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Our week in pictures - 7th December 2015 

We've had so much fun this week it's been really hard to only pick nine pictures! I really love Christmas and we try and make sure we celebrate during the whole of December to really build the excitement, this week we went ice-skating with family and friends, it was Elsie's first go on the ice and she loved being pushed around really fast on the banana! Evelyn was brill and was able to skate all on her own, she's looking forward to wearing proper skates next year instead on the wraparounds they gave her this time.

We also put our trees up and they look amazing. I love having a real tree as the smell is just gorgeous! I love how the house looks at Christmas, it's so cosy and pretty.

Today we went to visit Father Christmas on the Santa Express at Avon Valley Railway - the girls loved every second and we all had a wonderful time.

Thanks for reading - I hope everyone else has had a good week too? I'd love to see your favourite picture and hear what you have been up too.

Love Claire xx

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Our week in pictures - 29th November 2015

Eeek! A very late #weeklyroundup - I've been working my socks off taking Beautiful Nice to our local Tumble Tots classes and have taken lots of orders for Christmas gifts which has meant we have had a crazy busy weekend making everything!

Mark has been on leave this week to look after the girls so that I could attend TT alone and he has done a fantastic job. They have all really enjoyed themselves! 

We started a little bit of Christmas magic this weekend by decorating the only non-damaged bits of the gingerbread house after I accidentally dropped it, whoops!!  The girls had one each, and although more sweets went into Elsie's mouth than on her biscuit they both had a whale of a time! 

Cyber Week starts today over at Beautiful Nice and I'm hoping for another busy week before I close my order books until the new year.

We are planning on putting the Christmas Trees up on Saturday and are also visiting Father Christmas on Sunday at Avon Valley - let the festivities commence! 

Thanks for reading, I'd love to see what you've been up to this week as well - why not post your favourite picture below?

Love Claire xx

Meal Planning Monday 23rd November 2015

Monday
M: Steak pie, mashed potato, broccoli and carrots

C: Aberdeen Angus burgers, brown rice and salad 
E & E: Aberdeen Angus burger, brown rice and mixed veg

Tuesday
M& C: Rib eye steak, chips and mushrooms (sweet pot and salad for me)
E & E: Heck sausage, mashed potato and broccoli

Wednesday
All: Chicken wrapped in bacon, jacket potato (sweet for me), broccoli and carrots

Thursday
M & C: Pan fried salmon, brown rice and peas
E & E: Dinner at nursery

Friday
M: Toad in the hole, broccoli and carrots

C: Heck sausages, sweet potato mash, broccoli and kale
E & E: Dinner at nursery

Saturday
All: Spaghetti bolognese (with brown rice for me)

Sunday
M & C: Gammon, eggs, mushrooms and sweet potato chips (plus salad for me)

E & E: Cheese and ham pasta with mixed veg 

Joining in with Mrs M's #mealplanningmonday and cath@home#whatsfordinnerwednesday

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Our week in pictures 22nd November 2015

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas in our house! This week I've been really busy getting myself organised for the festive rush. Christmas tends to be my busiest time at Beautiful Nice and part and parcel of that is visiting our local Tumble Tots classes with a stall. So today I've been freezing my butt off in the garage cutting millions of star initials ready for the coming week.

I've also had a bad back so my lovely hubby was on daughter duty today, which included taking them to a party (I secretly think he enjoyed it). The girls have loved having Daddy all to themselves and can't wait for next time!

Thanks for reading and don't forget to join in with your #weeklyroundup too!

Love Claire xx

Meal Planning Monday - 16th November 2015

Monday
M & C: Pork chops, mashed sweet potato, carrots and broccoli 
E & E: Aberdeen Angus burger, brown rice and mixed veg

Tuesday
M & C: Pan fried salmon, egg fried brown rice and peas (plus salad for me)
E & E: Chicken goujons, mashed potato and mixed veg 

Wednesday
All: Cottage pie and broccoli (with sweet pot mash for me)

Thursday
M: Bolognese with brown rice
E & E: Dinner at nursery

Friday
M & C: Beef stew and mashed potato (sweet pot for me)
E & E: Dinner at nursery

Saturday
M & C: Gammon, sweet potato chips, mushrooms and fried egg (plus salad for me)

E & E: Cheese and ham pasta with mixed veg

Sunday
All: Heck sausages in onion gravy, jacket sweet potato and broccoli (no gravy for me)

E & E: Heck sausage and mashed potato, broccoli and carrots

Joining in with Mrs M's #mealplanningmonday and cath@home#whatsfordinnerwednesday

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Our week in pictures 15th November 2015

The week has been overshadowed by events in Paris - and around the world.

I'm not going to talk about what we have done this week as it is completely insignificant when you compare it to the many innocent lives that have been lost.  It makes me very scared for what the future holds for my children, and eventually their children. #prayforparis but also #prayfortheworld 

Something else that struck a chord with me this week is the plight of little Alexander. This little boy lives minutes from us - he is just two years old and has a rare form of cancer. His family desperately needs to raise £150,000 in the next week for potentially life-saving proton beam treatment in the U.S. 

Please donate, if you can, to help Alexander and his family meet their target www.justgiving.com/actionforalexander

Thanks for reading - see you next week!

Love Claire x

P.S I'd love to see your week in pictures - link up your own Instagram #weeklyroundup blog post using the Linkytools form at the bottom of this post.

Meal Planning Monday 9th November 2015

Monday

M & C: Beef stew and dumplings (sweet pot mash for me)
E & E: Aberdeen angus burger, brown rice and mixed veg

Tuesday
M: Out for dinner
C: Aberdeen Angus burgers, rice and salad
E & E: Beef stew and dumplings

Wednesday
M: Out for dinner (how rude!!)
C: Chicken stir fry
E & E: Spaghetti bolognese

Thursday
M &C: Spaghetti bolognese 
E & E: Dinner at nursery

Friday
M: Quiche and jacket potato
C: Egg muffins, jacket potato (sweet) and salad
E & E: Dinner at nursery

Saturday
M & C: Sausage casserole
E & E: Cheese and ham pasta with mixed veg

Sunday
M & C: Gammon, eggs, mushroom and sweet potato chips
E & E: Sausage casserole

Joining in with Mrs M's #mealplanningmonday and cath@home #whatsfordinnerwednesday

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Our week in pictures 8th November 2015

Hee hee! Look at that picture of Elsie crying - typical sisters right there. They were doing a puzzle together and then Evelyn suggested they lie down and go to sleep, well Elsie didn't want her big sister to lay next to her so had a paddy about it.....start of the terrible two's maybe??

Evelyn spelled Daddy all by herself this week and was very pleased with herself, I was amazed when she did it. Love that she is enjoying phonics so much at pre-school.

The girls were back to normal this week after half term so we saw the return of Tumble Tots, Ballet and Gymnastics. I can't believe we are on the countdown to Christmas already.

I wore my poppy with pride this week in respect to our fallen heroes. We have so much to be thankful to them for and they shall never be forgotten. 

Our local primary school does an excellent fireworks display each year which we went along to on Friday evening. Elsie slept through them last year so it was nice that she was awake for most of them this time, although she wasn't feeling 100% so enjoyed being snuggled up in our Tula.

Saturday morning saw Project6Pack's BootCamp, which was very wet and windy! It was an hour full of team games, burpees, squats and sprints - fantastic fun and a great way to bring the team together!

Thanks for reading - see you next week!

Love Claire x

P.S I'd love to see your week in pictures - link up your own Instagram #weeklyroundup blog post using the Linkytools form at the bottom of this post.

Meal Planning Monday 2nd November 2015

Monday

M: Chicken and mushroom pie with mashed potato and veg
C: Aberdeen angus burgers, brown rice and salad
E & E: Aberdeen angus burger, brown rice and mixed veg

Tuesday
M: Toad in the hole with broccoli and carrots
C: Heck sausages with sweet potato mash, broccoli and carrots
E & E: Toad in the hole with mixed veg

Wednesday
M & C: Chicken and bacon stir fry with brown rice (no sauce for me)
E & E: Cheese and ham pasta with mixed veg

Thursday
M &C: Cottage pie with sweet potato mash and vegetables
E & E: Dinner at nursery

Friday
M & C: Rib eye steak, mushrooms and sweet potato chips
E & E: Dinner at nursery

Saturday
M & C: Gammon, egg, mushrooms and sweet potato chips

E & E: Spaghetti bolognese

Sunday
All: Roast dinner (meat TBC) with all the trimmings (6Pack friendly for me!!)

Joining in with Mrs M's #mealplanningmonday and cath@home #whatsfordinnerwednesday

Meal Planning Monday 26th October 2015

Monday
M & C: Chicken and bacon stir fry with brown rice (no sauce for me)
E & E: Cheese and ham pasta with mixed veg

Tuesday
M& C: Cottage pie and broccoli (with sweet pot mash for me)
E & E: Cottage pie and broccoli

Wednesday
M: Steak pie with jacket potato
C: Aberdeen angus burgers, brown rice and salad
E & E: Aberdeen angus burger, brown rice and mixed veg

Thursday
M: Gammon, egg, mushrooms and sweet potato chips
E & E: Dinner at nursery

Friday
M & C: Pork chops, mashed potato and veg (sweet potato for me)
E & E: Dinner at nursery

Saturday
M: Sausages in onion gravy, mashed potato, broccoli and carrots
C: Heck sausages, sweet potato mash, broccoli and carrots
E & E: Sausage and mashed potato, broccoli and carrots

Sunday
All: Spaghetti bolognese (with brown rice for me)

Joining in with Mrs M's #mealplanningmonday and cath@home #whatsfordinnerwednesday