so what was happening today? daddy took the day off & they said it was a surprise for me! daddy moaned about the mega pram. he asked about the cheap little buggy. mummy said it's now in zim. hmm.i didn't think we could do a quick detour on our way to london so mega pram was coming. mummy did a quick back flip with a triple axl somersault. she also got to paint her nails in the car because daddy was driving - hmmm...who was going to be at this place? she went so far as to do her make-up. GAME ON. excitement was now at fever pitch!



we parked our car at a place called perivale and jumped on the tube. but not before mummy and daddy huffed and puffed with the pram up 3 flights of stairs. mummy avoided eye contact with daddy as she imagined how much easier that fold up buggy would've been. she consoled herself by thinking of a) how happy the woman she gave that buggy to was & b) how all this exercise was keeping her nice and warm on this otherwise cold day! yes, this was good!




next stop was oxford circus! are we in oxford? is there a circus? oh, we are now headed to picadilly circus...whoa, these are the fastest crosscountry trains ever! i can't wait to get to this circus! but not before more huffing and puffing and eye contact avoidance. finally at the circus...




but there are no clowns, no tent, no animals, just the biggest crowd of people. maybe they are all looking for the circus too. disappointing times! "Shaftesbury Avenue!" says dad and we continue to move in a circle...on the spot. maybe thats why it's called a circus...everyone is holding maps, chatting in different languages, smiling sheepishly as they bump into eachother and trying to look like this is their hood. uh huh. "Google maps!", says mum but dad has found it & off we go!





RAINFOREST CAFE! I was so excited! we were greeted and taken down to the restaurant area - but not before I eyed up a cute pink teddy. mummy excitedly brought it down for me (she loves a memento). then she saw £20 and put it back. a teenage boy was eyeing up a £35 tshirt behind us & his mum advised him to keep his money in his pocket. she called him poppet. not sure he approved.



we had a fantastic meal, seated next to 2 very obliging elephants. one of them let me touch his ear - he did turn and look at me which scared me a little.



 we all managed to eat something we loved which was great = i had macaroni cheese, daddy a burger & fries, mummy sea bass & mash and judah ham & cheese pasta. i don't know what mummy was expecting but she kept exclaiming how good the food was! it sure was yummy. the whole restaurant is done up like a rainforest. at first i thought we really were in the rainforest. i'm still not decided because i don't think those elephants can live in a restaurant. hmm.




mummy had had grand plans of exploring london a little more with us but the thought of those steps waiting for us was enough to get her back on daddys one way street...but not before i spotted this weird looking policeman! i just had to mimic him!

you'd think the 30 day discipline challenge would've been enough to keep mummy busy for the next few weeks - but what can I say? she's a sucker for punishment! now that she's primarily at home she seemed to be  wistfully looking back at pix of herself back when she was working in an office and longing to get back into a pair of heels and dress up. thank heavens she snapped out of it & decided to embrace the season of life she's in!after all, she has school runs to look good for - i do not need her dragging my rep down!  she spied a 10x10 challenge on one of her favourite blogs - Style Bee - and decided to do it! Below are the 10 items she picked for this challenge. she went for items she already loves wearing and that should work well together, giving a polished but authentic school run look. well..that's the aim anyway!



1. Toffee Blazer available here  2. Black Knitted Top similar here, here and here; maternity option here  3. Denim Shirt similar here , here and maternity option here 4. Basic White Tee similar here, maternity options here and here 5. Breton Stripe Top similar here, here and maternity options here, here and here 6. Silk Blouse alternative here, maternity option here 7. Skinny Jeans available here , similar maternity option here  8. Colour Block Sandals similar here  or here  9. Black Ponyskin Lace Up Loafers similar here 10. Black Ankle Grazer Pants similar here, here, here and maternity options here and here
she's busy narrowing down her winter wardrobe wishlist after realising she was working with her budget, not the Duchess of Cambridge's. this has served as a really great starting point for her, helping her to highlight the gaps she has in her day to day closet. i don't know about you, but I am tired of hearing her  "I have nothing to wear" dramas whilst i stare into a closet full of "stuff"! over the next few days i'll be sharing with you the looks she managed to create from her capsule closet of 10 items!

(mummy says sorry the image is a bit rubbish - she spent ages pulling a collage together on photoshop only for it to be auto-resized by this blog template!! Arrgh!! don't worry mummy, i'll be sure to post individual items as i post each outfit!)


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anyone who has faced any kind of challenge will know how comforting it is when someone close says "we're praying for you." whether they go on to do so or not doesn't really matter, in that moment you just feel like someone's got your back. now, when someone you aren't especially close to comes up to you and expressly says "how is judah? we've really been praying for him and believing for him to be well.",well, then tears flood your eyes and you hop from foot to foot like an irish dancer and try to keep it together. you look at that person, you want to give them a million hugs. you feel the weight suddenly fall off your shoulders and look back at your boy and think "my goodness, we're going to be just fine! look how many people are rooting for us!". that's what happened the day we were decked out like this to church :).

All new parents are ever eager to hear their child talk / see them walk / watch them run for the first time. I am yet to meet a parent who eagerly anticipates the day their child will disturb them mid long awaited steak dinner to announce "I need a poo poo." But this is the one thing our little princes and princesses are ever eager to do. Morayo-Hope is surely top of the leader board on that front. I feel like she has some kind of chip that activates as soon as I settle to any meal I've been eagerly anticipating. It doesn't matter the time of day or night. Doesn't matter if she's just successfully completed a session accompanied by her dad. I must still be invited to partake of my daily torture.