it away at the end of the day, but I am sure with this chilly weather at present, we will find ourselves building many more dens!

And after a long day at school, swimming, playing and homework, the little bee is happily snuggled up with his new pal. 

This was a sponsored post, however any views expressed are my own.

Nearly 5

Every year we take Louie to Lollipops a few weeks before his birthday to make a little something to comemmorate the big day. We always try to make something that can be used for his birthday party and it is awesome adding to the collection each year. This year Louie picked out a cereal bowl to paint with stars, rockets and aliens. The three coats of colour is still a little tedious for his nearly 5 year old self, so whilst Louie did all of the big colouring, Nana and I did all of the details. Maybe next year he will have some more patience...

(probably not!)

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It has been a quiet first week of the year. There has been lots of walking, lots of veggies, lie ins, frost and lots of playing with new Christmas goodies.

Jack Frost

We have been in our little house for nearly 4 months now and it is safe to say that I love living in the countryside. This morning we decided to get ourselves all wrapped up and head out for a walk around the local foot paths near our house. It was a frosty and misty morning which made for a truly beautiful walk.

We walked, we got lost, we had a run in with a naughty horse but the general sense of accomplishment from negotiating ourselves around the unknown countryside was absolutely fantastic. I certainly think we need to invest in a local OS map!

Details

With only a few days before we are back to work and school, I wanted to spoil Mr Bee with a little trip out for some fun and fresh air. I didn't think to check the weather forcast but the outcome of heavy rain didn't prevent us from having a truly tip top day out. We bundled Nana and Grandad into our little car and battled through the torrents of rain along the few motorways and winding country roads. Once we arrived, we made a bee line for the house for some shelter. We were welcomed warmly (literally, all of the heaters were on!) and we made our way around the downstairs of the house. It was so beautifully decorated for Christmas, but with the rain being so terribly heavy, I decided to leave my camera in the car unfortunately. After a swift lunch we introduced our guests to the welly walk which Louie took great pleasure in leading us around. We laughed, played games and got magnificently muddy. It was a superb outing and eventually the rain eased off, allowing us to have a personal guided tour of the yew gardens (we are definitely clued up on yews now!).
Each of us now are planning what to do for our next visits, as there will be many. That is one thing I can be sure of!

Start as you mean to go on

 The word on everyones lips at this time of year is the dreaded new diet, detox or exercise regime and of course New Years Resolutions. As you will probably know, we already have a fairly good diet, we eat lots of fruit and veggies by making everything from scratch but over the Christmas period, we have indulged. Not necessarily on 'bad' foods but on particuarly rich foods and not as many fruit and vegatables as we would usually have so upon our return from our few days spent up north, we stocked up the fridge, fruit bowl and veg box with lots and lots of goodies and I have planned nearly three weeks worth of meals already.

This Weeks Menu:

Mushroom, Spinach and Potato filo pie
Warm Winter Salad
Chickpea Curry
Sweet Potato Shepherds pie with red lentils
Carrot, Orange and Mint soup
Parmesan Chicken salad
Vegetable Soup

Mushroom, spinach and potato pie

So this is how we start as we mean to go on, with 52 weeks packed full of delicous, home made, healthy grub!