Week 52 of 2025 ✨
1. That bit in between Christmas and the new year where you’re not too sure what day it is is honestly my favourite. Lots of family walks ✨
2. Do you think Novie pushed this pram the whole walk? 🙃
3. The old tv proved a huge hit, can’t be too sure there isn’t a sylvanian toy inside the vhs slot though…
4. I made a sticky toffee sponge with sauce and it was 👌
5. Playing a bit of 40 winks!
6. Alfie bought me these felt tips and a colouring book for Christmas so sat and did all the swatches (my gosh this takes longer than you think haha)
7. The playroom looking happy in the sun!
8. Lots of Christmas crafting!
9. The little top knot 🥹
10. A “leftovers baguette” & a side of dipping gravy was 20/10
11. One of the biggest hits with the kids were these light up ice cubes I got them that flash different colours when they’re in the water! A lot of fun in the dark!
12. Playing together 😍 (yes the tree is wonky haha)
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Hope 2026 is everything you want it to be ♥️
Week 51 of 2025 ✨
1. The week of Christmas! Heading out on Christmas Eve to start the celebrations
2. Uncle @seanelliottoc giving a tour of Nanny & Daddads Christmas tree
3. Otties drawing of the grinch
4. The table all ready for Christmas Day!
5. ✨
6. The girls had these little signs on their doors 🥹
7. The best Christmas snacks!!
8. Christmas morning!
9. Already all playing 🥰
10. Christmas morning magic! ✨
11. Ottie was Dorothy all day ♥️
12. Doggos 😍
13. Christmas dinner all ready to go!
14. Boxing Day breakfast and an eager attendee haha
15. Playing PlayStation on his new/old tv with his dad! 🥲
16. All the walks to try and break up the day (whatever day it is…)
17. Boxing Day cheese board grazing situation (think I actually prefer this to the main meal? Anyone else?)
Week 50 of 2025 ✨
1. A beach stroll on a rare sunny December day!
2. Pit stop at @readingroombrighton
3. Getting cosy under the blanket
4. The beach was very windy!
5. Getting crafty with a gingerbread house
6. Otties drawing of reindeer!
7. Salt dough decorations. IYKYK 🦶
8. Naughty Belfie
9. Green grinch waffles for breakfast!
10. Writing cards for family and friends
11. A trip to @bayon.bakery
12. Back to tulleys but this time for their Christmas lights @tulleyschristmaslights
13. Absolutely magical!
14. @markyyferris ♥️♥️
15. 🥰
16. @wagamama_uk on a cold day 👌
Week 49 of 2025 ✨
1. Novie waiting for Father Christmas
2. Nibbly bits for a festive evening
3. The big man himself! @spacenk@jinisanassy making dreams come true ♥️
4. Even Nala wanted in on the Father Christmas action!
5. Belfie was playing doctors and nurses
6. Went on a muddy quest to get a Christmas tree at @goddenwickfarm
7. Squelchy walk selfie
8. Did a pre-Christmas day with @joe_sugg & @diannebuswell before they headed off to Australia for Christmas
9. Had an incredible day at @laplanduk [ad-pr gift]
10. It gets more and more magical the older they get!
11. Lapland squad 🥰
12. The little houses along the trails are my favourite!
13. Otties favourite elf Pixie Mixie stopped by to say hello at lunch!
14. This hot chocolate was SENSATIONAL
15. The drive home was less sensational as we were stuck in traffic for hours listening to this on repeat with two children that grew increasingly impatient but we all got through it 😅
16. Naughty Belfie
17. My favourite drawing Ottie has ever done! The snowman 🥹
18. Christmas knitwear game was strong!
19. A trip to @wildernesswoodsussex
20. 🥰
Week 48 of 2025 ✨
1. The week that Novie turned 2 🎈
2. Back the start of the week and the elf returned for advent!
3. The girls were VERY excited
4. Christmas sandwich from @socialboardsandwiches after seeing @picantegeorge Instagram post!!
5. Loves her books!
6. Headed to the @the_homegrown_market_ wreath making market!
7. Thoroughly enjoyed this!
8. That cheeky elf
9. Prepping for the birthday girls big day in the morning
10. All ready 🥲
11. The teeny hats
12. Slow cosy morning opening birthday presents and playing
13. In the afternoon we had a party 🎉
14. One very happy birthday girl
15. The most beautiful cake made by @vandershnoodlecakes the most talented lady 🦆
16. Platters of dreams by @stylisheatsuk
17. The kiddies ones were so cute, we also deliverood some of Novies favourite chicken gyozas from @wagamama_uk 😂
18. The craft table went down very well!
19. ♥️
20. Blowing out her candles 🥰
Weeks 46 & 47 ✨
1. Put two weeks together here because week 46 was basically just plagued with illness the entire week! Me and both girls were struck down with some sort of savage cold virus so there were lots of snuggles on the sofa watching films!
2. Necessity 🤒
3. Actually got dressed and left the house
4. A cookie delivery from @theannaedit ♥️
5. Made a roast!
6. A little insight into my day with a Velcro toddler! Haha I do a lot with one hand 😅
7. Eventually was able to leave the house and the first place I went was @oeuf.cafe for their new festive menu! DELISH
8. Started decorating the house for Christmas!
9. Wrapped the advent Christmas books!
10. All ready for December 1st!
11. These lights do something to my soul! They’re just the best!
12. ♥️♥️♥️
13. Playroom got a festive make over!
14. Novie with her vinted postman pat jumper!
15. My favourite tree 🎄
16. Went to see @thechristmasorchestra with Alf which was amazing
17. Name that film!
18. Another birthday party!
19. A new addition to the Christmas costumes 😂
20. A gift for the girls from @lydiahewittlee that genuinely took my breath away! (Alfie took this photo to send to Lydia haha) The most incredible pop up book by Robert Sabuda (I have since purchased this book twice for Christmas gifts and then 2 others for Ottie and Novie! Haha)
Week 45 of 2025 ✨
1. Little visit to middle farm!
2. 🥰
3. The BEST scone! Always little hands wanting to share 😆
4. Another trip to Drucillas but this time for Dottys first birthday!
5. Novie wanted to feed the birds herself this time
6. @seanelliottoc quick backtrack to get out the shot 😂
7. Vlogmas announcement
8. Autumn walks ✨
9. A solo browse in @sostrenegrene was heaven!!
10. Celebrating Dotty turning one 🎈
11. Big cousins 🥰
12. All playing together
13. Birthday party for Kaia @maddiechester
14. Evening beach stroll with the fam for ice cream
15. Sunset girly
16. ♥️
17. ✨✨✨
18. Outfits of the day!
19. Went to see @bensonboone
20. THE BEST NIGHT!
Week 44 of 2025 ✨
1. Tulleys @tulleyspumpkinnights with friends & family ♥️
2. The only time @poppydeyes smiled this whole Ferris wheel ride 😆
3. Decorated the mouse house for Halloween & thanksgiving
4. Breakfast date with @alfiedeyes
5. Went to @fishersfarmpark and Novie very much enjoyed the wandering chickens
6. Toasting marshmallows @maddiechester
7. Me & @maddiechester very much wishing we hadn’t volunteered to take the girls up here the entire way around 😆
8. New Halloween tradition of a kiddies breakfast in the morning! Definitely my favourite thing we did and already looking forward to doing it again next year. The kids all dressed up and had the best time.
9. These Nutella pastry mummies went down a treat!
10. Spooky eggs
11. More foody bits!
12. What is it about the tiny tables and chairs I just love so much haha
13. Novie Nell the clown!
14. Waving bye bye to Aunty @poppydeyes & Dotty
15. Cosy day at Nanny & Dad-Dads
16. Bouncing around with Aunty @diannebuswell & uncle @joe_sugg
17. A Sunday roast at @poppydeyes & @seanelliottoc house!
18. Dot in a basket! Haha
19. All the cousins playing together 🥰
Week 43 of 2025 ✨
1. Lots of being outdoors! This coat is like wearing a sleeping bag
2. NEW CLOCK! (It finally tells us the day, month & time correctly. IYKYK)
3. Decorated the playroom for Halloween
4. Trip to @onegardenbrighton
5. Spot of colouring
6. Hot chocolate break
7. Mum bought these gorgeous knitted Christmas hats for the girls from a charity shop 😍
8. Is there ever anything more fun than an empty cardboard box?
9. Spooky trip to @drusillaspark
10. The girls loved it!
11. Think he was trying to peck out my grey hairs…. 😆
12. 🎃🎃🎃
13. These Halloween decs felt so nostalgic!
14. Train ride!!
15. Annual trip to @tulleyspumpkins
16. Love the idea of this, you can see how much they’ve grown year after year!
17. Family pumpkin field photo
18. 😍
19. Post birthday party 🎁 just loved her little outfit!
Week 42 of 2025 ✨ (got to play catch up before the end of the year)
1. Playing at nanny and dadads house
2. Ottie wanted me to dress up with her 😅🥴
3. Practising Otties writing
4. Made a mental note to order this when I saw it out and about 😂
5. 🎃
6. Pie season
7. Definitely a week of Ottie wanting to write lots
8. Made chocolate banana lollies
9. The giant Halloween cushions came out to play 😂
10. Painting pumpkins
11. Many trips to the garden center as Christmas rolled out
12. Loved Otties outfit
13. Novie drew this and said it was “a Christmas tree” 🥹
14. Tried to make avo on toast a bit more exciting 😅
Week 41 of 2025 ✨
1. Spending Sunday at the @prestonparkmarket with family!
2. I know I’m biased MY GOD I WANNA SQUISH HER SHES SO CUTE
3. The coolest 4 year old
4. Glad someone finds me funny 😆
5. Roast at mums!! Always delicious @traceysugg
6. Definitely think she was going to try and take this home
7. Loved this outfit 😍
8. Where there’s a comfy spot, Nala will find it ♥️
9. Words and letters coming out of our ears! 😝
10. Had my braces taken off!! SO happy with the results! For anyone in Sussex I highly reccommend @neyodental They were so great 🙌🏼
11. The @aldispecialbuysuk wooden toy sale!
12. Ottie requested Halloween chocolate bark after a week of school because it was in her Halloween cookbook from her Nanny so I whipped that up 🤣
13. Walking past the bedroom door and seeing this 😍
14. Dear Sunday pieces 🙌🏼
15. PIE SEASON!! (My favourite - tell me your favourite pie filling please)
Week 40 of 2025 ✨
1. It was time to decorate the porch for Autumn so a trip to the garden center for all the gorgeous plants was a morning well spent. If you can’t tell, I’m in my element 🤣
2. Boot of dreams
3. Beautiful sunrises!
4. Novies new favourite thing to do is carry all the little munchkin squashes and pumpkins
5. Christmas Day in October with @markyyferris 🙌🏼
6. Spread of dreams
7. 🎃♥️
8. How adorable is this photo?
9. Splashing in puddles
10. Exploring through the woods!
11. Love going to say hello to the alpacas
12. Novie definitely trying to work out how to copy her sister in this photo
13. Our life with a child in reception! Lots of learning (for her and for us haha)
14. Here she is again with her two little squashes 🥰
15. She just wants to sit here admiring them all!
16. Fresh skincare before bed feeling ✨🌙