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Aloha Sprinklerinos, Merry Monday! As this post publishes I will be on my way to the airport to attend a Google event in New York City. Oh my I feel flashy writing that!!  I'm going to New York (for a Google event) with a mixture of fear and excitement. I've been to the Big Apple twice before. The first time was fine, very fast, not really a moment to stop and see anything and the second time was frankly, a disaster. I found the entire trip overwhelming and felt very much like I was on my own, even though I was surrounded by friends. I ended up throwing up and spending the rest of the day feeling very, very shaky. I talked about it here .  (Image) For a good few weeks I told everyone I would never go back to New York and that it was awful. So, with that in mind, what I'm about to say is going to sound entirely cray cray. Are you braced? I'm letting my friend plan a surprise for me in New York. I'm giving someone else complete control whilst I'm in a place that i...

Aloha Sprinklerinos, Oooeee, how fast has this month gone? Very fast, that's how! Now's the time to spend a little moment looking at the lovely boys and girls who have bought space at the side of this blog during April. Are you excited? I am! (This April I tried to touch a swan. I failed.) MissLauraBora's Blog Laura is an Irish student and writes a beauty blog. This month Laura has talked about Barry M Nail Polish, her MAC 15 slot eyeshadow palette (swoon) complete with swatches and shared one of her YouTube videos too. If you're into beauty, this is a fun little place to stop by.  Sunny Sweet Pea Excuse me there I just got totally sucked into Jenny's blog for a while. The video on her new colouring book (no, not a kiddie one, a beautiful intricate thing of joy) made me really happy. I too have been enjoying some quiet colouring time and it really does calm the mind. I might have to blog about this soon I think! Defo check her's out- you'll be addicted!  Get...

Aloha Sprinkerinos, It is Monday. A fresh start, a new chance. All those things you messed up last week? Don't worry about them, you have another shot doing things better and I know you will. Today's image from Pinterest was chosen because it's something I remind myself of allll thhhee timmme!!! Lately I've found I remind myself less and I think it could be because it's finally sunk in. Woohoo for positive reinforcements! I think that we as women (and hello men if you are reading too) are naturally conditioned to compete with each other. One of my earliest memories is being told by a teacher to, 'sit nicely like Natalie' and suddenly I thought, 'Natalie sits better than I do, Natalie is better than me'. It stuck. When you look, there are SO many moments in our lives when we compare ourselves to other people and feel less.  We don't need to do this. Just because someone is doing well, doesn't mean you are doing badly. If your friend gets a pro...

Hey Y'all! I am back again with another great Spring into Fashion post teaming up with my friend  Jenna ! Today we are bringing you little boys fashion from Kohl's.                                      (The Roland Family Family received a complimentary product sample to help facilitate this reader feature. However, all opinions are honest and our own!) As you all probably already know having 3 little boys I am always looking for cute outfits that my boys will love to wear. My two oldest are over the cutesy outfits and they love sports outfits, if its not ball shorts and tall socks they aren't wearing it! They love Under Armour and Nike but it gets a little expensive so I was super excited to find the Jumping Beans brand at Kohl's! Jumping beans is an adorable line that offers super cute outfits at an awesome price! Jumping beans offers mix and match coordinates from Infant to Boys size 7x...

Aloha Sprinklerinos, WARNING - I'm going to be really graphic in this blog post. If you are very young or very not OK with that kind of thing, I'd suggest finding a more delicately worded article about smear tests to read because I would be upset to cause any offence to anybody. Some of this content could be classed as, 'adult'. I love my pussy.  Last week I booked myself in for a smear test at my local doctors surgery and tweeted about it, as you do. There was such a big reaction from all of you that I thought I would write a blog post on the subject to answer some of the questions I've been having. I had my first smear test just before I fell pregnant with Darcy and was nerrrrrvous! I'd never had anyone look at my VAGINA (yes, I just shouted VAGINA at you because I'm always such a wuss about it and say lame things like, 'downstairs area' or 'nether regions' but let's face it, it's called a vagina. I wouldn't call my leg my ...

I can't believe the 4 sweet months has already gone by and I am already thinking of starting Baby Sawyer on baby food, where does the time go? I love trying new products for my children and I am super excited to try NurturMe  organic baby food. I was sent samples to try and I can't wait, I hope Sawyer enjoys them! I was sent a sample pack of the following, so many different options that I can't wait to try! NurturMe   is the first and only family of certified-organic, dried fruit and veggie meals and snacks created to nourish healthy growth and overall wellness in little ones. Bursting with vital nutrients and fresh organic flavor, NuturMe’s Quinoa infant cereals, dried NurturMeals baby food and Yum-a-Roo’s toddler snacks help parents feed their children better from first bites to first steps, and everywhere in between. NurturMe provides innovative and sustainable options for busy, modern parents to help ensure their children are getting the nutrition they need to live a yu...

Aloha Sprinklerinos, If you've read any of this blog before, you will know that I love me a list. Like seriously, I freaking LOVE writing a good list.  With Spring in the air and Summer fast approaching I thought I would share a few of the things I like to do with Darcy round this time of year that I know she enjoys too.  This is the first year we will get to enjoy our new decking in the sunshine (it was completed in Autumn last year after all the good weather had left us dagnamit) so we plan to -  Race toy cars. Play make believe in the wendyhouse. Plant flowers or veggies in the flower box (that currently has only weeds and pinwheels). Eat outside for every meal! Try some new craft projects.  Colouring (I want to order some adult doodle books to enjoy too). Make good use of the trampoline. Have friends over, big and little.  Install a lot more outdoor lights so I can sit out at night.  Have the paddling pool out.  Pick flowers (if we manage to grow a...

Aloha Sprinklerinos, Remember basically most of 2014 when I barely updated this blog and I was pretty absent on everything and stuff? Yeah? I was writing a book. For the lols I kept it quiet so that you would think I was a giant lazy-arse and then announced it last week. I jest (although I do know some of you thought I was a lazy arse, you little minxes). I wrote the book and decided to keep it quiet until every last word was written and I could feel confident that I had done my part in the process. I tell you, there were a LOT of times I nearly gave up!! As well as the video I uploaded to my YouTube channel, here are some things I have learnt about writing a book. I hope you can laugh with me as I silently cry on the inside haha. This video tells you alllll about the book, what it's about and sneak peaks of the pages! Woohoo! 1. Writing a book is HARD. I poured myself into the writing of this book and so after I had finished a big chunk I would feel mentally exhausted and have big...

Aloha Sprinklerinos, Merry Monday to you! I hope you are feeling positive for the week and looking forward to a fresh start and a new chance to achieve all your goals.  (Source) I chose today's motivation after I was inspired by something that happened in church last week. I know religion isn't everyones cup of tea so apologies if this is a bother to you. I'm never preaching, only sharing my own experiences. I was sat in our service and our vicar was talking about how God loves every one of us. This is something I've heard before and often felt to be quite a sweeping statement. How can anything love 7 billion people all at once? That's a LOT. Our vicar went on to say that God says he knew each of us when were were in the womb and has a plan for all of us, that he cares and loves about us all as individuals and a collective.  I don't know if it was the happy feeling I had from the sunny weather or something more special but in that moment, I just felt very loved....

Aloha Sprinklerinos, Spring is definitely in the air and this weekend we had the double whammy of celebrating Darcy's birthday AND Easter. I bought this little peachy/champagney dress in the Monsoon sale at Christmas. It was £50 down to £35 which I still think is a lot for a dress I know she won't get a lot of wear out of but it was just too adorable not to pick up. The white cardigan is from Primark (oh man that thing is soft), socks are from who-knows-where and the white shoes are from Clarks (and she has already scuffed them grrr).  These photographs were taken outside our Church and all the old dears who doddered past commented on what a sweet child Darcy was and what pretty pictures we would have. Kinda warmed my heart a bit.  We are Christians so for us it's a celebratory time but even if believing in the big JC isn't your thing, everyone loves chocolate eggs! Our church had the children go round offering treats to us afterwards so we combined both Easter traditio...

Aloha Sprinklerinos, It seems like 5 minutes ago I was sitting on my old cream sofas at about 8.30am in the morning, with a tiny newborn laying on a duckegg blue hand sewn pillow whilst I typed about my labour and delivery story to share on my blog. That post was written in 2 parts because in those days I never had more than quarter of an hour to myself and I was rushed off my feet learning the art of motherhood.  I'm not sure I've yet mastered it but 4 years on, I feel relaxed and confident and very happy with how that newborn is turning out.  Every year I try and get a picture of us all together at cake time. I love it.  This weekend we celebrated her 4th birthday with family and friends and although you may have already seen this pictures on my instagram or twitter, I wanted to share them here too so that I can preserve the memories and also because you might not follow me there.  The day started out slightly flustered because the house was a tip and I had no food...

Aloha Sprinklerinos, Slowly, slowly I am falling back into blogging. It feels good. This feels like a sort of home for me. I love tiptapping away here and talking to you, I feel like you are a friendly face.  This week I uploaded a new YouTube video and incase you aren't subscribed to my channel, you can watch it here too.  I worked with a brand called 'Venus' who sell razors (and I think maybe other hair removal products but don't quote me on that!!) to share the news of their new campaign, 'Use your And'. When I heard about it way back in January I instantly loved it!! I read about a lot of beauty industry campaigns and don't often want to share them because I think they are a bit naff or not my style but this one totally is.  Filming day was great too! I was a little nervous to film this video because I haven't used my big camera in ages, have changed my room round and couldn't figure out a good set up. On top of that, Darcy was in a crazy hyper m...

Aloha Sprinklerinos, Merry Monday to you. It's been a big few weeks round here with projects being finalised, birthdays and trips to London, but I thought I would get back to normality with a Motivational Monday.  (Image) I have spent a big portion of this last year regularly reminding myself of all the things I'm happy about and finding that it really truly does boost the spirits.  This Monday I am happy for - How docile my kitties are. Not once have they bitten or scratched us.  The work I have been getting done lately and how good I feel for it. Darcy's excellent behaviour. She is such a sweet girl.  How wonderful the Sprinklerino community have been this past few weeks. Chocolate Easter Eggs- need I say more?? Finding makeup you forgot you had.  Being sucked into new Netflix series. (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt!) Handbags that never get scuffed. Spring fashion. Floral, floral, floral! Waking up early and feeling smug that you can get ahead.  Long bubble b...

Aloha Sprinkerinos, In case you are strictly a blog reader who never ventures onto YouTube (do those people exist?? Are there people out there who actually aren't addicted to YouTube?????), I thought I would share my lastest main channel video with you here too. Yippee.  Last week I filmed a very impromptu video with my good friends Jack Howard and Caspar Lee . I was meant to be just going into the Gleam office for a meeting about the next Amity Tour (oh me oh my those plans are getting VERY exciting!!!) and then Caspar asked me to be in a quiz video he was making! I was supposed to be seeing Jack later that night so dragged him along with me and this silly little video was born.  I'd quite like to do a well planned video with Caspar soon because I really do think he's one of the funniest boys I know as well as the sweetest (but shhhh, don't tell him I told you that!), so if you have any ideas, let me know! Enjoy the video!! If you have trouble playing the embedded lin...

Aloha Sprinklerinos, Welcome April! How very nice to have you. You bring the promise of warmer weather, pink cherry blossom, lighter evenings and in our family, a whole host of birthdays.  I love April. To me it is the official start of Spring (which yes, I know, is actually in March) and a time when I think people start to feel that extra pep in their step. It's mine and Darcy's birthday this month, she'll be 4 in 6 days (where does time go???) and so we'll be celebrating both. On top of that I have a little bit more time to focus on filming videos now that one of my projects has been finalised (more on that in a few weeks) and I hope to spend a little bit of time Spring cleaning my house because it certainly needs some attention haha! Today I'm going into London for a few meetings to map out the next tour of LouiseLIVE which is really exciting as well as filming a special beauty video for you. Darcy is having some lovely Daddy time at Matt's place (a few peopl...