An open letter to my son on the night before his first day at pre-school.

To my little Prince

This evening I have packed your bag for your first day at pre-school tomorrow. I tried to enjoy it, but the truth is that I just don’t feel ready to let you go. I know how quickly pre-school will help you to develop and grow and I feel a little of a loss already for my baby as you start this new chapter. But I know you are ready yourself and it would be selfish of me to hold you back.

We’ve talked about it a lot today. You understand where you are going and you are now telling me that you’re going to “play with toys and friends”. You tell me that it will be “fun” and that you want to go. I’m so proud of you and it’s only fair that I share you with a bit more of the world.

As your mummy, I am worried about you though. So, so many worries going through my head tonight: will you be OK using the potty / toilet there, will you eat well, will kids play with you, will you play nicely with them, will you miss us, will you be happy, will you pick up any illnesses, will you want a nap, will you be comfortable in the clothes I’ve picked out, will the staff understand what you’re saying, will other children call you a girl because of your beautiful hair, will you make good friends, will you cry, will you feel lonely, will you have fun….

My worries might seem daft to others, but you are my baby and your happiness is such a priority to me. Out of all those worries I have, my biggest is that you will feel lonely. I really, really hope you make friends quickly and have lots of fun. I already can’t wait to pick you up for you to tell me all about it….. and I’ve not even taken you in yet!

If I could whisper in your ear throughout the day, I would remind you that you are so loved, you are so special and you make me so happy. Oh how I wish I could give you those reminders throughout the day.

You are a wonderful little boy and they are so lucky to have you.

With my love always,

Mummy x

Photowall – wall mural

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Are you even experiencing lockdown if you haven’t done some DIY??

We recently took advantage of the extra time at home to redecorate the dining room. We used this gorgeous rainbow mural kindly gifted to us by @photowall_sweden. They have thousands of incredible designs to choose from, in fact I spent a whole weekend trying to decide. I eventually went with this one because I just couldn’t get it out of my head, I’m so pleased with my choice! I’m just rainbow obsessed!

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When you are ready to put your mural up, you unroll the paper and cut the different sections off at the marked lines. This means you are then left with all the sheets you need for the space you measured and they’re even numbered in order, so even as a first-timer you can’t go wrong!

 

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We also used their wallpaper kit. It’s a bargain at £16 and includes every tool you could need to put wallpaper up: smoothing blade, mixing brush, wallpaper brush, Stanley knife, spirit level, seam roller, pencil… all the murals come with free wallpaper paste too!

 

@photowall_sweden murals are easy to put up, even myself and Andy managed it between us and we have never wallpapered anything. Ever! With this wallpaper you paste directly onto the wall and then stick your sheets up in order – they are numbered too so you can’t go wrong.

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I am now so proud of my dining room, I want to show it off to everybody. It’s so much better than how it looked originally.

Before:

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After:

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Photowall has some incredible statement pieces to choose from and all their designs are also available as a framed print or canvas too if you don’t fancy wallpapering.

You can get a generous discount over at Photowall with the code Littlepeas25

Deckchairs: what’s yours is mine and what’s mine is mine!

My week beginning 18th June 2018

Monday

It’s Monday. It’s England’s first game of the World Cup. Daddy and I are having a boys’ night in watching the footy. Mummy is going out shopping to run some errands. Good job really, she probably doesn’t understand the offside rule and I’m not going to explain that one to her now!

Tuesday

Mummy and I went to hang out with my friends today at playgroup. She put me in the swing and pushed me, I’m glad she knows her place. After a while she tried to take me out so I showed her my disgust by having a tantrum. She found it funny. Yes woman, at the moment it may be funny and cute, but let’s see how you feel about it in six months time! 👍🏼

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