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Living Arrows 2017 – 3/52

January 16, 2017 by Rosie 5 Comments

We had a lovely long holiday weekend, with Martin Luther King Day last weekend.

On Monday we spent a couple of hours at the beach – our favourite place for family time. It was a gorgeous day and was so nice to just relax, potter about and play in the sand.

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Little M busied himself collecting logs and sticks on the beach. He built a ‘fence’ around a ‘house’ for us all to sit in.

One of us girls courtesy of The Hubster! LP had sand all over her face by the time we left – evidence of a fun day! I love this one of the two of us snuggling.

Take a look at all of my Living Arrows so far this year.

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.” Kahlil Gibran

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  1. Selina @ this that everything

    January 19, 2017 at 1:58 am

    Precious times! We love our beach time too!! Kids love playing in the sand…there’s something calming and relaxing about the beach!! #livingarrows

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  2. Madeline (This Glorious Life)

    January 19, 2017 at 12:57 pm

    Lovely photos! I love the things that children find to keep themselves busy, how lovely that M created a house with a fence for you! x #LivingArrows

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  3. Sherry

    January 20, 2017 at 11:38 am

    That is a gorgeous photo of you both, you can’t beat a good January visit to the beach can you? #LivingArrows

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  4. Donna

    January 20, 2017 at 12:49 pm

    Wow, LP is getting so big. She has beautiful hair too. I envy your days at the beach, they always look like such great family time. I also love that you have a Martin Luther King Day – we have ‘bank holidays’ but they’re not really in honour of anyone, just a public holiday! x

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  5. Sarah

    January 22, 2017 at 2:54 pm

    It looks like a fab beach for playing on – we live by the sea but never really go to the beach, maybe we should change that this year! #LivingArrows

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