Gemma in the Cotswolds

LIVING & RAISING RAINBOWS IN THE COTSWOLDS
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The 73 Questions Tag

The 73 Questions Tag

I was tagged by the lovely Laura at Dear Bear and Beany, to answer the Vogue’s 73 Questions Tag You can find my answers in the video below… I got Ell to ask me the questions, and some of them were quite difficult. I really enjoyed doing it though. Hopefully you now know a few random things about me. I’ve also tagged some other lovely Youtubers to take part below: Becka at Love Becka Laura at Tired Mummy of Two Alex at Bump to Baby Zoe at My Little Wildlings The 73 Questions for you all to answer are: 1.…

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Brand Collaborations

#VicksTricks – How I help my kids feel better when they are poorly

#VicksTricks – How I help my kids feel better when they are poorly

This post is an entry for the #VicksTricks Campaign Anyone who has read any of my blog posts in the last few weeks, will know since the beginning of December we haven’t gone a week in our house without some sort of illness. I was really pleased therefore, to receive the #VicksTricks challenge from BritMums.   We were really excited to receive this package in the post last week which contained a bedtime book, fingers puppets, a memory stick with 4 easy magic tricks on it, and a bottle of The Vicks First Defence Nasal Spray – to help make…

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Living Arrows

{Living Arrows 2017} #4

{Living Arrows 2017} #4

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” Kahlil Gibran Surprise, surprise, the illness is still lingering – this week a slight temperature for Izzie. Luckily it was easily controlled with Calpol, and she was more than happy to get out of the house on Saturday. It was such a beautiful day, and we went for a lovely walk in the village I grew up in and where my parents still live. I love seeing my kids playing at the same park that I played at growing up – Izzie is mastering kicking her legs…

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The Ordinary Moments

{The Ordinary Moments} #5 It Felt Like Spring

{The Ordinary Moments} #5 It Felt Like Spring

I think all my wishing, and hoping (and whining) about my need for Spring to arrive was heard this weekend. We woke up on Saturday to beautiful blue skies. I don’t care what anyone says, sunlight changes your mood for the better. There was definitely the feel of Spring in the air. I usually spend Saturdays moping – I see friends, and others on social media, enjoying their weekends as a family, and I know that as Ell plays football, our Saturdays don’t look like that – there is no brunch, and a lack of family time. It always puts…

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Bucket Lists

Our Spring Bucket List 2017

Our Spring Bucket List 2017

  I know its only the beginning of February and I don’t know about you, but I am so fed up of these damp, grey days. I’m fed up of not being able to hang washing outside, I’m fed up of lugging around coats, hat and gloves, and I’m fed up of the car being grimy and dirty, so that I have to yell at the kids not to push against it as they end up filthy. With this in mind, I though I’d share my Spring Bucket list for 2017 – and i’ve included a few photos from when…

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Babyloss

5 Years Ago Today You Were Born Sleeping…Happy Birthday Sophie

5 Years Ago Today You Were Born Sleeping…Happy Birthday Sophie

Today, February 1st 2017 marks 5 years since Sophie was born sleeping. I can shut my eyes and be back in that dark room in Stroud Maternity Hospital where the midwives told us our baby had no heartbeat, and it feels like 5 minutes ago, but so much has happened since, that it also feels like a lifetime. Sophie was born after a quick and painful labour, just after midnight on Wednesday 1st February 2012. She never cried or took a breath. She had passed away possibly a few days before – we will never know exactly when. We found…

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