CORALIE AND GEORGE: may

With our biggest kids at nursery on a Tuesday afternoon, my best friend and I decided to each take the babies on alternate weeks, to give each other an afternoon to work, rest or play. It's amazing what you can get done in five hours and these two monkeys have the best time hanging out together.

Last week I took them to the Botanical Gardens to enjoy the sunshine and chase the squirrels for an hour. They basically take care of each other, and so I was able to follow them around to photograph them exploring the world without any guidance from their older siblings.

These two are the sweetest pair, and so hilarious. They make each other laugh constantly. What a beautiful friendship.

SUNDAYS

xxx

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Josephine and Coralie: Nestled amongst the flowers in the Botanical Gardens.

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Josephine and Coralie: They'd happily water the plants all day, every day.

SPRING: fun in the garden

Saturday afternoons in spring are for being in the garden, playing football, catching bugs and planting seeds. It's so nice that Coralie has so much more freedom out there too now. Before the winter she struggled with the steps and was a bit of a liability, with plenty of trips and falls. But not any more, and it was lovely to see her mooch around doing what she wanted. Phiney spent ages mixing concoctions of sticks, leaves and mud before we kicked the ball up and down the garden. Ben was mending and painting some old tools he bought in an amazing vintage garden store down the road from us, and then we all headed in for tea.

As long as the hours can sometimes be; as tired and as broke as we are - these are the days :)

PARK LIFE

When the sun is shining on a Saturday morning, the only thing to do is pack a picnic and head to the park. Sandcastles in the sandpit, walking-practice and (when you're the small one who loves to eat said sand) cuddles with Mama and Daddy.

Oh and that dragon head?! Josephine and Ben got crafty before we went to the park (while I slept in...heaven!) and made this absolutely brilliant mask. It's even better in real life. A keeper, for sure.

SPRING DAYS

As I sit and type this the rain has poured, the thunder has rumbled and it's cold and dark outside. Looking at these pictures from a couple of weeks ago makes me wish for the sunshine and warmth to hurry up and come back. It doesn't really feel like spring, let alone summer, has properly arrived yet. Sunny days are followed by cold and windy ones; the wellie boots are worn as much as sandals and it's hard to tell what the weather will do from one moment to the next.

Isn't it ever so British of me to spend a whole blog post discussing the weather?!

In other news...Coco & Wolf denim bloomers are my go to item for both the girls and Amy & Ivor moccasins are the best and make foot photos awesome, always.