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this girl turned five, just a party mood, birthday girl
















































This month belongs to her. With its raging wind enjoying lots of drama on our heads and all that can physically fit in our hands that can be difficult to get around with at times - you get the picture of one of the most family friendly scenarios these days (imagine scooter, rainboots, umbrellas carrying mama fighting with the fringe she's only becoming familiar with hauling it all up a double decker's higher floor). If I could compare Nadia's personality to a season, it would definitely be the English autumn: sunny cool mornings combined with wet afternoons stretching towards evenings and beyond. Or the other way round or just completely unpredictably different making the school run even less manageable but oh so fun. I was going to talk about this special day in a calendar that belongs to her completely and is abundant in things unpractical but beautiful however we tried hard on the practical side a bit more this year. Her birthday, my favourite time of the year. Party followed the next sunny afternoon as a last minute plan and I am eternally thankful for places that come up with own ideas and are stocked to the last themed napkin. We made lots more friends than any other previous year so we wanted to accommodate them accordingly. Bunkering down at home and sitting in six or more on a three seater definitely stopped feeling enjoyable even eating a lot of good food. Lack of a garden or safe outside space turned my attention to a soft play area kids can go unattended for longer than it is parentally acceptable. 

They ran, slid, made memories in bruises and chocolate birthday cake stains on bubblegum leggins voluntarily. Friends from kindergarten and a new friend from school, girls she loves having around and boys she's never tired to team up with were there. It was nice to catch up with mums on latest school lunches, holiday spots they recommend and generally admitting new emotions since starting school no one was really prepared for.           
party guest, partying, birthday party
party all around, invitation not required, kids friendly
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►►► A thing worth noting about this photo - sometimes a big party is definitely too much for a girl to handle and all she can think of is how much coins she would need to buy another hero in her X-box game. Or anything else that may require more attention at that time. Undisturbed and thoughtfully preserved digitally.    
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this princess, invitation not required, princess outfit
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►►► Some gifts were on the practical side but it wasn't a requirement, just a bonus.
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MORE PIZZA, LESS EVERYTHING ELSE


















































The word of today is... tonsillitis. Where did it come from, how did it make it? Not a slightest idea but the experience is beyond measure. But in my opinion you'd rather read about pizza, definitely. Pizza is actually a rare occasion on our table, but then again who needs an explanation for having one? Made by your own floury fingers and designed to the last olive? Nadia was celebrating her friend's birthday by being invited to pizza making class. How fun. How people find out about those things? There are so many going on around I might start searching ideas for October already. But the pizza... As I wasn't present those yummy pictures make me kind of excited, possibly too excited seeing Nadia devouring a slice of her own creation. Four cherry tomatoes, four slices of ham, five strings of pepper and one slice of mushroom seems to be the lucky formula. It was good, said Damian finishing it. I can only dream.   

As for my tonsillitis, it knocked me out for a whole week. Wasn't approached just right as my doctor thought I wouldn't need any antibiotic so left me only with a mouthwash. Holy ferret! But somehow or another it had to be treated, I have only one life and that life is meant to be lived so I was back for my dose of pills. I got them, yeah, why not, my tonsils were already inflamed. I'll spare you the drama and say my diet is slowly getting back to solids but not sour just yet (no apple, orange, anything that has flavour too). I really have realistic vision for my tongue to be able to appreciate my efforts and win the battle.
I hope you had more exciting week, friends! x  

MORE PIZZA, LESS EVERYTHING ELSE
MORE PIZZA, LESS EVERYTHING ELSE
MORE PIZZA, LESS EVERYTHING ELSE
MORE PIZZA, LESS EVERYTHING ELSE
MORE PIZZA, LESS EVERYTHING ELSE
Nadia's choice of ingredients is possibly my favourite so far. Only more olives pops into my head.
MORE PIZZA, LESS EVERYTHING ELSE
She's a unicorn at the moment and sometimes Rapunzel, depends on the amount of the amazingness required. And dresses herself without a hint from me, walking into the living room with that triumphant smile on her face: Look mummy, I've just taken this top out from underneath them all. So worth it!
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CROSSING OVER TO THE DARK SIDE


CROSSING OVER TO THE DARK SIDE















































Just making it short and exciting for the weekend with two photos from my recent fabulous birthday night out with great bunch of people celebrating appearance of new crow's feet on my face. You can't fully see my dark brown hair (although the poor lighting adds intrigue to the colour) which I need to get used to but I didn't want to go down the lighter route. So now I am like a sponge taking as many compliments as just the opposite but I'm fine with that. I like variety. When going out, some nights I favour glam feminine look, other nights (let's start counting and it still will be a one digit number) a rock'n'roll kind of vibe. Dress is always my pick but the thought of sharpening the look a bit can't fade away recently. As for the underwear I needed something to lift and sculpt a bit as a middle aged woman should do and it did the job fantastically! I can't praise it enough, it's instant mood (and other bits) lifter if you will. Take my word of wisdom and unearth possibilities that you didn't ever think possible in a tiny piece of fabric. When the night turned to dawn we melded seamlessly with the world asleep for a good few hours. A little older, a little wiser... Back to normal. x 
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BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!

BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!

Saturday afternoon found us a little excited, a little more presentable. A little forgiving to all that sugar on the table. A little distracted, a little rushed. Sniffling our way around the flat after a recent cold outbreak we chatted with family and friends while celebrating that extra candle on a rich chocolate cake. Can you believe it? Another October in our lives that is pretty rad even without the whole nature's beautifying sessions. She's officially four (that she's officially awesome we already know!) and we planned ourselves a little chaos in all its forms and angles. It was far from a big party. When you're sitting in the tiniest of rooms adventurously with seven adults and ten under five running feet you just call it a tea party and pretend you own a proper china. We stuffed our guests with fruit in the most delicious of colours, pointed camera at them overdosing on their great mood. Nadia wrote her own wishes and was chuffed with every meandering letter. She loved her presents following the rhythms of the season - porcelain tea sets for long evenings in the atmosphere of pools of candle light scattered around our shoe box flat (we started crossing tea guests off the list due to the cup and saucers collection effective diminishing), colouring books discovered again and decorated skillfully, Twister's small sibling game - Don't Fall Down played to kids' heart rate increase while changing the rules and skipping turns. And birthday cards she's reading mixing up the variations of tones of her voice with both spoken and unknown to human ear words. Sweet along the way. 

All fun and games, exhausted and a little bit alarming when that Disney sparkly shampoo ended up in bubbles on Nadia's hair thanks to her older friend Kaviya determined to try it out and be happy with the purchase. They coloured together and it seemed to be Kaviya's recent passion as she asked us if she could hang her masterpiece in our flat as her dad is strictly against displaying art of a suspected value. Most of us rent our spaces and often tear and wear policy covers slightly damaged walls but pleasing a little artist has more to it than just overdosing on holes in plaster. I personally advise on being daring with wax crayons and display them funnily. As suggested by Nadia, the artist herself.

Overfilled with wrapping paper artfully placed under our feet we stayed up long past the advisable bed time. I'll leave you with images that encapsulates Nadia's day - balloons adding oodles of colour to our monochromatic interior more than any other accessory (shall we not part with them for the ongoing wow factor at all times?), googly eyes winking your way from the table or the floor, whichever seems to be captured more effectively. 

BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!
BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!
BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!
BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!
BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!

BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!
BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!
BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!
Fabulous day with fabulous people. And my girl is growing like crazy, 110 cm and counting! Lots of awesome things coming your way today, tomorrow, always. Happy 4th birthday, baby! xxx   

BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!
BEING AWASOME IS HAPPENING TODAY!
^^ From top left: Snack table, no party without balloons, first guest, a little announcement in the kindergarten ^^

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YOU'RE TWO-RIFFIC!
YOU'RE TWO-RIFFIC!
YOU'RE TWO-RIFFIC!
YOU'RE TWO-RIFFIC!
YOU'RE TWO-RIFFIC!







































































You know those mornings when you feel a great day is just waking up? And not just following suit of a happy toddler's outlook on life but having that inner confidence that nothing will spoil at least a good deal of it? So it was that day spent the way I prefer: with family, good food, lots of noisy cheers and a lot more tidying up (not the best bit but too familiar to overlook). If we could only allow ourselves to indulge in such great visits a little more often... 

Yes, those balloons are signalizing someone's birthday - the cutest, smiliest, youngest member of our family has turned two. I still remember holding his one month old rompered body while he studied my face carefully and now I'm singing him a 'happy birthday' out of tune. That only means I'm growing old but let's not talk about it right now. Children had the time of their lives playing with new toys (not even borrowed but taken away from the birthday boy) so I could steal some time with my littlest nephew. Isn't two the best age there can be? x
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BIRTHDAY BOYS AND THEIR GIRLS

BIRTHDAY BOYS AND THEIR GIRLS
BIRTHDAY BOYS AND THEIR GIRLS
BIRTHDAY BOYS AND THEIR GIRLS
BIRTHDAY BOYS AND THEIR GIRLS












































May is one of those months when I love to cuddle unnaturally much. One person only. And organize a surprise party complete with bottle of champagne, chocolate cake (not pictured but tasted really well with sparkles, believe me), muffin mini-candle-stand, people jumping out of bedroom shouting 'surprise!' on top of their voices (highly pitched girlie sounds included). Because this man of mine turns a whooping thirty four unknowingly dragging me along with him in this year of birthdays (there are still plenty ahead!). But that's just great with me as I couldn't imagine anyone else posing next to me on the last photo, neither anyone sharing this little space we call home. So I wanted to make it as 'wow' as possible and came up with an idea of cutting little hearts from red cardboard, writing cute messages and hiding them in more or less visible places for Dee to have a little peak around (out of 34 only 4 hearts not found, let's be honest my hiding things skills are rubbish). Hunting through coming to life closet I have chosen navy blouse with a heart made of zillions of studs and paired it with sticking with me for good and bad blue o'l jeans. Birthday boy came straight from work so didn't have a chance to get changed among those incredibly whimsical activities (of which taking over party table was his best). 

Food consisted of cheese crackers eaten with selection of cheese (erm... yes), smoked salmon and cucumber, popcorn and lots of bubbly. There aren't many photos of our children in this post as they took over the job of redecorating our bedroom. I'm sure they wanted it to look grander and super cool. There may be some tricks to achieve more interesting perspective out there but none of them compares to our kids' imagination. Even the largest of spaces appear tinier than they possibly are with the content of drawers being distributed around by little hands. Once they nailed the decor everything else fell into place ;)

It was so much fun to be partying with such wonderful people. Cheers!!
 
^^ Enter my sunglasses giveaway here to win super stylish sunnies! 
Giveaway closes this Saturday x ^^
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It seems like I had a delicious, proper amount of cake on my plate about ages ago. But it was only a matter of time before I was handed more than I could appreciate without a warning coming from the belt of my trousers. Nobody was immune to rich, chocolatey dessert which disappeared within seconds and was imprinted in multiple versions all over the furniture (sorry, folks!). The rhythm of today was celebratory in every way and my camera couldn't feel more alert having no chance to close its shutter even for a second. The illusion of time increases when it comes to our offsprings' birthdays - we've seen them being born, taking first steps, now we celebrate their candle blowing efforts and tell our story through family photographs. As your eyes flow from one smiling face to another it's easy to spot what the day (well until in the evening) was made of - hiding spots are shrinking by the day, strengthening muscles in pulling birthday presents away from the one who is actually their rightful owner and taking part in candle blowing contest turned into highlights of the party with the occasional bit of quiet resting in our arms. Happy birthday to my (already) four year old nephew who has been Nadia's best friend since they started sharing hazy memories of sitting on the potty for the first time or deep belly laugh they never short of.   

And let me show you my brother-in-law's cozy sized 'painting room' - you're probably beginning to doubt I’ll ever be drawn to something with greater admiration than to the rows of tins of paint and bare plastic parts ending up as tanks and military car models of strict colour. Armed with unknown to human race patience and an eye to detail he's our number one when it comes to interior design - we were gifted with more camouflaged pieces to liven up our tiny space than I can think of. And I love every one of them (dusting aside).   
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Time to take a look at the recent party Nadia was the reason for. It was built around light food (full shelf of jellies like I was stocking up the whole supermarket and fruit kebabs), quiet games (puzzle arranging to start with and galloping around the flat to finish off) and bonding with distant family. It is never easy for me to choose the right food everyone will enjoy but the soft cheese and salmon bagels are a definite must. Help yourselves and tell me if you agree with my picks.

Nadia is excited whenever there are people around, much more if they are children so one minute she was wrestling with the wrapping paper to go running the next leaving it half-torn. Gifts were more on a practical side this year popping up in a form of clothes (green polka dot dress the happy girl is wearing) and developmental accessories (puzzles and books). If you can spot Nadia's new vehicle she innocently pointed at in store, you can imagine what a race course this flat has become. And a new favourite parking spot is temporarily in the kitchen, just right in front of the washing machine. I wish it was left in some more peaceful surroundings but this way I have my muffin close by even more often. The evening came unnoticed while we were chatting, laughing and watching Nadia's dress swish on a carpeted dance floor. The most enjoyable three years of my life have been summed up in a combination of tiny lips covered in chocolate, stains on my leggins from yummy sticky fingers and crumbs all over the apartment. It's unbelievable how time never rests in the eyes of a mother who gravitates towards getting to know her little girl more everyday. And I will keep on gravitating because I can't do anything else to get to love her more and know her better.
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