What my toddler ate

Thought I would mix it up a bit with this regular feature, 'What My Toddler Ate', and film a day, instead of the usual photos. 

Enjoy...

Love Sophia xxx

Last day of paternity

We filmed our last day together before Chris went back to work, after his two weeks paternity leave.

Enjoy...

Love Sophia xxx

Easter 2017

The Easter Bunny visited and we had chocolate for breakfast!!!

Enjoy...

Love Sophia xxx

What My Kids Wore #4

We celebrated Jackson's 2nd birthday 2 weeks ago and wanted to get him a cool outfit to wear on the day. I came across this shop on Instagram called 'Emmas bambino', they had some awesome dinosaur leggings! After I ordered it, she emailed saying that unfortunately the print was no longer available though. However, once I told her that it was a dinosaur themed birthday party, so I really wanted dinosaur print, she went out of her way to find another dinosaur print which I actually much preferred! I loved the communication and when I finally received the product I was so happy with it, so would definitely recommend this company. The top had a 'J' on it in the same pattern... LOVE LOVE LOVE the outfit!!!!!!!!

For Florrie, I wanted a cute little dress. I still had a voucher for Jojo Maman Bebe so I thought that I would head there to have a look. I ended up buying this gorgeous navy blue with one white flowers. I also put this cute little bow with the outfit, from Flynn and Tilda.

This week, we are teaming up with thismamalife's linky 'What My Kids Wore Wednesday'.

Love Sophia xxx

Meal Plan - Slimming World

This is a Slimming World - friendly meal plan. Most of the recipes are Slimming world one's, mainly from the magazine. 

Monday - Falafel with Herb Couscous 
This is looks really good, it's from the March/April magazine. 

Tuesday - Sweet Chilli Salmon with Courgetti 
I am not very adventurous when it come to cooking fish - it's always the same, sweet chilli sauce, garlic and ginger. So yummy though!

Wednesday - Lamb, Aubergine and Chickpea Curry
This is also from the May/June magazine but I made it last week and had some leftover, which I put in the freezer. 

Thursday - Chicken Kiev with Chunky Chips
March/April Magazine again. We never really have Chicken Kievs but thought that this healthy option sounded yummy. 

Friday - Lasagna
March/April magazine once again! We love lasagna in this household, as I am writing this, it is in the oven cooking and smells delicious. 

Saturday - Sweet Chilli Chicken with Homemade Chips 
This is a really easy mid-week dinner which, to be honest, is the same combination as the Salmon from Tuesday. 

Sunday - I always leave one day free as we often have one day a week where we are not at home for dinner!

Let me know if you have any other good recipe idea's from the Slimming World theme! 

Love Sophia xxx

DITL- Gigi's here

Gigi came over from Greece to meet her first Grand Daughter, our little Florrie! 

Enjoy...

Love Sophia xxx

DITL- Florence Lucy is official

We registered Florrie's name, making her official, and had some family time too! 

Enjoy... 

Love Sophia xxx

Slimming World - Week One

Some of you may have seen on my instagram that I have started Slimming World. It is quite soon after giving birth to Florrie but my sister is getting married in August and everyone knows that wedding photos will be around forever! So basically it's... #getslimforsisterswedding 

I know all about healthy food and I know what I should/shouldn't eat but sometimes I just need that bit of extra motivation from a group (and now a blog) to help me get the weight off. When I started, I was over a stone heavier than my pre-pregnancy weight but I also want to lose another stone on top of that, not necessarily by August though (that would be great however, especially with 2 holidays coming up)!

During both of my pregnancy's, I became a sugar monster and wanted to eat everything sweet that I could get my hands on!! So this is going to be the hardest thing I have to cut out. Also, another point to add is that I am still breastfeeding Florence, so I am aloud extra 'hex A', which is milk and cheese - that does make diet-life a little easier! 

So, straight on to my weight loss this week: 5.5lbs. I was amazed that I had lost so much! I knew that it would be a successful week as I followed the diet completely but was still very impressed!! 

I have to admit that I found it fairly easy this week and I made sure that I planned all of my meals so it was simple to stick to. 

One of my favourite meals this week was: Spagetti Carbonara.

Anyone else had to diet post-baby and got any tips? 

Love Sophia xxx

Easter Basket

Last year, Easter was on the same weekend as Jackson's first birthday, so I knew he would already have loads of treats from friends & family and I made him an 'Easter Basket' instead. I loved the idea and it worked really well, so I am doing it again this year, although I am throwing in some chocolate this time! I am also re-using some bits from last year and the rest I have pick up pretty cheap. 

Firstly, the box is from last year and I got it from Poundland - they had similar ones this year too. 

Also from Poundland, I bought these funny bunny glasses which Jackson will LOVE but also will probably break 5 mins after getting them!!! Jackson has an obsession with stickers too so I found these Easter themed ones. I also thought that this 'Pop Stick Creations' might be a fun activity to do (I may change my mind after opening it, ha!). 

A few weeks back I found this book in Lidl and it was only 99p. I am sure he will love it as it has lots of arts, crafts and stickers. 

The brown bunny ears were from last year and they are Lindt ones. The white ones are from Waitrose, which my mum bought for Florrie, so they are just thrown in to encourage sharing with Jackson. 

The cow toy is my bargain that I picked up last year just after Easter, from Waitrose. I think it was about 10p or something crazy like that! I also got one for my niece (if you're reading Claire, don't show Livvy, haha!!).

Another item from last years box is this bouncing chick, which Jackson was pretty obsessed with last time. 

Lastly and perhaps most importantly, the chocolate! We are yet to decided if we will do an Easter Egg Hunt or just give them to him (FYI - he wont be eating all of these at once and I am sure he will be getting some help, hopefully mainly from Dada!).

Quick throwback to last year...

Do you do Easter Baskets for your little ones? 

Love Sophia xxx

Florence's 2 Month Update

This month, Florence met some of her family from Greece; her Gigi, and two of my cousins. 

We also celebrated her big brother's birthday and Mother's day too! 

Being the 2nd child, we often spend a lot of time doing things for Jackson, but every Friday my mum now looks after Jackson for me, so it has become a day with full focus on Florrie - this month, we have started a weekly baby massage course. 

Milestones

A few times this month, she has slept through the night, which has been amazing!!! She normally goes to sleep by about 12:30am and then doesn't wake until 6:30/7:00am. This isn't happening every night but she is now throwing them in more and more regularly. 

She is exclusively breastfed at the moment and is feeding soooooo much better than she was at first.

She is having more alert periods of time during the day and is really starting to give lots of smiles. 

She also had her 2 month jabs - she was quite upset afterwards and it left quite a lump in her little leg!! 

Routine

I am not forcing any routine yet but she is starting to fall into a loose one herself... 

6:00-8:00am - She normally wakes between 6 and 8am and has a feed. She then falls asleep again.

9:30am - I'll wake her to get her dressed before we head out. I also give her a top up of milk. 

1:00-1:30pm - She'll have another feed.

4:00pm - Another feed.

6:00pm - Every other night she has a bath.

Then, after the bath, she on and off cluster feeds. 

Weight

Last time I had her weighed, she was 10lbs 8oz and she is still in 0-3 month clothes. 

Love Sophia xxx

Jackson's 2nd year

I have put together some of my favourite clips from the last year, in which Jackson went from a crawling baby to a crazy, walking & talking (babbling more like) big brother. I am so proud of him and love him to bits. Happy Birthday my gorgeous baby boy!!!! 

Enjoy...

Love Sophia xxx