Calling all you lovely ladies out there...

I'm after some help, we're off to Featherdown farm soon for a lovely family holiday and I'm after one of these gorgeous eiderdowns that you all seem to be lucky enough to own. I've been to a few boot fairs and charity shops but no luck in finding one. And not even a sniff on flaming Ebay, they are all so expensive on there and in other shops.
So please, please if any of you have a less than favourite one you'd be happy to part with or if you see one at a boot fair for a fiver or so, you'd make me the happiest Miss Cupcake in the world.

There's a £20 voucher to spend on my website www.mollycupcakes.co.uk as payment and the cost of the postage for sending it to me. Just let me know how much.

If this sounds like a nice offer and you can help, hop on and leave me a comment. x

Photos above are just a few of the pretty ones I've seen out there and love the colours in them, pinks, reds, duck egg blues and greens. All faded and ready for snuggles under, in our cosy tent.
Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to hearing from anyone that can help. And all of your lovely general comments. I'm still on the playgroup trail and am looking at a couple this week. Fingers crossed, miss Molly will be settled very soon. I've also found a lovely little group to take Daisy too on a Monday morning. And I can stay and play too lol

Many hugs.

Catherine x

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LOL me a know it all never! hehe! well I have been there and done that lol
Which one are you? go on have ago.
Many thanks for all your lovely get well wishes for the little Daisy, she's back to her old bounce self and getting into everything as I type this post lol

Many hugs.

Catherine x

The big bang!

Picture this I was sitting happy reading out in the garden and for once there was only the noise of school children playing in the distance and the sound of Molly and Daisy playing a shopping and baking game in the living room. Awww lovely I though to myself as I sipped some more of my 3rd coffee of the day.

Then all of a sudden the loveliness was broken by the sound of a loud thump and then screams from Daisy. Rushing into the living room I was faced with this sight.

Daisy had grown an egg on her little forehead just above her right eye. You can imagine my horror at the size of it (photo taken once it had gone down a lot). At it's biggest it must of been the size of a large egg and all purple in the middle too.

But after some much needed cuddling, kissing and singing (ok and a sweetie lol) She was calm enough to sit with Molly on the sofa while I checkout what to do on line. Now I knew what to do when this happened at the after school club I used to work at but when it's you're own little flower, I wanted to be doubly safe. So far I'd done everything right, now she needed a cold pack on it. And it had to be a pretty looking one, so a Cath Kidston red polka dot tissue, sandwich bag and frozen peas and hey pres toe girlie cold pack was given the thumbs up all round lol

20 minute's later and with some help from trainee nurse Molly and two spoonfuls of good old Calpol. Daisy was looking and feeling a lot better and running around again. Big sigh of relief from Mummy cupcakes.

I'm still not to sure what happened exactly but they both said it was the living room doors fault and she gave it a good smack and telling off lol

So I think she must of ran into the edge of it, how I just don't know and think I never will.

The good thing is that she is back to her happy, bouncy self and just has a tiny bruise to show she's been in the wars. I'm sure this won't be her last bump and bruise as she's always first to climb up on things and rush around at 60 miles an hour. We think she should of been a boy lol

I can just see her now in years to come making mud pies and playing with cars. Just like I was a little tom boy, grubby face and bruised knees hehe! We wouldn't have her any other way.

Big kiss little one (now calm down).

Hugs.

Catherine x

Thank you's all round x

Many thanks for all your lovely helpful comments about Molly going to playgroup. I'm still feeling uneasy about it all but these little feet will be walking off to one very soon. I am looking very hard into finding the right place for her. Small church or village hall ones are what I'm after. Something like what I went to.
I remember the days of milk in mini glass bottles with a straw and scalloped edged rich tea finger biscuits. And playing with hula hoops and space hoppers lol
I was very lucky to go to a village hall playgroup owed and run by my godmother and little Gran. So settling in was easy as I already felt safe and happy. I just hope I can find the same sort of place for Molly.
I do still get a lump in my throat when thinking about it, our little cupcake is growing into a big cupcake and will be left home and married before we've even blinked. It's so important to hold onto all the memories, that is why I love having this blog to share them all with you. Because I can go back into it and show them every detail of their early years.

Thank you again all you lovely, lovely ladies. Knowing I have friend like you to turn to helps me see things in a different light. And not just my silly Mummy I don't want to let her go out into the big mean wide world light.

Many hugs.

Catherine xxx

Capturing the castle.

A few Saturday's ago we all drove off to Bodiam Castle near Hawkhurst. We'd driven past it lots of times and never had time to stop. So being the day before Father's day I though it would be nice to make a weekend of Daddy treats and go places he's wanted to go for a while.

So after a quick photo or two, it was off to the castle cafe for a point of lunch. And to fill our bellies ready for the adventure ahead. Climbing towers and fighting off knights and dragons lol

We ate outside because it was a lovely sunny day and where joined by lots of these little cuties. She was so friendly that I could feed her by hand. There was a tiny blue tit hopping around but it won't stay still long enough to get any photos. But as you can see this little Miss Sparrow was a real poser. "I'll take my payment in crumbs please" lol

Daisy made us all laugh when she dropped a piece of her bread roll and it was carried off by a group of sparrows and she cried and shouted "you naughty pigeons" lol bless her.

Once we'd left the cafe Daisy wasn't taking anymore chances of losing her bread roll and held on to it tight so no more birdies could get it.

Knight Ben stopping for a photo moment. Before returning to his princess Mollycupcakes who awaits him in the castle lol

This way Daddy stop posing!

Quack! "tickets please" if you've not got one then you're not coming in hehe!

Once across the draw bridge, we started to climb the stairs for the first tower, which was not as easy as it looks. We got so far and I had to come down with Daisy as she is a wriggler and trying to climb spiral stairs up was hard enough without having an octopus in my arms. Ben had ago but got all dizzy bless him. Safely back on ground he waited while myself, Jade and Molly went on up.

The view was amazing. Even the ducks came up to have a look lol (that's the little dot on the turret). Click and have a look lol

We explored and came back down so I could play with Molly and Daisy and Ben could go back up with Jade and have a look for himself. I'm not the best with highs so was happy with my feet firmly on the ground lol Hello up there!

It was a lovely day and we all enjoyed ourselves. So much so that Ben has now joined us to the National Trust for a year. Watch this space for more fabulous castles, houses, gardens and parks.

On father's day we all packed up the car ready to spend the day at Whitstable but it didn't go to plan, as the car had a small fault on it as we set off and we turned back around and came home. Ben had to drop the car off at the garage and make his way back. So I took the girls off again on the train and we ate more chips on the beach and enjoyed the sun.

Poor Daddy Ben missing out on all the fun but he didn't seem to mind as we'd had a fabulous time the day before.

These things just happen when you don't want them too, that's life is what Ben said. It's lovely knowing he wasn't cross and the car was all fixed the next day. Heyho there is always next year.

So I'll be planning extra treats for him to make up for it.

Hugs.

Catherine x

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

Happy birthday Mum x
Happy birthday Grandma x we love you lots.

Dear Viv have a fabulous day and enjoy a day out shopping and then watching Sex and the city. I've heard it's very good.

We're come up and see you soon.

Many happy returns. Lots of love xxx

Catherine x

A day out with Mummy.

On Tuesday I decided to take the girls off to Whitstable on the train for the day. The weather was just right not to hot or cold. Lovely sunshine with a light breeze. Perfect for the beach.
After looking around all the great little shops there. Stopping at the charity and fabric shop for more gorgeous buttons. And dropping in on the sweetie shop with an Aladdin's cave in the back of it. The girls came away happy with a new pink bucket each. Just the right size for little ones and ice-cream pictures on the sides. Happy faces, happy Mummy.



"My tummies rumbling Mummy" says Daisy "can you see it grumbling?" lol

So it's banana milkshake and chips for us all, yummy! There is nothing like chips with a bit of sand on the side (thanks Daisy). lol

Now for some playtime, collecting water in their buckets and pouring it all down the front of themselves lol (it's only water I told myself with sigh).

After lots of trips back and forth, Molly shouted out "look Mummy a crab" here he is Mr Crab lol I didn't have the heart to tell them he was dead :( poor crabby lol The girls where so happy that they'd found one and I had to make sure I got a good photo to show their Daddy. Then we popped him back into the water to float off. "Bye bye Mr Crab" they shouted. I said off he goes to find Mrs Crab lol they where happy to hear that.

A little bit more playing and sand pile building, the sea started to come in and it was time to make a move home. By the time I got to the train station Daisy was fast asleep but Molly was full of chit chat. Bless her, she saw the nursery on the other side of the station with all the children playing outside and said "look Mummy those are all my friends I'm going to play there with them soon" with a heavy heart I know our little Miss cupcake is at the age for playgroup and I must sort one out for her. Baby bounce is great fun but not enough now for Molly she wants to do big girl things (that's what she calls them) and I know I must let her go. It will be good for her and Daisy to have their own time. It' just so heart breaking because I've been so very lucky to have all the time in the world with the two them, something I've got so used too. Working from home is the best thing in the world for me because even when there are orders coming out of my ears, my time is set by me and no one else. And I relish every moment with them when I'm not painting or sewing. Playing games, sitting and reading, drawing, watching films, days out or just snuggle time.

I'm sure all my sad feelings will disappear when I see how happy Molly is in her new playgroup, I just need to find a lovely one. It's very hard to choose, we all want to wrap our little ones up in cotton wool and not expose them to the big wide world (sigh). I'm so scared for her.

Any tips?

Many hugs everyone x

Catherine x

Ps, Pink Green please pop me an email with your address as you're the other winner of the one year giveaway x