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Little Moments: Stickers and Snuggles

February 3, 2017 by Rosie 11 Comments

Little Moments is where I reflect on all of the little things that have made me happy, thankful or inspired that week. I hope that I will also inspire you to do the same…

We’ve had a good week, another one whizzed by! I’ve been trying to make more of an effort than usual to spend special time with Little M this week. He’s been a bit clingy with me lately, not wanting me to leave at school drop off and so on. I think he’s been getting tired and having a bit of separation anxiety for some reason.

We’ve had some nice little moments together this week though. I’ve also decided I want to try and set up more little activities for Little M at home in the afternoons. I’ve realised sometimes he gets tired, although not tired enough to nap and just needs giving a bit of direction. So I’ve tried setting up some open ended ‘quiet time’ activities to do. So far he’s enjoying them, I’ll let you know how we get on!

Anyway, here are my Little Moments from last week…

• Date with Little M.

I wanted to make the effort to have some special time with Little M last weekend. We went for a Fro-Yo and then to his favourite recycled toy store! It was so fun just to hang out on our own for a while. I want to do it again soon!

• The Beach.

We had a fun couple of hours at the beach on Sunday. We’ve been spending a lot of time at the beach lately – we’re so lucky it’s only a couple of miles away. There’s nothing like getting some sea air and the kids love romping about on the sand!

• Stickers.

Little M got really into a little sticker project this week. I gave him some plain envelopes, some fun stickers, stampers and felt pens and let him help himself. He got really into decorating the envelopes for different people and spent ages on them. Next week we are going to make some cards to put inside. Who knew a few bits of stationary could provide so much fun?!

• Blogging.

I was so chuffed to have a couple of features and mentions in the last week. In her post 8 Adorable Kiddy Crafts, Country Heart and Home featured my Raspberry Frozen Yogurt Bites. Then the lovely Alex at That Butterfly Effect picked my post on Staying Positive as an Expat as one of her reads of the week. Thank you ladies! I appreciate the recognition so much. It really does make my day!

• Bedtime snuggles.

I’ve been really enjoying my bedtime snuggles with both the kids this week. We’ve set up a little den in Little M’s room where we sit and read stories. It’s made it so much more cosy. I’ve been making an effort to read with LP more too. She especially loves the ‘That’s Not My’ books, especially the snowman one!

• Excited!

It’s only a few days now until my parents arrive next week. We are all getting excited!

Unfortunately I’ve gone down with a cold at the end of the week – just in time for the weekend, typical – so we are planning a pottering about sort of weekend. I want to try and start tidying up a bit, as much as you can with a 4 year old and a nearly 1 year old anyway! We’re also planing to watch Finding Dory together.

What little moments have you had this week? What are you up to over the weekend?

I’m linking this post up with Katy and Sian and their #HappyDaysLinky.

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  1. Naomi

    February 4, 2017 at 11:10 pm

    Congratulations on all your blogging features. Sounds like you’ve had a brilliant week. Hope you recover from your cold quickly

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    • Rosie

      February 11, 2017 at 3:21 pm

      Thanks honey! x

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  2. Susie at This Is Me Now

    February 5, 2017 at 12:25 am

    Ah sounds a good week but sorry you’re sick. Great idea about the sticker quiet time. Hope you have a lovely time with your parents visiting xx

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    • Rosie

      February 11, 2017 at 3:20 pm

      Thank you. We are so excited! x

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  3. Emma

    February 5, 2017 at 9:54 am

    Ahh, we love Finding Dory. I hope that you had a nice weekend and that you didn’t come down with a cold too badly x

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    • Rosie

      February 11, 2017 at 3:20 pm

      It was a bit of a rough one, but luckily passed fairly quickly! Thanks hun. x

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  4. Angela Milnes

    February 5, 2017 at 12:05 pm

    oh well done on being featured. We love stickers too and charity shopping for toys! it’s the best.

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    • Rosie

      February 11, 2017 at 3:20 pm

      Charity shopping is so much fun! x

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  5. Alex @ That Butterfly Effect

    February 8, 2017 at 1:17 pm

    You must be so excited about your parents coming over – I can just imagine! The children will love having them over, won’t they?
    You’re very welcome about being featured on my blog – I’m trying to find the time to read more of your posts 🙂
    Also, you may want to check out one of my recent posts, co-written with Leo, where we’ve listed some of our favourite word games we play on the way to school or in the car – you may want to adapt some of them to play with Little M.
    xx #HappyDaysLinky

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    • Rosie

      February 11, 2017 at 3:19 pm

      Aw, thanks hun. The word games sound fantastic, they would be perfect for quiet time activities. I’ll check them out. Thank you! xx

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  6. Sian QuiteFranklySheSaid

    February 12, 2017 at 7:35 am

    What a fab week you’ve had. I wish there was room in the boys’ room for a den as that sounds so lovely.
    Thank you for linking up to #happydayslinky x

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