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05/10/2026

02/10/2026

I fear the internet was right about this one 😂 ad

I originally tried Fat Cow because I kept seeing it everywhere and wanted to know whether it was genuinely good or just very good marketing.
Well… here we are again

These have officially made it past the “new product I’m excited about for approximately 4 days” stage and into the bathroom where the things I actually use live 😂

Rich, properly moisturising and my skin still feels soft HOURS later — which, as someone who regularly remembers body moisturiser only when my legs start resembling Victorian parchment, is saying something

So yes. Still using them. Still liking them. Slightly irritated that the internet won this one 😂💜

They’ve also given me a 15% off code, which feels dangerously close to giving me responsibility 😂

NOTJUSTAMUMLIFE15 gets you 15% off if you fancy trying them too

01/10/2026

Aris is officially a toddler 😍😍

I am about a month late.. but 🙃 life got busy and my sweet little boy is taking a few steps on his own

he is getting picky with his food - tells us what he doesn't want to eat

He says pleeenty of words like: mamaaaa, dadaa, Ale, Ame, Hunter 🐈 Mimi 🐈 miau, woof, nana 🍌 night night, ola, bye, and more

He waves

He blows kisses

He also bites his sisters when they try to cuddle him 🙈

He's been weaned off breastfeeding for a week and he's doing great, he actually sleeps so much better now

Tomorrow he has his 1 year old immunisation, yikes

But he's such a brave boy and he will be fantastic

Happy bday my little toddler, 💜🥳🎂

30/09/2026

AD | Well… apparently the good-sock obsession has developed a seasonal department 😂🍂
Look at these though 😭

The little foxes, mushrooms, florals and those proper autumn browns and greens… Gentle Grip understood the assignment

And they're not just cute — that soft, non-restrictive top is exactly why I already loved Gentle Grip in the first place

Basically my autumn wardrobe is now jeans, oversized jumpers, boots and socks I'm weirdly emotionally invested in 😂

Please tell me adulthood did this to somebody else too 💜

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AD | Bueno… parece que mi obsesión por los calcetines bonitos ahora también tiene colección de temporada 😂🍂

Pero MIRADLOS 😭

Los zorritos, las setas, las flores y todos esos tonos marrones y verdes tan de otoño… Gentle Grip entendió perfectamente la misión

Y no solo son bonitos — esa parte de arriba suave que no aprieta es precisamente una de las cosas que ya me encantaban de Gentle Grip

Básicamente mi armario de otoño ahora consiste en vaqueros, jerséis oversized, botas y calcetines por los que estoy demasiado emocionada 😂

Decidme que la vida adulta también os ha hecho esto 💜

27/09/2026

Only 1 year old and he's already had enough of my shenanigans 😂😂

21/09/2026

This little cutie pie has turned 1 and we celebrated in style, post incoming xx

Time went by so fast, and yet the days are painfully slow with a very moody baby who doesn't want down, but up isn't good either


I am getting ready to go for a visit in the UK on Wednesday, I'm so excited to see the city, not excited to leave the kids behind 🙃

Any tips are welcome 🙏

19/09/2026

Because apparently the true quality control department is two children who have absolutely no interest in keeping their new school clothes looking new

Since moving to Spain, our afternoons usually end up exactly like this — school clothes still on, bags dumped somewhere, and straight to the playground. And I actually love that

So when I’m choosing their clothes now, I want the cute bit, obviously… but they also need to be comfortable enough to run, climb, scooter and generally behave like tiny feral creatures in 😂

These bala bala outfits have been such lovely back-to-school finds. The girls get their matching moment 💜, they still get to have completely different styles, and the shoes have already been VERY thoroughly playground tested.
Because I refuse to buy kids clothes that require the kids to stop being kids

Which sister are you — dress + Mary Janes or trousers + trainers? 👀

08/09/2026

AD | Skincare myth I'm leaving behind: if you're not doing a 10-step routine, you're not doing enough

Respectfully… I have three children 😂

If my skincare routine requires a flowchart, specific days of the week and 45 uninterrupted minutes, it's simply not happening

And for YEARS I thought I was somehow doing skincare “wrong” because mine wasn't complicated enough

I've completely changed my mind

I'd rather have a smaller routine filled with products I genuinely enjoy reaching for — like my Drunk Elephant Skincare A-Shaba Complex Eye Serum — than own 27 products that spend most of their lives looking pretty in my bathroom

Because the routine I can actually stick to will always win over the “perfect” one I do twice and abandon

My skin doesn't know whether my routine looked impressive on Instagram

And frankly, neither do my children screaming MUUUUM from the other room while I'm trying to apply it 😂

Simple. Consistent. Done.

If you fancy trying Drunk Elephant, my referral code is 💜

07/09/2026

New country -- new language-- new school -- new peers -- new rules -- new temperature 🥵

Today the girls started school and they had an okay day

They felt shy, a bit overwhelmed, happy, playful

The highlight of the day was drawing and colouring

Overall a good day considering that they are in a new school, with new teachers and peers, new language

So we went to the shop to get them a treat 🥰 how was your kid's first day of school?

04/09/2026

Well, that didn't last very long 😂

Outfit from TurtledoveLondon