This Moment. Indian Summer

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Joining in with Amanda and friends at SouleMama

These Moments. Our Summer

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Joining in with Amanda and friends at SouleMama



As Summer ends and Autumn begins a few extra moments from our Summer on the move.

La Rentrée

When I was learning French at school I always thought the phrase La Rentrée meant Back to School. Now that we live in France I have discovered that, whilst this is true, La Rentrée also refers to the return to normal day to day life, work and business after the long summer vacation. In the last few weeks our neighbours have returned from their trips to the country, shops that were closed all through August have opened again and the markets are bustling. Since my last post our family has relocated, settled in and each us of has made a new start. It's time to throw open the shutters on the blog so that we can share those adventures with you...

Corners of our Home

This is the view of Florence's nursery from our bed. She shares a (quite large) corner of our master bedroom and when we move to France she will have her own room for the first time.

Since Florence arrived, this has been such a happy and peaceful space in the house. Before we turned it into a nursery that corner was mostly filled with laundry and forgotten toys, but now it is her place to sleep eat and play. When she wakes up in the morning she loves to open up the shutters, a huge grin spreading across her face, and recently she has started insisting on being the one to shut them again before bedtime. The beautiful bird mobile was made by my friend Noreen for my baby shower and it is a treasured possession. We hung it above the chair so that we could see it from every part of the room and Florence will watch it while she nurses. Now she likes to blow on the birds to make them fly! I have been watching the birds drift in the breeze from this vantage point since the last weeks of my pregnancy and they have just as much of a calming effect on me as they do on Florence.

We have brought each of our babies home to a different house, but Florence has lived in her first home for the longest. With only three days to go until the movers come in and start stripping away all the things that make our house a home, I wanted to share this special corner of it to record and preserve the memories.

This Moment. Sorting

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Joining in with Amanda and friends at SouleMama

A Paris Party

This weekend we hosted an early birthday celebration for Georgia and Savannah and their closest California friends.

There were homemade decorations, French treats, favourite games, mama made tutus (from Little Things to Sew), crepes for dinner, perfect gifts and pink cake all finished off with their first sleepover.

Lots of fun and lots of noise!

This Moment. Splash!

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Joining in with Amanda and friends at SouleMama