the me and mine project {march}


Daddy is loving
reunion with the uni boys in Edinburgh.
* seeing the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
* Easter Monday's family day in London
* a good work night out in Kensington Roof Gardens.
* Easter eggs!

Mummy is loving
* a lovely spring day at the country park.
* a fun afternoon tea day out and a day of filming with Channel Mum.
* excited children on their Easter egg hunt.
* our Easter Monday adventures in London.
* avocados!

The beautiful boy is loving
* visiting the Science Museum. 
* making models of the solar system with playdoh.
* dressing as the dinosaur from The Dinosaur The Pooped A Planet for World Book Day. 
* hunting for Easter eggs. 
* meeting some gnomes and then making his own. 

The beautiful girl is loving
* her new ballerina jewellery box.
* pepperoni pizza. 
* mini My Little Ponies out of Kinder eggs.
* a day in London; riding the underground and making her own gnome.
* watching Blaze and the Monster Machines. 

The beautiful little lady is loving
* her Baby Bjorn bouncy chair.
* laughing at her big brother and sister in the bath.
* having her feet and armpits tickled.
* chewing on Sophie le Giraffe.
* smiling at everyone she meets.




And so another month passes us by, and it's literally just this second struck me that we've been a five in six Me and Mine photos now... SIX?! Doesn't time fly when you're having fun? It really does feel like we've always been a five now; the dynamics of it just feel so natural. I know that people probably look at us with our three young children and wonder how we do it, but it all just works. We've learned the best ways to juggle three little people in different situations; in fact Rich and I barely even think about it or discuss it now, we just do it. Dealing with our three little loves is what we do, it's our life, and we simply live it. And of course we love it. When I look at this little team of ours I'm just so amazed that they're mine, and so proud. A long Easter weekend of family time (apart from the bit where Rich had to go to Germany to work) really did make me think a lot about how blessed I feel and how happy this little brood of ours makes me.


Last month I talked about how The Me and Mine Project sometimes forces us to get out to get our photo, and that we end up making some happy memories along the way. This month it was the other way around; we were out having a lovely time together just because we could and our photos capture that. It felt distinctly spring like the day that we took these photos. Look... we aren't even wearing coats, which felt so so good! And I can spot more than one sun induced squint. The sun was shining, we'd been out for lunch and then on to the country park for some adventures together. We climbed and ran and explored. We stayed for a long time eking out every second of the first properly sunny day of 2016, we came home muddy and windswept and with a full dose of fresh air.

We also came home with the taste for more adventures. That little hint of sunshine has made us so excited for the months ahead, months full of the outdoors and hopefully plenty more of the bright and shiny stuff too. I am definitely ready for Spring now, and for the wet and cold weather to be behind us for a bit, the world just seems so much nicer with a big blue sky.


Make sure you tag your family photos with #meandmineproject on Instagram, and we'll share some of our favourites. And link up your family photos at the bottom too, I can't wait to see them all. Of course, do remember to pop by my cohost's blogs and see what Alex, Fritha, Jenny, Katie and Lucy's families are sharing this month. 

The Me and Mine Project

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  1. It sounds like you've had a lovely month Lucy - I can't wait until we get to the point where managing just two children gets easier, at the moment it feels like every day is a bit of a fight for survival! That's not been helped by a month of coughs and colds for all of us and added teething for Gabe. We're really looking forward to some better weather too and hopefully getting out a bit more in April. Thanks again for hosting - I can't believe this is your sixth month with the littlest in your photos and it's the eighth month for us with Gabe, time is racing by!

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    1. It does get easier I promise... or maybe I've just lowered my expectations a bit! hehehe. I hope Gabe's teeth stop bothering him soon. x

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  2. Oh what a gorgeous sunny day you had - definitely the promise of good things to come!! We had sunshine but it was Yorhire and therefore cold so everyone is in spring dresses and massive coats!! And I know exactly what you mean about five just being your normal, I find I forget what four felt like, and when we are just a four I can really feel the space where that missing person should be.

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    1. We did, it was utterly glorious... it's crazy how blissfully happy a sunshiny day makes me! And I know what you mean about the missing person; I look at all my photos of us as a four now and it's almost like I see the gap where our littlest one should be. x

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  3. I love them Lucy! Gorgeous!
    I love this project so much. We go out quite a lot at weekends, and though I take lots of photos, I never seem to get one of all 4 of us. Until now! Haven't managed to get one pretty enough to frame yet, but I'm working on it! Haha! xx

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    1. Awww, thanks lovely. And I'm so glad to hear that you are loving doing the project. It's so nice collecting family photos and memories. x

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  4. It is always so much fun to see everyone's children as the continue to grow. I can not believe that your littlest is over 6 months now. Where did the time go?! I must admit the minute the sun starts shinning in Spring, we get excited to start exploring and going on mini road trips. I hope we have lots of sunny Spring days in April. Thank you for hosting #MeandMineProject

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    1. I know... about to turn six months old. And I'm just left wondering where the time went. x

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  5. These are such lovely photos and I know what you mean about this project forcing us out- that is exactly what we did this month and really I just want to thank you for helping us make our special memories. xxx

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    1. I just like that some months we get a photo really naturally, and other months we make ourselves... but we get that photo regardless. I know in years to come that I'll be so glad we made that effort. x

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  6. Gorgeous photos of the five of you on your day out at the country park - you do look like you are having so much fun together and your happiness at being together really comes across in the photos. I can't believe your little lady has now been in six Me and Mine photos - that time has really flown by! Thanks for hosting the #MeandMineProject :-)

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  7. Your photos are always so stunning Lucy, you really do have a talent for getting the lighting etc. Perfect! Gorgeous family too :) xx

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    1. Thank-you. I do love playing with the light in my photos, and the sunshine was kind and came out to play on this day. x

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  8. Oh! Your photos just make me hungry for more spring... Look at those gorgeous blue skies! No wonder you wanted to stay out and make the most of it! Thank you so much for hosting this lovely linky as always... Definitely one of my faves!

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    1. I know. I would say it was our first proper Spring day, and it was a lovely taste of things to come. x

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  9. These are beautiful spring photos. We were still wrapped up in ours but as the month has gone on Spring really has sprung. You all look so happy x

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    1. It's still a very in between kind of month, isn't it? Freezing one minute and sunny the next. x

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  10. Gorgeous Spring photo's :) We are looking forward to more portraits in the sun too xo

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  11. Gorgeous photos, and yay to not wearing coats! Hopefully Spring will stick around and we can get more sunny photos like this! I cannot believe how big beautiful little lady is, so grown up now xx

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  12. Gorgeous scenery. Looks like a quite enough warm day there. I can't wait for the days where you don't need a jacket anymore. But this year Spring seems to take its time.

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  13. Such bright, beautiful photos Lucy - your family radiates happiness in these! I can't believe your little lady has been in 6 me & mine's, how time flies! xx

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  14. Wow, how has it been six months already? Doesn't time fly! I love your photos and your post and I also like your Husband and little boys very nearly matching shirts! xx

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  15. Gorgeous photographs Lucy, I can't believe it's been six months already. Your eldest girl is shooting up, she looks so grown up! Have a wonderful month x

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  16. Ah little lady is growing so quickly, can she really be six months already? Sounds like you've had a lovely month, with lots of fun family days out. Gosh, I haven't been to the Kensington Roof Gardens for years, it's such a beautiful venue. Your family is beautiful Lucy and these pictures are gorgeous. xx

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  17. These are such gorgeous photos! So nice to have some sunshine although it hasn't been warm enough here for no coats! x

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  18. Sounds like you have had such a lovely month, I absolutely loved catching photos without coats on this month. x

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  19. Such lovely sunny photos, I love seeing the sunshine in peoples photos. Makes me really want the summer to hurry up and come along!

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  20. You littlest lady is looking so grown up already! I love your style of photography, and how bright and cheerful your photos look. The blue sky and sunshine really do make the world seem like a nicer place, we have been loving the sun this month too xx

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  21. Gorgeous photos. We normally go out just to take family photos but I'm hoping in the Summer we will be able to get some on days out and different places to make it more interesting and full of memories :) xx

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  22. Gosh — she's grown SO much Lucy!! What a little poppet! Lovely pics as ever — sounds like you've had a lovely month too. March was so good to us! Let's hope that April will be as kind x #MeAndMine

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  23. What a beautiful day you had, such lovely photos. Blue sky really does make a difference, doesn't it :)

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  24. Beautiful photos, great to get some sun isn't it! Sounds like you've all had a lovely March. #meandmine xx

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  25. Such lovely photos of the five of you, and what a lovely month it has been - fingers crossed April is just as good! xx

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  26. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful is all I think when I see your captures each month. Each month the kids are smiling, happy on adventures outside somewhere beautiful. I love seeing where you all will go next. The kids seem so grown up even little miss princess too. I can't believe it. Sounds like you have had a lovely month darling. What beautiful family you have created here and so happy for you as always. Big hugs. Thanks for hosting. xo #meandmineproject

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  27. I was so enjoying the sunshine until last week and we got snow grrr, I am so ready for summer. Its amazing how quickly you adapt to a new addition isn't it? One of my friends has 4 under 10 she is such a natural mum and is so organised x

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  28. Lovely photos! You always manage to capture such lovely photos in lovely settings. Thanks for hosting the #meandmineproject

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  29. This project is fabulous for making you get out and about and get those memories on file! I can't believe how big your littlest is already! Lovely pictures xx

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  30. Ah getting outside has been so nice hasn't it! these photos are lovely, and how big do they all look already! xx

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  31. Sounds like you've had a lovely month. Everything looks and feels better with the sunshine. The photos you've taken are gorgeous x

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  32. Look at that blue sky! I wish it was like that every day but it is so temperamental at the moment. I love the bottom photo so much. x

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  33. Stunning captures this month. I love how long your littlest hair is getting...cute! I'm loving this linky for pushing us to capture something each month and as we have a Christmas tradition of a photo book. ..this is going to prove very useful! x

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  34. Oh my goodness your three look so similar! Absolutely adorable, think these are my most favourite of all your me and mine photos. So much happiness and sunshine xx

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  35. Your beautiful little lady is getting so big now! The last 6 months really have flown by! Beautiful pictures, and you're so right about the world seeming so much nicer with a big blue sky xx

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  36. Such gorgeous photos, don't you just wish we had those skies every day so they could all be filled with outdoor adventures! Time does just fly by and your little lady is looking so grown up already. X

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  37. Beautiful photographs - I wish we had more of that weather up north! You have a gorgeous family x

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