The Me & Mine Project – December 2018

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12 & 13 WEEKS PREGNANT | THE PREGNANCY DIARIES

This is the first in my series of weekly uploads to document this pregnancy. I would love for you to let me know if you are expecting too in the comments. How far along? 12 weeks How big? The size of a Lime Maternity clothes? Still fitting in my normal clothes but my jeans are tight at the end of the day.  Sleep? I’m still feeling like a I need a 20 minute nap midday – plus I keep waking at night and find it hard to go back to sleep.  Best moment this week? Feeling much less sick –…

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A Yummy Pancake Day with the #NumNomsPancakeDay Challenge

One of my favourite memories of being a kid was collecting sets of little toys – maybe it’s in my personality as I now do the same with handbags and lipsticks, but its certainly a trait I’ve passed on to Izzie. Izzie has been collecting NumNoms since last summer, and loves convincing me and my Mum to buy her new ones, or the mystery pots. She’s also been saving up her pocket money to buy more. If you haven’t heard of NumNoms, they are small squishy food shaped characters that all have their own smell. When we were asked to…

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The Brushneen Christmas Meal Plan 2016

I am a planner – I’ve mentioned several times how many lists I write. Christmas is no exception. It may seem totally over the top but I keep a copy of the previous years shopping list and meals plan son the computer. I like to meal plan from the day before Christmas day for the week ahead, and then I know I can do one big shop and know I have enough food and essentials so we don’t have to go out to shops. I also make a few dishes from leftovers and so like to make sure my shopping…

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What we did Summer 2016 – Week 2

Week 2 1st-5th August (This is a shorter week as we went on holiday on Saturday, so wanted to include our week away in one post) This week was again a very quiet week – I had in the back of my mind that we were going away on the Saturday, and so most of the week was spent tidying, cleaning and washing clothes. Monday started off quiet, but within two hours of breakfast, Izzie had given Ollie a black eye (accidentally). The rest of the day was spent having a catch up with one of my best friends and…

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