I Want To Be Everything

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm such a jumble of emotions at this moment and with Matt out to dinner and my friends not answering their phones (how dare they have lives on a Saturday night?), this pastel coloured little slice of the net will be my outlet. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5g3CwoHHPwdDwcgICsjXAJAWYJWxp12RwuQ-r5BXHg3HaKyzi0MiUkPra9BiBnTUJaJq_iaanmcObavGCO1RnhvOIIz7VFcH1MWl8GRy32mI1lfEGiVD-1LDrhPKO3eHlSP1Lvz8Cdwej/s1600/Darcy+Collage+final.jpg.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5g3CwoHHPwdDwcgICsjXAJAWYJWxp12RwuQ-r5BXHg3HaKyzi0MiUkPra9BiBnTUJaJq_iaanmcObavGCO1RnhvOIIz7VFcH1MWl8GRy32mI1lfEGiVD-1LDrhPKO3eHlSP1Lvz8Cdwej/s1600/Darcy+Collage+final.jpg.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(All images from my insta)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There is a huge rain storm raging at the moment where I live and as I popped up to Darcy's room to close the window a bit, I found myself crawling into her bed and laying with her whilst she slept. I looked at her mouth and her eyelashes and her eyebrows and tiny finger nails. I noted the way she must always have her comfort blanket a certain way and always holds dolly to her chest and I watched her breath and wondered what innocent dreams were playing out in her little head. I almost cried. I don't know why. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I wasn't sad or overjoyed or overwhelmed or worried. I just felt sort of sad for the person I'm not. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm not the organic earth mother that provides only wooden Montessori toys and I'm not the power suit career woman who wears red lipstick like a pro. I'm not the wife who asks if her Husband slept well each morning (or ever) and yet I'm not the woman who hold court in a trendy bar whilst people adore her every move. Is anyone any of these things? Can you be all of them at once?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Life is such a frustrating concoction of trying to be happy, trying to make other people happy, trying to succeed, trying to be humble, trying, trying, trying. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My frustration is that I want to be all things 100% but with only 100 of those pesky per cents to go round, you gotsta spread them out a bit. That's the hard part. How many of those per cents do you give to being the heart warming, open armed mother? And how many do you give to being the witty livewire at a party (NB- I have never been the 'witty livewire', it's on my to-do list and a girl can speculate ok)? Am I sacrificing some of the good wife per cents to be a career woman? But doesn't being a good career woman provide for my family and so enhance the mother percentage slice? You see the frustration?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't have the answers. This isn't one of those fabulous posts (that I do oh-so-often har har) that leaves you with a wonderfully upbeat solution to life's unanswerable questions but more a pontification. Something that trickled into my mind this evening as I watched my three year old sleep an easy sleep. I want to give her all of my per cents for always. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Toodlepip. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">xx</div><br /><br />

I Want To Be Everything

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Baby Glitter Update

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That tiny little birdy legged baby I carried home from hospital a few years ago is a toddling child now. This sentence is a big deal. She walks and talks and laughs and sings and imagines and these are not the things of babyhood. We have no more bottles, no more tiny romper suits, no more bumbos and playmats, no more lay-flat pram. We have a child. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ox4bum0Jgo7ttpH2PEwmNARoE8uT5dTtyyF5oue2kjVYdCotMijam5dpDUvPkz1ZnV1aGFko3EcEx9cd8TeedT54WxyMvEuHhil4UBm1MO-9FGkQi_OnGiu7RN8LLvqoTjTtHcxqaUS_/s1600/brighton+beach3.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Baby_Glitter" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ox4bum0Jgo7ttpH2PEwmNARoE8uT5dTtyyF5oue2kjVYdCotMijam5dpDUvPkz1ZnV1aGFko3EcEx9cd8TeedT54WxyMvEuHhil4UBm1MO-9FGkQi_OnGiu7RN8LLvqoTjTtHcxqaUS_/s1600/brighton+beach3.jpg.jpg" title="Baby_Glitter" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Darcy is blossoming into the most beautiful spirit and I wanted to give you an update on her. I hope that I look back on this in the future and feel glad I documented all her small ways and feel, if possible, even more love for her than I do now. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCjsHkXbjF0UYqztMvealsuMbPjke9NtkJeBjKb6z8AX37xVNKFwLI57jUX0QggpikRlZ_7PLPnN9PJmHPDgbmpoF5KPQta-Hf1qUR4sCL_puxqGTmTDpbdwCHzLRdp8bElLd23-Q0QcL/s1600/brighton+beach+2.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Baby_Glitter" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCjsHkXbjF0UYqztMvealsuMbPjke9NtkJeBjKb6z8AX37xVNKFwLI57jUX0QggpikRlZ_7PLPnN9PJmHPDgbmpoF5KPQta-Hf1qUR4sCL_puxqGTmTDpbdwCHzLRdp8bElLd23-Q0QcL/s1600/brighton+beach+2.jpg.jpg" title="Baby_Glitter" width="592" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They say children are your greatest joy and they are not wrong. The love you feel for your child is so much deeper than the love you feel for friends and spouses and one you know that if it had to, would completely over rule everything in your life. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGSgEqdKRdeFcwXeoo960of2Mwf1SmixizMPa5SPn8-NBAfSRQiJor8BbbMFMIg6j8ZL_AOGyo8jOkwP9qfxstiOEg6vX-BIjIs2SK_CuwG2wtrJd3J8O5IWm2EmNtCIn7pCZxAFg3Ro1/s1600/birghtn+beach.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Baby_Glitter" border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGSgEqdKRdeFcwXeoo960of2Mwf1SmixizMPa5SPn8-NBAfSRQiJor8BbbMFMIg6j8ZL_AOGyo8jOkwP9qfxstiOEg6vX-BIjIs2SK_CuwG2wtrJd3J8O5IWm2EmNtCIn7pCZxAFg3Ro1/s1600/birghtn+beach.jpg.jpg" title="Baby_Glitter" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Darcy is a little dreamer. She prefers imagination games over structured play and loves to serve us pretend cups of tea or slices of cake. She cares for her dollies like the mumsiest little 3 year old you ever did see and talks a lot about princesses. She enjoys building beds, houses, caves and nests out of whatever us to hand (usually huge piles of blankets and pillows) and it's a joy to watch her mind tick over as she constructs them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Jokes and humour are big on the agenda too for my little treasure. Hide and seek is always a hit, as well as physical jokes like poking your head round a door and shouting 'boo!'. Thankfully for our well documented lifestyle, the camera is loved and I'll often find her standing somewhere she thinks interesting (like next to a bin haha) saying, 'Mummy, take-a-pictoor!!'. My phone is full to the brim. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Her Mum's stubborn streak and Dad's temper are very much there too. Eep! If little madam doesn't want to do something, she's going to let you know about it, loudly. We're hoping this is just a case of terrible twos and the threenagers and that she is a more placid 4 year old!! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are also of course all the usual practical 3 year old things like what food she loves (cheese, ham, pasta, fruit, ice cream) and food she struggles with (greens *sigh*), potty training (still on going) and sleep routines (usually 1 afternoon nap and a solid 11-12 hours at night), but it's the little characteristics I want to remember the most.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Watching her grow is bittersweet. I want to keep her a tiny baby forever and never want her to not like being cradled and smothered in kisses, but on the other hand I'm excited for what's round the corner and the child she is becoming. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you have little ones or are close to a special tiny person, let me know what you treasure most about them in the comments and we can have a smoosh-fest together. Awww.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">Toodlepip! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; text-align: center;">xx</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">To find new ways to stalk me or learn about my disclosure policy, click <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/want-more-glitter.html" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Roboto Condensed', sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ultimate Advertiser <a href="http://www.cheapfrills.bigcartel.com/" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #4c4c4c; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cheap Frills</a><a href="http://kittenishbehaviour.com/store/index.php?route=common/home" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">.</a> Click <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/sponsor.html" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a> for more info.</span></div>

Baby Glitter Update

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Saturday Night In

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Once upon a time there was a gal called Louise who spent her Saturday nights in high heels, sipping cocktails and dancing til the small hours. Then, with love and joy, things changed. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7zELPkaFGV0alT-vyh8Z3t7XR6a0rMaj_jXBXjBM6Sp6lKcrfrCxCLHVMM0DoX-ztWY1OLlb0xMNNEZCFuZQqnwDLK5En2Vw4_qZOExT6baez7tSMJzjP8f1YTUnjc1d0wISZm791ZJS/s1600/S1.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7zELPkaFGV0alT-vyh8Z3t7XR6a0rMaj_jXBXjBM6Sp6lKcrfrCxCLHVMM0DoX-ztWY1OLlb0xMNNEZCFuZQqnwDLK5En2Vw4_qZOExT6baez7tSMJzjP8f1YTUnjc1d0wISZm791ZJS/s1600/S1.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2rlq-oFwGytcS9tgZyLpgZa9V-IHIAU34WBNO9dPqyE_S1MO4Efx9zm7ar5bNVIuZXANRGxsMNrqe9we7m1oaz1ydVCPMoNlojb_ZmXAbQzikQR-nzvsCKaNLJv49mBKrwzcytBLnTVz/s1600/S2.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2rlq-oFwGytcS9tgZyLpgZa9V-IHIAU34WBNO9dPqyE_S1MO4Efx9zm7ar5bNVIuZXANRGxsMNrqe9we7m1oaz1ydVCPMoNlojb_ZmXAbQzikQR-nzvsCKaNLJv49mBKrwzcytBLnTVz/s1600/S2.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmMbsBg9V1is6SJ7UFVX9lDM077QvV9pVtt7MQrU9Q-gIBWt4dqcpC33hwR0sri0mFCfnBt0nFZtpuu05lxwUD71vzPEdo3oBrT-8WtHqrZzVO5FA7hB_dgAJlcYdv32Ufv00RgbeypjR/s1600/S3.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmMbsBg9V1is6SJ7UFVX9lDM077QvV9pVtt7MQrU9Q-gIBWt4dqcpC33hwR0sri0mFCfnBt0nFZtpuu05lxwUD71vzPEdo3oBrT-8WtHqrZzVO5FA7hB_dgAJlcYdv32Ufv00RgbeypjR/s1600/S3.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqbQYKF4pJXXGLbHhoF1y7xWnMyTMet_7RShTcUnaKnBT3b8ZdLb4l9lJRKSG0IA2bULQ_HOINw_W-ES453c2Hoi1-DM9Pu_GxtiXvNRfr2sBjqaw7jhs0P6nTg8xF5ywXFliLIxBMs7S/s1600/S4.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeqbQYKF4pJXXGLbHhoF1y7xWnMyTMet_7RShTcUnaKnBT3b8ZdLb4l9lJRKSG0IA2bULQ_HOINw_W-ES453c2Hoi1-DM9Pu_GxtiXvNRfr2sBjqaw7jhs0P6nTg8xF5ywXFliLIxBMs7S/s1600/S4.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJ5z9Yf1uSFfymh5eJV8jfvq-Zs9eTz4rnjHlIcEAQGJNxpVt2OfpFs5yGAWrl-rvnhr5v2knWtM-Ok9tELLxucHtpxK7Y13jaVD27fImqtU0WD8IHx_Loooksmvl1HisR8DITKoScFsY/s1600/S6.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJ5z9Yf1uSFfymh5eJV8jfvq-Zs9eTz4rnjHlIcEAQGJNxpVt2OfpFs5yGAWrl-rvnhr5v2knWtM-Ok9tELLxucHtpxK7Y13jaVD27fImqtU0WD8IHx_Loooksmvl1HisR8DITKoScFsY/s1600/S6.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our Saturday nights are spent in a land of cosy blankets, Disney films, story books and juice cups and I'm so OK with this. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you Saturday nights look like at the moment? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Toodlepip!</div></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: center;">xx</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Contributor - Louise</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; 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Playdate Tips

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Having a little one around is a hoot and a half, but seeing your little one playing with other tiny people is even better.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Playdates are a great opportunity for social development, fun times and one Mama (in this case my gorgeous neighbour) having a rest. To ensure playdates run as smoothly as possible, here are some tips and tricks I try to adhere to. They might not float everyone's boat, but they work for me!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrw4dy-2CJDJN5xm7Wxd4pZFsQT4OMW0LKu8CLCGJMq76ypS_1vIcGEPtmDNvQyCC1Gt69JnGVYkE8mBqqYuuo5SkpOCoKn3c6BOnksZs1kJn-6rrSWswkv60oH502FUJ7jkRwY8MTzLtU/s1600/pd2.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrw4dy-2CJDJN5xm7Wxd4pZFsQT4OMW0LKu8CLCGJMq76ypS_1vIcGEPtmDNvQyCC1Gt69JnGVYkE8mBqqYuuo5SkpOCoKn3c6BOnksZs1kJn-6rrSWswkv60oH502FUJ7jkRwY8MTzLtU/s1600/pd2.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gBJZiQmsLrdK1yorsnLSNuaWRV93TCrdwAnyDg5YeGTFJaToyyJsC6WxQRP4Nbft8NpOdMn6wn8hEM7z_efztwJH37mAgThI3WDrMerAaljQX3E_ATUmzSRXqYNVl5mb3vy1uUSpT6VA/s1600/pd1.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gBJZiQmsLrdK1yorsnLSNuaWRV93TCrdwAnyDg5YeGTFJaToyyJsC6WxQRP4Nbft8NpOdMn6wn8hEM7z_efztwJH37mAgThI3WDrMerAaljQX3E_ATUmzSRXqYNVl5mb3vy1uUSpT6VA/s1600/pd1.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXsNWUcr7UX8NIwzs3IvwjMjX3L4QaclX1xUwawDUQZuDaBCmrZeEcC1FhM2vXCkuPLNFEOdI7ahnZONAB0CBHYj72X1O3s8s1RQ2v__fbrejwd8kQqK031Xw356nR5enCGAH0-kfSZLM/s1600/pd3.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicXsNWUcr7UX8NIwzs3IvwjMjX3L4QaclX1xUwawDUQZuDaBCmrZeEcC1FhM2vXCkuPLNFEOdI7ahnZONAB0CBHYj72X1O3s8s1RQ2v__fbrejwd8kQqK031Xw356nR5enCGAH0-kfSZLM/s1600/pd3.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnmQJfVB1NmLwDLmbfYmZZcpDSPKr7cS_RrjxSXFT26qjFexPUqs7WssrfSv95xOpu9UjK6kARNM_NwujOVfBIXcjpgWD1VHEfuM-qD07HZOA0HYruvNMx8J8KNBEhyT_5lkFxZm6v8h_/s1600/pd4.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnmQJfVB1NmLwDLmbfYmZZcpDSPKr7cS_RrjxSXFT26qjFexPUqs7WssrfSv95xOpu9UjK6kARNM_NwujOVfBIXcjpgWD1VHEfuM-qD07HZOA0HYruvNMx8J8KNBEhyT_5lkFxZm6v8h_/s1600/pd4.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXGy7RS4rld3us3rBSnR3hdxL533uaKcsrGxwsR98tEi1Q3Fup9RiR7vDh47bQC9_gZZmHyqLJIbK0I_ih7n0zo2fWTibYiUDC4ToaaH0V0tJwYdkO4qeStfWuRAJtwhFWQMilLU-Mgi3/s1600/pd5.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXGy7RS4rld3us3rBSnR3hdxL533uaKcsrGxwsR98tEi1Q3Fup9RiR7vDh47bQC9_gZZmHyqLJIbK0I_ih7n0zo2fWTibYiUDC4ToaaH0V0tJwYdkO4qeStfWuRAJtwhFWQMilLU-Mgi3/s1600/pd5.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Photography</b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since I like to snap everything that moves, I always check with parents if a) it's OK to have their children in pictures and b) if it's alright to put them anywhere (Facebook, Instagram etc). If they say no, respect their wishes and abide by them. Fortunately, my neighbour is a good egg!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Set Activities and Free Play</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before guests arrive, have a few games/ideas up your sleeve to encourage structured play. This provides ready made entertainment and a little bit of focus. Once they tire of that (and that really depends on age and character), leave them to their imaginations. Darcy and Becca spent more time playing in her bedroom with princesses and dolls than they did painting with me. Time just slips away when they're in play mode. It's lovely. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Expect and Allow Mess</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In my books, making a mess of your bedroom whilst playing is entirely fine. There's little point getting in their way and tidying up behind them so as long as the chaos in confined to one room, I'm gonna let them go for it. It might feel unnatural to let destruction rein but for the hour or so they are playing, I like to see children be free spirits. When Darcy is a little older, I'll expect her to clear up herself but for now, it's a pleasure to put it all away knowing she's had a good time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><u>Offer Drinks and Toilets</u></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But not at once, heh heh. Offering regular drinks is obvious but when you're little and you're caught up in the moment of play time, it's easy to forget you need a loo break. Just a bit of gentle asking here and there is worth it. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Love Love Love</b></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The way I look at it is this- if Darcy were at someone else's house, I'd want her to feel loved and cherished there. With this in mind, I like our miniature guests to feel looked after and wanted too. I'm not saying go wild and squish them to bits, but encouraging words and a few cuddles (if they don't mind!) don't go amiss.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And that's about all we do. What are your top tips for smooth running play dates? I'm always open to learning more. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: center;">Toodlepip!</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: center;">xx</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Contributor - Louise</span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">To find new ways to stalk me or learn about my disclosure policy, click <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/want-more-glitter.html" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ultimate Advertiser -</span><a href="http://amylaurenxo.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amy Lauren</a><a href="http://kittenishbehaviour.com/store/index.php?route=common/home" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">.</a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Click </span><a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/sponsor.html" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> for more info.</span><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"><br /></span></div><br />

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5 Things About Motherhood

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today is a day for limited pep and zizz (I'm writing this a week before you see it, such is the nature of scheduling your shiz) and I thought I had nothing to offer. Until, that is, I wrote on my Facebook Page about my mojo loss and somebody asked me to write about Motherhood.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I contemplated writing a beautiful ode to my child and about how Motherhood is my defining moment of glory and how I now feel at one with the universe but then realised that would be very short lived and a load of tosh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXt-rppWWpr_VigD-dYBsbVv1VJ5TOOy-bfH7v2v6Jk4ZK9Uy2ANyaqUw-IM61BX_UucN0pAHMiDiEtUD2l4T0K0kHch0hJxEDFy9OLLGqmIeaBVLS0GIJme87wykYlqhaiusej81IrWA9/s1600/park12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Baby_Glitter" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXt-rppWWpr_VigD-dYBsbVv1VJ5TOOy-bfH7v2v6Jk4ZK9Uy2ANyaqUw-IM61BX_UucN0pAHMiDiEtUD2l4T0K0kHch0hJxEDFy9OLLGqmIeaBVLS0GIJme87wykYlqhaiusej81IrWA9/s1600/park12.jpg" title="Baby_Glitter" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Instead, I thought I would take a light hearted approach and share with you 5 things that have been revealed to me since bringing that little person into the world.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">------------</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>1. An Hour Is An Eternity</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Back in the olden days, before I had made the miracle of life etc, an hour could tick by in an instant and I had no idea what I'd wasted my time on. Flicking through trash TV, wallowing in the bath, fiddling about with emails all seemed like hour long jobs to be luxuriated in. Fast forward to an era with a small dependant human and you find that when they give you an hours rest bite (all hail nap time), you become some kind of productivity typhoon. Dishes get done, laundry is folded, emails replied to, showers, hair, makeup ticked off the list and all whilst having a conference call with your manager. When you are deprived of so much time, it's almost incredible what you can squeeze into 60 focused minutes!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>2. You Do Not Need An Alarm Clock</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember the days when you had to use a little machine to wake you from your slumber? I don't. Now I have a much more organic alarm clock called Darcy, who promptly on the dot of 8am will shout, 'Muuuuuuummmmyyyyyy'. Previous alarm tones featured, 'waaaaahhhhh' and 'urrrr-urrrr-urrrr'. I prefer this upgrade but look forward to it installing a 'snooze' mode. So far it is basic yet effective. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>3. You Learn A New Language</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know about other Mama's out there but I find myself constantly moonlighting as Darcy's official translator. Her gobbledegook makes perfect sense to me. 'When ee weak oop and the tangold an miwlk an ceweal', clearly means, 'Mother, when I wake up I'd like to watch Tangled and have some milk and cereal', but combine that with her chattering at high speeds whilst jumping about makes for a lot of, 'oh she means..'. For now, I quite enjoy my role but do hope she doesn't need me forever!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>4. You Can Do Anything One Handed</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A classic. Need two hands to carry your baby, handbag, car keys, grocery shopping, nappy bag and push a trolley back to the trolley-bay? No. Absolutely not. You can do all of that one handed whilst balancing baby on hip and look glamorous. Ok, maybe not the last one (queue one red raw hand, sunglasses dangling perilously from the back of your head, almost being choked by your oh-so-fashionable scarf and some dribble/snot on your shoulder) but still, it can be done. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>5. You Have So Much More To Give</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's been an 18 hour day, there is food mashed into the cream carpet, the washing machine is beeping to be emptied, you're wearing your grey PJ bottoms for the fourth day in a row and you haven't had a moment to think let alone indulge in a bit of instagram or Pinterest. And then your sweet baby cries and you feel like crying with them. Instead though, you tenderly pick them up and make those soothing 'shushing' noises you can't help but do and feel a huge surge of love for the little rotter that takes up all your time, effort and money. Just when you were about to throw in the towel, you don't. You had more in you than you thought. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">------------</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd be really interested if any of those rang true with you or you have experienced anything similar. Apologies to those of you who this post doesn't apply to, hopefully it still gave you a warm fuzzy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you'd like to see my wonderful (lol) Mothering in action, you can follow me <a href="http://instagram.com/sprinkleofglitr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> on Instagram or click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1zNwW_NXxE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE </a>for a 'Day In The Life' video. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: center;">Toodlepip!</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.479999542236328px; text-align: center;">xx</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">To find new ways to stalk me or learn about my disclosure policy, click <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/want-more-glitter.html" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ultimate Advertiser -</span><a href="http://amylaurenxo.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Amy Lauren</a><a href="http://kittenishbehaviour.com/store/index.php?route=common/home" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">.</a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Click </span><a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/sponsor.html" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> for more info.</span><span style="line-height: 18.479999542236328px;"> </span></div><br />

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Motherhood || Monday Insights #4

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oops, I'm a little late to my own party aren't I? Apologies for that, I was prioritising. Despite telling myself off numerous times this year for allowing myself to stress so much over various things, it's not a personality trait I can change over night so I'm working on it. It was really hard to tell myself to keep the macbook closed and go to lunch with a friend or take a much needed nap, but for doing it I feel so much better.  So, here we have it, a Monday feature on a Tuesday. Heavens above! Will the world stop turning? No. Do I need to worry about this? No. Good. Glad we're all settled then haha!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you have no idea what's going on or where you are, <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/monday-insights-1.html" target="_blank">THIS POST</a> explains what this feature is all about and might be worth a gander.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zSPtqzuCJyc" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This week, our topic was- </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: center;">MOTHERHOOD. </h3><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i><b>What books/websites/blogs would you recommend to a first time pregnant 26 yr old?</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">When I was pregnant I absolutely loved the babycentre.co.uk because it is full to the brim with brilliant resources, as well as the book 'What to expect when you're expecting' and a book Mylene Klass wrote about her pregnancy with her first baby, Ava. I now always feel very connected to her because i feel like I shared my pregnancy with her which is a little weird haha. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>I want to be a mother when I grow up but I'm terrified of the pain that comes with giving birth. Should I let it scare me out of having my own baby or am I imagining it worse than it really is?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Personally, I don't think you should let it scare you out of having a child when the time is right for you. Yes, it is very painful and yes, it's everything you see it as on TV, but then you are a mother forever. You have created new life and made the most amazing thing. Think of all the days you will be alive and then deduct 1-3 for labour and childbirth. It's worth it. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>I know about most of the changes to your body after pregnancy (ie boobies, weight gain, etc.) but how goes it "downtown"? How long does it take to recover? I know it can't be the same as pre-baby but is sex super different? SO AWKWARD!</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Haha I feel weird about answering this but I'd tell my girlfriends so why not tell the internet? If you have a natural birth (like I did) then a few weeks. I had stitches so definitely a good few weeks/a couple of months. As for 'doowwwnnntooowwwnn' (and please God don't let me dad ever read this now we're talking about my sex life- ew)- everything is absolutely 100% fine. Without being really graphic, if I were to sleep with a new man (calm down, I'm not gonna), he wouldn't know I'd had a child. I can't feel ANY difference and nor can Matt. Happy days. Don't worry about it at all. Your body is magical. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>Were there ever times during pregnancy where you really struggled and wanted it all over with? If yes, how did you cope with those feelings?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">If you mean wanted my pregnancy over and for the baby to be born, yes. Toward the end I was very fed up with being so huge and tired and just wanted my body back. I coped by knowing it would soon all happen. If you mean 'over' as in not have a pregnancy or baby at all then I didn't feel that way but my advice to anyone who does would be to contact their midwife and talk their feelings through. </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>What were some of the things that maybe overwhelmed you about pregnancy/having a child, and what would you say to yourself beforehand to prepare or inform yourself? </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">This is tricky because I still feel a bit overwhelmed or under prepared sometimes. Things that overwhelm me are mainly practical. Like is she getting the right nutrition, am I stimulating her mind enough with learning play, is she tall/heavy/strong enough etc. If you feel the same way, I can't tell you how mind-resting it is to go to your health visitor or dr. We recently went to ours and I had 30 minutes to talk about all the things I was fretting over and so she gave Darcy a good check and she was absolutely fine. I think as Mother's/carers/guardians we worry so much about things we perhaps don't need to but it's part of what makes us a mother. If you didn't worry at all, I'm not sure that would be a perfect thing either. Take solice in the knowledge that you are not alone. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>What was your biggest worry when you found out you were pregnant?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">I worried that I would miscarry as it is such a common occurrence. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Has the fact that you lost your mother young affected the way you are with your daughter? Was that a difficult thing to handle? </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">I ask because I grew up without a father and I am afraid it will be difficult for me to be a parent when I lacked one. </span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">I can completely understand why you are asking this question. In short, yes, it does effect the way I behave as a Mother. Since my Mother died when I was quite young (7), I can't quite imagine what 'being mothered' feels like and so worried I wouldn't know how to take on the role. I look at other daughters and mothers and can't feel what they feel or understand their bond. I remember feeling very loved and cherished by my Mum but I can't imagine what that would feel like now. Would it be the same as mine and my Dad's bond but more feminine? Would it be like having an unconditional best friend? Would it be ever so comforting? You tell me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">What I do know is this. I wish desperately that I could have a mother who makes me feel worthy, wanted, safe, loved and special. Because those are all the things I would want for myself, I will give them all to my daughter in abundance. To me, that is what a Mother is. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Think of what qualities you miss from not having your Father around and apply them to your own parenting when the time comes. I think you'll do a great job. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><b><i>How do you tell your friends nicely that baby talk isn't interesting to you without hurting anyone's feelings?</i></b></span></div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Hmmmmm I think you're walking a thin line there. If you tell them you aren't interested they will be quite offended. Why not try and steer the conversation away gently and get them interested in something else for a few minutes or arrange to do something sans baby? Would you be able to ask the Dad/Grandparents to babysit whilst you and your friends have a night out or go shopping or have lunch? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Failing that you could always try to be subtle and turn it back on yourself. Like, 'Ooohh I wish I had a baby too sometimes so I could be a bit more involved in these conversations. Sometimes it's a bit hard to imagine how you feel and what your life is like'. That way you're giving your point but not pinning any blame on them or making them feel bad (even if the wishing you had a baby might be a little white lie). Good luck!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>Do you think going on nights out and things like that with your significant other is more fun and exciting before or after motherhood?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Errrm yes and no. Before motherhood you have no ties to things and you are free to be hungover the next day or come back late and not care. Once you have a child you need to be back to relieve the babysitter or you want to avoid feeling like a badgers backside after a few too many cocktails! Saying that though, because time alone with your significant other is so rare after motherhood, it's quite a novelty so you do enjoy it more than before. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i>Since becoming a mummy are there any special life lessons you have learnt, as a result of raising Darcy?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Not yet but I've only been in the role 2 years so we'll see what crops up. Obviously I've learnt to put someone else before myself and to be a lot more loving and responsible but I think every parent feels that way so couldn't really say they are special to me life lessons. I'll keep you updated. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><b><i>I'd like to know if you're the kind of girl who knows what she's gonna name her child..and what made you pick Darcy? (I don't know if that's outta context, I'm just curious!)</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">Before I even met Matt I had chosen my baby names. I was all set when I was pregnant and had my heart set on a few things. Then, the day we got the results of the gender scan, we were driving home from dinner with my Dad and Matt said, 'What about 'Darcy'?' and it just hit me, 'That is my Daughter's name'. I can even remember the exact bit of road we were on and the exact way the sun was setting over the fields when I was hit with such certainty that Darcy would be her name. We have already decided on a girl's name for when we have another baby but boy's names are still up in the air!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><i><b>What is the most gratifying part of being a mother?</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;">Being a family. I now have my up, my down and my side to side (Dad, Darcy, Matt and my sister) and feel very secure and happy. Darcy completed that for us and we love watching her grow and be such a huge part of our lives. Awwww (feel free to be a bit sick at that).</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">And that's all folks! I really enjoyed answering some of your questions and look forward to what you ask for next week. I think there are only going to be 2 more Monday Insights this year, so if you do want to ask something, make sure you get it in this week or next. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Monday Insights #5 will be.... </span><b><span style="font-size: large;">DAY TO DAY LIFE</span></b><span style="font-size: 12px;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">This is your chance to ask anything you like about the humdrum, mundane, daily bits and bobs that we get up to in Glitter World. 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Motherhood || Monday Insights #4

Aloha Sprinklerinos, Oops, I'm a little late to my own party aren't I? Apologies for that, I was prioritising. Despite telling mysel...

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<div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As the shops start to stock Autumn clothing and the nights draw in, it has occurred to me that Summer is on it's way out and cooler months are approaching.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsidcAZKv14-w9T-gQ_knXnn_y2sV_6GEvR2Foot3AYw7EJDY3T7nwyAePNB8rYmFtOQaDBHFvHyYbZ5YmaJrbrMcifwnMEIX6HQpe8QhHPQAoGTWM5Doi8obDgh5X6R10ndMTatq2s2g/s1600/IMG_1777.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsidcAZKv14-w9T-gQ_knXnn_y2sV_6GEvR2Foot3AYw7EJDY3T7nwyAePNB8rYmFtOQaDBHFvHyYbZ5YmaJrbrMcifwnMEIX6HQpe8QhHPQAoGTWM5Doi8obDgh5X6R10ndMTatq2s2g/s640/IMG_1777.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before the Summer fully ends, I would like to complete a bucket list of sorts with my little Baby Glitter so ensure we get the very most out of this hazy season. Since you know I love a good list, I thought I'd share with you. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENv8IZmsb0sWL_QfVufTc71T6seNbQX0f9MUXSZ5CpCrDcRf6rAfLEAsDe0tWEXQAhIR2Cp2lPGt3Yp6XnLHpeux8ehOK-kfV8SOGJ8QUEDZ99u6hF6wSRMbz5w3N8pgyUrczv6NP7TFi/s1600/summer2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENv8IZmsb0sWL_QfVufTc71T6seNbQX0f9MUXSZ5CpCrDcRf6rAfLEAsDe0tWEXQAhIR2Cp2lPGt3Yp6XnLHpeux8ehOK-kfV8SOGJ8QUEDZ99u6hF6wSRMbz5w3N8pgyUrczv6NP7TFi/s640/summer2.jpg" width="608" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Before the Summer ends I want to ::</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Paint her finger and toe nails matching and walk barefoot on grass.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eat ice cream outside in the evening.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Take her Summer photos.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Make a daisy chain crown.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Film a toddler Summer lookbook. (Might be pushing it)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Take her tricycle to the park.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a summer evening walk in golden light.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am going to work really hard to achieve these over the next week because to me, once September hits, it's Autumn. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so enjoying making the most out of every season. What have you enjoyed most about this Summer?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">Toodlepip!</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">xx</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">To find new ways to stalk me or learn about my disclosure policy, click <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/want-more-glitter.html" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ultimate Advertiser - <a href="https://stickygram.com/?pid=761" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Stickygram</a><a href="http://kittenishbehaviour.com/store/index.php?route=common/home" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">.</a> Click <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/sponsor.html" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">HERE</a> for more info. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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The Best Of July

<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">This month saw an almighty heat wave hit Britain and I certainly made the most it! I spent time exploring some lovely treasure spots in the sunshine, as well as enjoying quality time with my favourite people from the comfort of my own garden. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Having had such a productive month, I thought I would reintroduce ‘The Best Of’ monthly feature, revisiting some of this month’s posts before we introduce August and all it’s excitement with open arms. Let’s go! <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSJzCXsc1aKosD_ltcm9yv9neSsMVyiNMpfNcyb78idPXieougKTu1NHbstdFOIbqCgnSdrTp_Dt-8dtz93CgXIScsxszyJZikGPduFh3s39Ad-Zrru9e_4YWspVf1qM4TdiGFtwOLLAO/s1600/park10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLSJzCXsc1aKosD_ltcm9yv9neSsMVyiNMpfNcyb78idPXieougKTu1NHbstdFOIbqCgnSdrTp_Dt-8dtz93CgXIScsxszyJZikGPduFh3s39Ad-Zrru9e_4YWspVf1qM4TdiGFtwOLLAO/s640/park10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p>At the beginning of the month I documented <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/lazy-hazy-park-days.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> the joys of having a couple of house guests in the form of my chums <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/zoella280390" target="_blank">Zoe</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/tyleroakley" target="_blank">Tyler</a>. We made the most of the sunshine and took a trip to the park with Darcy in tow, enjoying big bubbles, ice cream trucks and vintage tea cups!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQJ0ZFsxeBQkKyM-59xuBfsGT-6opulpmjrBDkRruE1Qu4j4UKDKgR4chmFBTcoUjsCKwSfcxN0r7Kd92NhjXIeGH6X2RVq0BC73ohAmtxQQxYLYn92VmCIeDDZJXNuy1Doo-nv_YuqLK/s1600/floral+dress+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnQJ0ZFsxeBQkKyM-59xuBfsGT-6opulpmjrBDkRruE1Qu4j4UKDKgR4chmFBTcoUjsCKwSfcxN0r7Kd92NhjXIeGH6X2RVq0BC73ohAmtxQQxYLYn92VmCIeDDZJXNuy1Doo-nv_YuqLK/s640/floral+dress+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The following week saw me prancing around in my favourite floaty summer skirts and dresses for my '<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFGMXfP6AsQ&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLlj0M108W0GptYdtQorw_XPkoSzE1t4ob" target="_blank">Plus Size Lookbook</a>' video over on my Youtube channel. I decided to include a helpful ‘this is where I got it’ <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/plus-size-summer-lookbook.html" target="_blank">POST</a> for you lovely lot, in the form of fancy screen shops and fashion galore.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuXfSuQLeP9ZBA6RFCEAU2P51SoRES260i0zlt73EIt9m50rRg8KdcXtTyTwRa4yYI5ZujY28R_md5WdlewnZ_twj_uI51-LIXbPkOl9977yyp0BnWH-eudJShufKkFdul45d8wzn0Fwt/s1600/chalk1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuXfSuQLeP9ZBA6RFCEAU2P51SoRES260i0zlt73EIt9m50rRg8KdcXtTyTwRa4yYI5ZujY28R_md5WdlewnZ_twj_uI51-LIXbPkOl9977yyp0BnWH-eudJShufKkFdul45d8wzn0Fwt/s640/chalk1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I then shared <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/playing-with-chalk-baby-toddler-ideas.html" target="_blank">THIS</a> fun activity I have been enjoying with Darcy from the comfort of our own home, patio decoration! We certainly brought out our creative side with a pack of chalk and it was exciting to introduce Darcy to new ways to draw and play. Our patio has never looked better! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3hZzgj-5rtQ6F5NLhyphenhyphenftIY6N15_jxJpsv0hDf3bvoMlKy_x9qLPI0dWvvMCt_PfkfFiOdspWJ6ISgl1gOtubcL5ecjvB3jBDWfM7DrCL6CLhYl_7vfT7TYJD-7h6HrDtjQwpVL_KkPuK/s1600/hair3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3hZzgj-5rtQ6F5NLhyphenhyphenftIY6N15_jxJpsv0hDf3bvoMlKy_x9qLPI0dWvvMCt_PfkfFiOdspWJ6ISgl1gOtubcL5ecjvB3jBDWfM7DrCL6CLhYl_7vfT7TYJD-7h6HrDtjQwpVL_KkPuK/s640/hair3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">This month also saw a change in the hair department, I have embraced being blonde, but felt a spice up was needed for the summer months and the ombre effect was reintroduced to my golden locks. Blondes do have more fun, but not as much fun as blondes with a pink ends! I am in love with my colourful ends and decided to share a few <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/pink-ombre-hair.html" target="_blank">SNAPS</a> with you to fully appreciate the brilliance of my new daring do.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJN8hJd1HtI9-64Uw9PTvnQ8FMfHUZ_QaLcsz7BbhK_EcjI1vupq15FihtWO8fc7Tiikq-z_CSuDCcxMUMl7ce5Bvmw9WZqe9TzhcE00LxHIrOzRAyoDWoWnD5S_Y-Oci4kdh85lhExE41/s1600/pp2+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJN8hJd1HtI9-64Uw9PTvnQ8FMfHUZ_QaLcsz7BbhK_EcjI1vupq15FihtWO8fc7Tiikq-z_CSuDCcxMUMl7ce5Bvmw9WZqe9TzhcE00LxHIrOzRAyoDWoWnD5S_Y-Oci4kdh85lhExE41/s640/pp2+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">We also decided to embrace our outside space more in July, favouring more time in the garden over indoor activities and electrically. Mid month saw an overload of coloured glass wear, tasty cocktails and a bundle of friends and tea lights as we celebrated our open space with a BBQ, chatting and laughter of which I shared with you lovely lot <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/patio-parties.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>. A night which showed me how truly ‘rich’ I am. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsaARlE7XaTb6DYB6q_UKkNX0xmro8_wne66hsxRUmEO8fs3SCzZLvhCs_x0g8FIXQSXwnz1RtGQYTx6Q7Hqn3DxVH2ivUhr8FvAF7NxbVLwaQMC-tNn8OyFYSFPmnlzmy8i-k4eMvpr7/s1600/z16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQsaARlE7XaTb6DYB6q_UKkNX0xmro8_wne66hsxRUmEO8fs3SCzZLvhCs_x0g8FIXQSXwnz1RtGQYTx6Q7Hqn3DxVH2ivUhr8FvAF7NxbVLwaQMC-tNn8OyFYSFPmnlzmy8i-k4eMvpr7/s640/z16.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">And finally and the end of this fun filled month, Matt, Darcy and I decided to take <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/zoe-heatwave-and-hedgehogs.html" target="_blank">THIS</a> trip to our chum Zoe to explore her neck of the woods. Once again the weather was beautiful and we spent the day both at the park with ice lollies, and in Zoe’s garden with paddling pools and hedgehogs before heading home late evening with a very tired baby. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Phew! A fun filled month in Sprinkle of Glitter land!<br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Have you also been a busy bee in July? Tell me all about it. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">To find new ways to stalk me or learn about my discloser policy, click <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/want-more-glitter.html" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Ultimate Advertiser - </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://madeupbymakeup.com/" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Made Up by Makeup</a></span><a href="http://kittenishbehaviour.com/store/index.php?route=common/home" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">.</a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> Click </span><a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/sponsor.html" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #6c0945; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">HERE</a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> for more info. </span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">Toodlepip!</div></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;">xx</div></div></div>

The Best Of July

This month saw an almighty heat wave hit Britain and I certainly made the most it! I spent time exploring some lovely treasure spots in the ...

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Playing with Chalk | Baby-Toddler Ideas

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As the Summer draws on and Darcy becomes more and more active, we are increasingly looking for fun, easy things to do. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2L9w3imqL97R0XRUFCeHjKScwga8xAD9ewTEKPzl4A0BwKLbYSNs1n7nfR3kSvxugt4aw8l2vvWYHZenoQwoWtizdhXGwEzNI6pOugi7ADznGyHuwsiHPF87D9z-qR5ixq_DIbszMkE0-/s1600/free+toddler+fun1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Free_Toddler_Activities" border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2L9w3imqL97R0XRUFCeHjKScwga8xAD9ewTEKPzl4A0BwKLbYSNs1n7nfR3kSvxugt4aw8l2vvWYHZenoQwoWtizdhXGwEzNI6pOugi7ADznGyHuwsiHPF87D9z-qR5ixq_DIbszMkE0-/s640/free+toddler+fun1.jpg" title="Free_Toddler_Activities" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My criteria for at home fun is always- easy to prepare, interesting and affordable. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Drawing with chalks is all three- woop!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8-P3ZDX-B5m-8LayUz4Pr_sQaatpGikaqccJVlj9a7G_KuKyDFGLURyqM3j5BbLZZ8udW6aqQOfplehTcNNXDdQtuG1gvLeUS0bTFD5jsslggqetxATJcyb6fHoznhJXMRO6U4IKA7Eo/s1600/chalk1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Free_Toddler_Activities" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8-P3ZDX-B5m-8LayUz4Pr_sQaatpGikaqccJVlj9a7G_KuKyDFGLURyqM3j5BbLZZ8udW6aqQOfplehTcNNXDdQtuG1gvLeUS0bTFD5jsslggqetxATJcyb6fHoznhJXMRO6U4IKA7Eo/s640/chalk1.jpg" title="Free_Toddler_Activities" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Whilst in IKEA a few months back, we bought a pack of chalks on a bit of a whim. Darcy has only recently started showing an interest in crayons so I they were a bit of a gamble. Since Spring (when these pictures were taken, hence the wellies and coat), we have been spending a lot of time outside, renovating our overgrown, crappy backgarden. Whilst we chop and dig and moan about the hard work (mostly me!), Darcy potters about on the raised patio area playing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We introduced the chalks to her thinking she wouldn't bother but we couldn't have been more wrong! She played for agggggeessss. And by 'aaggggesss' I mean over 10 minutes, which is like 4 years in Tot-Terms. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVU2dJ4AzZaOD5SMcGfE7YURkK5M7FBkQycugiK50JTdiGSPsNxwR4yjplwz81V1ZgC_OD0u7lwtuBYTR2Vmv_QJmwd4PzTt-r5u4I2tUjNZhLaV6C8xSX-HJZLjRjLNBc8OS-d5bJhA-/s1600/chalk2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Free_Toddler_Activities" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVU2dJ4AzZaOD5SMcGfE7YURkK5M7FBkQycugiK50JTdiGSPsNxwR4yjplwz81V1ZgC_OD0u7lwtuBYTR2Vmv_QJmwd4PzTt-r5u4I2tUjNZhLaV6C8xSX-HJZLjRjLNBc8OS-d5bJhA-/s640/chalk2.jpg" title="Free_Toddler_Activities" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you can see, I was pretty enthralled too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love, love, love the 'naughty' element of not using paper and the fact that with the rain the pictures will be gone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Since we took these snaps Darcy has decorated the outside bricks and we have bought and installed an outdoor blackboard with holders for her colours, which she LOVES. You might have seen it on Instagram if you follow me over there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So there you have it, an easy toddler activity that costs nada (providing you have the chalks in of course) and is completely fuss free! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last year we did <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/icey-nicey.html" target="_blank">THIS</a> and <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/sensory-play-ideas.html" target="_blank">THIS</a>, so if you have teeny tiny ones, they might be worth a read. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What do you do in the Summer to keep kiddies occupied? What did you enjoy doing as a little one? 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Playing with Chalk | Baby-Toddler Ideas

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Mummy's Heartbreak

<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />Aloha Sprinklerinos,<br /><br />My little baby is growing up.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Oyq7n8vyJO-TtGjktkPJd5MlZANzAIyAQSmDGbil0_6L1kAxaNn4lYH7PfsuRdZsqPbrJtszkH1wcGA4uJzzu8Q7ViugH1aGeElcKdYXts4Q6E8alFL101ptSJKYNLoRWltF_7W4PWTM/s1600/mamalove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A Mother's Love" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Oyq7n8vyJO-TtGjktkPJd5MlZANzAIyAQSmDGbil0_6L1kAxaNn4lYH7PfsuRdZsqPbrJtszkH1wcGA4uJzzu8Q7ViugH1aGeElcKdYXts4Q6E8alFL101ptSJKYNLoRWltF_7W4PWTM/s640/mamalove.jpg" title="A Mother's Love" width="588" /></a></div><br />When Darcy was a tiny newborn she did nothing but let me cradle her and loll about in my arms, being a little squishy teeny bean.<br /><br />Now she's two, those moments when she will actually lay in my arms are like rare gems. Sometimes I'm secretly glad when she wakes up in the night because it allows me a rare opportunity to hold her like that and have those quiet moments of love. Those moments are so perfect they almost make me cry. There is absolutely nothing in the entire world I would swap it for.<br /><br />A few days ago, after her bath, Matt brought her down in her towel (I forget why) and she pretended to be a tiny baby. She thought it was a game. To me it was heartbreaking.<br /><br />I am so excited to watch my baby grow into a toddler and then child but I am sad for all the time that passes and for all the moments I can't have back. I think this is the impossible fight that every mother feels and no mother concurs.<br /><br />I can't decide what kind of blog post this is, reflective I suppose. It doesn't really serve much of a purpose to you but since this is my place to document life, I think it's OK to say it.<br /><br />I'm excited for my child and I miss my tiny baby. 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The Park, The Family and Me

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few weeks back (maybe I need to do 2 lifestyle posts a week to fit them all in?!) our church held a community day in our local park. It was where ours and a few other churches got together, talked, ate ice cream, listened to music, socialised and kiddies ran about in the sunshine. It was lovely.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4r5mt8-k7H7cH-iPtCszVWuobTrXBc__mzLJx0uqjTAR_GNd1620c0BPqIA9QRoXlCklbmk_vm24IIVBr6cYQEeYKIOadgPiz7Lr79p17eVNbIAkDfi7MG6uabnR1FuUktKfOh2KPHgz/s1600/Darcypark1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4r5mt8-k7H7cH-iPtCszVWuobTrXBc__mzLJx0uqjTAR_GNd1620c0BPqIA9QRoXlCklbmk_vm24IIVBr6cYQEeYKIOadgPiz7Lr79p17eVNbIAkDfi7MG6uabnR1FuUktKfOh2KPHgz/s640/Darcypark1.jpg" title="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELtWqsokCArtXldxcEuaWe83e7IfRwegvRR2gM5gKRLdOSIo7q27iNVk0Xcq7Q-F01tNshPfs4V3-uY4xATeTtCYWk60ByA4BQJ5AP5iaH6NXoDvaCKrC2omW9VemG0SHM5q_XFvQ3nXp/s1600/Park2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELtWqsokCArtXldxcEuaWe83e7IfRwegvRR2gM5gKRLdOSIo7q27iNVk0Xcq7Q-F01tNshPfs4V3-uY4xATeTtCYWk60ByA4BQJ5AP5iaH6NXoDvaCKrC2omW9VemG0SHM5q_XFvQ3nXp/s640/Park2.jpg" title="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyTCCnz9Wi_953DdGTjj6cYGFFO1pScR5TlnywmayjMghDsYenc9xTHJBSWa_28EQwsRgDr0uEbgMVnHSxuDakLkHYarPH0OsOQPdu_Qtk-d7udIEtrk5JoUPIa4PhLvdhB8yO_LMeAt9/s1600/park10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLyTCCnz9Wi_953DdGTjj6cYGFFO1pScR5TlnywmayjMghDsYenc9xTHJBSWa_28EQwsRgDr0uEbgMVnHSxuDakLkHYarPH0OsOQPdu_Qtk-d7udIEtrk5JoUPIa4PhLvdhB8yO_LMeAt9/s640/park10.jpg" title="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRofWUma8QHTuTO_jWYqdOvzXCJklFj1Jml2NwKWQi1K_sdS96aBKMUGwHwCk_B-mIk9_a1aBurdmTeN9uapwhZ_fc7j7Y2h-zv_jLk34hUtpoN34Z5snz72hyphenhyphenwPbAijTvTG4kuelFLI18/s1600/park3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRofWUma8QHTuTO_jWYqdOvzXCJklFj1Jml2NwKWQi1K_sdS96aBKMUGwHwCk_B-mIk9_a1aBurdmTeN9uapwhZ_fc7j7Y2h-zv_jLk34hUtpoN34Z5snz72hyphenhyphenwPbAijTvTG4kuelFLI18/s640/park3.jpg" title="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8IEXgC6iBzq6W9LcbjsWJ8hypDEwfDuRFhZCjMtiakOh4qjioACpZnluIHJTP1go4jbWl5RqofY9mq5jyBpwpsZhijmDDU8-GjLUuaOipd5yGoNwL5UASVhBDPzgye3opynY717Q_51m/s1600/park5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8IEXgC6iBzq6W9LcbjsWJ8hypDEwfDuRFhZCjMtiakOh4qjioACpZnluIHJTP1go4jbWl5RqofY9mq5jyBpwpsZhijmDDU8-GjLUuaOipd5yGoNwL5UASVhBDPzgye3opynY717Q_51m/s640/park5.jpg" title="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " width="484" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>A little bit obsessed with this pleated emerald maxi skirt.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsnk-pQF3k4WdXX3cMNX6I8m1_EX4gvyHrRyYeboUGyF3HmY7UUQ27b9RQvtkr9nCgrhR2CIQ63Y5ZFcPiMIX-jH_gW7hIVPMktOMjuZliV7AjbETH-wZCvbMuPYMAPHT-h_hzB5xlC4C/s1600/park6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtsnk-pQF3k4WdXX3cMNX6I8m1_EX4gvyHrRyYeboUGyF3HmY7UUQ27b9RQvtkr9nCgrhR2CIQ63Y5ZFcPiMIX-jH_gW7hIVPMktOMjuZliV7AjbETH-wZCvbMuPYMAPHT-h_hzB5xlC4C/s640/park6.jpg" title="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I love this shot because it has Ben (my new little step brother, who I'll properly introduce one day) and Norman (the nicest, most interesting man from our church EVER) in it. Little nothingy fact for you there!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZwfQAqoj_PWS7LKU5eGqNdO409rHhCx9hqxf7CImlcG6Z8OM1GgApSowyOf3BqUoghsBRqJSszJy8hlsXztN9_bTR95Fk1u3MIoWQiMAA5rXlKKUBl3vVin2dqq8y6adYhJmBUDGpHt-/s1600/park7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZwfQAqoj_PWS7LKU5eGqNdO409rHhCx9hqxf7CImlcG6Z8OM1GgApSowyOf3BqUoghsBRqJSszJy8hlsXztN9_bTR95Fk1u3MIoWQiMAA5rXlKKUBl3vVin2dqq8y6adYhJmBUDGpHt-/s640/park7.jpg" title="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGODD8pmt80o5W7oXdaNHoFTxrHq4kJAD5TcOnPdcOTWwTc0QQK_ta9EoNsArk_1zAp1bWdwsoSmqjSBgybL2-w3RRFSCOTHI3CGy6803bmhLi7iFi660XLWZRR_GEU22iNQrIU3VObja/s1600/park8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " border="0" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivdNn6zFODV426FcEbDX4Vj_g-sUGUMNlbqZG5Vp9WPwOw1gQVSDG6N04YpxoFXXDtaOH9EKdf08lQXKE3Q7ZFpZ8_op6uScmhGyZ2BYhzTx84A8wa2E8sJNJ3w5hH_VlAT-Ualxll2FQ-/s640/park13.jpg" title="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My up and my down in the family tree. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvBzni3PRD5JAgzyUUcP9dR62bHvVHBZmV45AiCRO1E4x5JVld-EV6DUad3oSJscE_-7iHdLUxew9CpivxMZi3XiMpiJDZoa7-jwtY90bj5Y_ct2r6qdhv1FGe2xnGVd-1AviqYDpJkAt/s1600/Darcypark3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCvBzni3PRD5JAgzyUUcP9dR62bHvVHBZmV45AiCRO1E4x5JVld-EV6DUad3oSJscE_-7iHdLUxew9CpivxMZi3XiMpiJDZoa7-jwtY90bj5Y_ct2r6qdhv1FGe2xnGVd-1AviqYDpJkAt/s640/Darcypark3.jpg" title="Sprinkle of Glitter Lifestyle " width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Days when you're close to your nest, feel loved and valued by the people you share it with and feel content with your lot. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For the first time in a long time I feel like our family is working. My Dad has a new girlfriend who has 2 children and is like a breath of fresh air. She values family and fun above appearances and protocol and I feel like her ethos has spread to us all and we are all really enjoying life. In an ideal world my Dad would have found her right after my Mum passed away, but alas, we has 20 years of bleaugh to make us so much more thankful for what we have now. I'm so glad that hers and Darcy's arrival coincided too.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">From a not-normally-into-Summer person, I'm enjoying this season far more than I should. It's making me feel all kinds of happy. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What do you plan to do in the next couple of months? Please give this winter-lover some sunny ideas!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Sprinkleofglitr" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://twitter.com/Sprinkleofglitr" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/sprinkleofglitter" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">YouTube</a> | <a href="http://www.facebook.com/sprinkleofglitter?ref=hl" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a href="http://pinterest.com/babyglitter/" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> | <a href="http://www.hellocotton.com/mypage/sprinkle-of-glitter" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Hello Cotton</a> | <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/1918059/sprinkle-of-glitter" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">Bloglovin'</a></div></div></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Toodlepip!</div></div></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><div style="font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">xx</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This month my Ultimate Advertiser is <a href="http://www.thelifeofbon.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Life of Bon</a><a href="http://kittenishbehaviour.com/store/index.php?route=common/home" rel="nofollow" style="color: #6c0945; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">.</a> If you would like to find out more about advertising on this blog, click <a href="http://sprinkleofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/p/sponsor.html" style="color: #6c0945; font-size: xx-small; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank">HERE</a>. 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The Park, The Family and Me

Aloha Sprinklerinos, A few weeks back (maybe I need to do 2 lifestyle posts a week to fit them all in?!) our church held a community day in ...

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