Marian Needham

Crafter / Blogger / Dancer / Drawer / DIYer / Wanderer / Gardener and a little bit of everything in between!

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When Ben announced 'right, masks on guys', GiGi nodded, trotted off and returned with hers. 😷👑🎭👸🧜‍♀️🧚🦸🏼‍♀️
Not sure it'll provide much protection, but she's definitely rocking it.👩‍🎤
#mask #socialdistancing #masquerade #rockyourmask #howdoyouwearyours #homebound #quarantinecrazi…

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If you're worried about your supplies of pantry staples, we're fully stocked over here and open for business. As long as you like your lemons plastic, your toast wooden and your groceries with a side of crocodile. 🐊🤨😎 The small plastic animals might be a little tough, but pr…

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When you insist you on two french plaits, but run out of patience after one. 🙄🙄🙄 My hairdressing skills might be the only thing to improve as a result of the lockdown. 🤔🤨
#nopatience #wrigglymonster #wrigglemuffin #asymmetrical #coolkid #frenchplait #plait #braid #bow #r…

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I have evidence that spring is nearly here...thank goodness!! (And a brief antidote to the news right now). This beautiful blossom (definitely not cherry, maybe some sort of crab apple??!) is on the hedge outside preschool.
Just one more reason why pick up time is my favour…

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✨🌼Magical potion making.🌼✨ The garden got a VERY thorough prune this weekend from these little fingers (no plant was left untouched!). 😂 But it kept them busy outdoors for hours and even bought us time for a warm cup of tea and a good old natter (whilst wildly gesticulat…

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Our first World Book Day is here. 💕 And so is our obligatory picture. So I give you Angelina Ballerina as dressed by Ben this morning (complete with rabbit ears instead of mouse ones! 🐰🐭🤪😂). GiGi basically wears an outfit along these lines at least a few times a week any…

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The one other sunny day we've had since 1st Jan! 🙄 Magical to feel the sun on our backs, dig out our sunglasses and throw off our coats (well, in GiGi's case at least! 🙄😂). Also it's so fun to play tourists in our own town, we don't do this half often enough - London is so g…

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Happy St David's Day all! Dydd gwyl Dewi Sant hapus pawb! ☀️ I seem to have taken an unintended Instagram break for a couple of months. 🤔 But the sun is out today at last and we're planning our first day of gardening this year, so I really hope to put a spring back in my ste…

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The sunniest Christmas morning in memory! I'm pretty certain this Christmas blew GiGi's mind.
From her first proper sleepover with all her cousins (finally falling sleep at 11pm!) to discovering their filled stockings at 2:25am 😲. Santa bringing WAY more things than she ask…

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Woodland fairies! 🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️ Wrapped up warm for a lovely New Year's Day walk to blow away the cobwebs and get some fresh air before going back to reality. And the littlest fairy of all walked the entire way for the first time! 🥇🎉 (With the essential snackage to keep her going of …

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Closing out the year with a reminder to self of all the good things - family, swimming, netball, pottery, ballet and baking - and an early night. We did our countdown at 7pm with GiGi and friends, pizzas, dance party and introduced them to Auld Lang Syne 🥳 So I'm done with 2…

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We're getting down to the business end of the book advent now! 💪 So here's photographic evidence that we managed to cobble together and wrap 24 Christmas/Winter themed books! 🤪 Thank goodness for charity shops and used wrapping paper hoarders (me!). 😋
For a new experiment, …

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Favourite birthday present this year? Hands down the sparkly silver wellies in...GiGi's size...to match mine! She thought it was brilliant too. Getting lots of use already this winter, naturally. ❄️💦☔🙄 Now we just need to upgrade Ben's to a matching pair too! Maybe Christmas…

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It's not even 5pm and we've escaped for my birthday date night! Just had the whole night's plan revealed on the train in - delicious Japanese dinner at Roka and then on to some 70s fun at Mamma Mia the musical! Excitement levels hitting the roof, this babe knows exactly how …

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Good morning world. Brrrr, what a chilly start to the day. ❄️ But, anyone else quite as excited as us that it's finally WOOLY HAT season??!! 🎩👒🧢🥳 What - #nobobblehatemojy ??! #bobblehat #woolyhat #twinningiswinning #twinning #readyforwinter #purple #mummyanddaughter

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Monday morning and it was STILL PITCH dark as we pulled into Blackfriars. 🥺😭 Going to urgently need to start embracing all things autumn or else this week is going to be the end of me! 🤪😭 Discovered this little fella in the undergrowth, in the middle of the wild strawber…

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Productive Sunday morning of my favourite sort. 🤩🎨👩‍🎨👯🎉
#toddlerart #artattack #slowsunday #stamping #butterflyprints #acrylicpaint #kidart #crafting

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Urgh, why are goodbyes so hard!?! 😣 The end of a magical month with this fella and his rabble on the SAME side of the planet as us. It doesn't happen often enough by far, but it's been such a treat and we've banked a ton of wonderful memories (of both the marvelous and the m…

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A magical weekend spent with these wriggly leopards and all the family in London. We even braved the science and natural history museums yesterday, which I feel definitely deserves bonus points! 🤪 (5 toddlers and 8 adults and we didn't lose anyone! 🙌). But it's so important …

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Toddler lineout! I think we might have been watching a little too much rugby in our household this weekend... What I didn't capture is when Ben nipped upstairs to change into his rugby shorts for side stepping practice!! 🤔😎😂🏉🏉🏉 #rugby #worldcup #toddlerlineout #inmygarde…