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HOME // A TOUR OF MY UTILITY ROOM

HOME // A TOUR OF MY UTILITY ROOM

A few months ago I did a little before and after on Instastories but I thought that I’d pop it here too so that’s it’s always here to refer back to. Mainly because I’m still getting lots of DM’s about the life-changing clothes airer! Our...
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TRAVEL // CABU CABINS, ST MARY’S BAY

TRAVEL // CABU CABINS, ST MARY’S BAY

Just under two hours outside of London lies a little slice of coastal heaven that was the perfect retreat to recover from wisdom tooth surgery whilst keeping my two boys entertained. Comprised of a dozen different sized wooden cabins nestled amongst the wildflowers on...
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LIFE // HOW WE ADJUSTED TO LIFE WITH 2 KIDS

LIFE // HOW WE ADJUSTED TO LIFE WITH 2 KIDS

So writing this post 18 months into life with two kids seems a bit silly but recently we’ve been getting a lot of DM’s from you about when it all clicks. We don’t sugarcoat around here because that is helpful to no one and honestly, looking back at the time when Alfie...
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LIFE // STYLISH STORAGE SOLUTIONS

LIFE // STYLISH STORAGE SOLUTIONS

If you don’t know that we’re big-time Homesense fans (Gemma in particular could be called a little obsessed) then where have you been?! We’ve both been shopping there for years, and Gemma remembers the first thing she bought there 9 years ago –...
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anantara dhigu, maldives

anantara dhigu, maldives

Travelling to the Maldives with kids is not as crazy at it sounds, promise.  To begin with, I have to say that timing was everything. Leo starts school in September and Alfie isn’t two yet. This meant that it was the last holiday we could plan where we didn’t...
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THE BOYS BEDROOMS

THE BOYS BEDROOMS

This post is waaaay over due. But whenever we story from the boys bedrooms we get asked where certain things are – and then it’s a complete mess because we’ve been playing in there so I can’t take any good pics. So while they’re at...
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Gemma’s birth story

Gemma’s birth story

Not to sound like a total misery but I hated pregnancy both times. I suffered from a variety of symptoms when I was pregnant with my daughter Belle, like sickness, dizziness, fainting, a cracked rib and nose bleeds. This time around, when I was pregnant with my son, I...
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Sani, Greece

Sani, Greece

Is there anything more annoying than being proven wrong? Every time I spoke to someone about where to book to go on holiday, it felt like they mentioned Sani and how fabulous it was. I’m that person that never read a Harry Potter book because I didn’t want...
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SAM’S BIRTH STORY

SAM’S BIRTH STORY

People told me that second births are fast but I never expected that my second baby, Alfie, would be born in one hour and forty minutes. They also told me that second babies are early but he proved them wrong and arrived seven days late. It wasn’t smooth sailing...
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Le Paradis, Mauritius

Le Paradis, Mauritius

When we booked this holiday, I thought maybe we were mad. Twelve hours on a plane with them both?! But then I figured that as of next summer, we’d be stuck in the school holiday cycle forever more(with holidays at 3x the price) so we may as well take the chance to go...
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LIFE // SETTING INTENTIONS FOR 2019

LIFE // SETTING INTENTIONS FOR 2019

Hello and Happy New Year – oh, and welcome to the fancy new This Is Mothership website!! Hurrah! Our (other) baby has had a makeover of its own. As well as looking fancy, it’s far easier to navigate now. When we first launched, our two main pillars were...
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Martinhal – Cascais, Portugal

Martinhal – Cascais, Portugal

Back in September we decided we needed as escape and to have one last holiday before the summer was officially over. We have never done the ‘kiddy resort’ holiday and so thought it was worth giving it a whirl to see if it really was as easy a holiday as...
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