Five months in

Today baby E turns five months. Five months! Everyone always tells you how quickly it rushes by but I still can't quite believe that in just a few weeks it will be half a year since that sunny Tuesday that E entered the world. I am enjoying being a mum and having this time at home with him so much. It's also given me a little bit of time and space on those long buggy walks to think about the work I want to do. Everything shifts when you become a mama and the thought of going back to work in an office next year for someone else doesn't appeal much.

I have a few ideas on the back burner and I am concentrating on getting Little Green Pig, my writing project for children and young people, back up and running with some funding. I have started running fortnightly workshops again and it feels great to be using the creative side of my brain again. And I have started writing again finally! But more on that soon.

A week away

I admit, I am a bit of a homebody. I love the town where I live and I don't often feel the urge to get away, especially now I am lucky enough to be staying at home looking after baby E and pursuing my own projects rather than working in a job that doesn't quite suit.

But last week we packed up, hit the road and got away. We had a lovely week, split between a caravan in Dorset and a hotel in Bath. It was my first time in Bath and I couldn't believe how beautiful it was. I wandered the streets feeling like I was in a Jane Austen drama. We stayed at an amazing hotel where I could go swimming and sauna-ing each day. Bliss.

But my favourite part? Hanging out with my two boys. No one can make baby E laugh as much as his dad can.