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Getting some bits and pieces ready because tomorrow I begin my training to be a doula with @birthblissacademy! Equal parts nervous and excited right now. It is scary starting something completely new from scratch, but, like lots of us, the last year has made me really reflect on what I want from my life, and I guess turning 40 recently has intensified that. I have always felt passionately that women don't always get the support they need and deserve during birth and, crucially, in the post-natal/4th trimester period. That can contribute to all sorts of problems, including post-natal depression and anxiety, PTSD and problems breastfeeding. I want to do something practical about that.
My eldest baby is 12 today. Only one more year until I am the mother of a teenager. Gulp. She wanted a salted caramel brownie birthday cake this year. It isn't elegant, but my quality control sampling of the offcuts confirm that it tastes pretty good.
Is there a word for the token slices of cucumber and halved cherry tomatoes we put on the side of the plate in order to kid ourselves that the frozen pizza supermarket we feed our children on a Friday night is a balanced and wholesome meal?
Public service announcement: drizzly, February, home-schooling, lockdown Mondays can be dramatically improved by the baking (and eating) of a clementine cake.
Handpainted Valentine's card for my beloved this year. Rather proud of my resourceful make do and mend approach to the shops being shut. I will be making my own clothes and growing my own cabbages before we know where we are. Thank you to @jenniemaizels for the sketchbook club tutorial.
There are definitely days when the daily mid morning walk my 6yo needs to get her through the online learning feels more penance than pleasure. We have walked round our neighbourhood SO many times now.

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