When I joined and started this project with a group of snap happy bloggers back in January, I had imagined that September would be full of Autumn loveliness. Orange crispy leaves and snuggly jumpers. 

How wrong could I have been! But of course back then we had no idea that my in laws would have relocated from the home my husband grew up in to the sunny south coast. We spent the weekend with them and all the boys wanted to do was swim! 

And with such a beautiful pool it would be rude not to!  

We have already planned a new tradition of "Christmas Competition Races" and I shall be armed with a big blackboard on Boxing Day, when we celebrate Christmas with the Heath side, to record the scores!  

Widths, lengths, underwater, handstands - you name it it's going to be on the board! It's going to be ace. 

We spent a lot of the weekend pinching ourselves that we are so lucky to share their beautiful home and if last weekend is anything to go by, there is going to be an abundance of new magical memories made there. The boys nicknamed the hot tub the "witches cauldron" which is so appropriate as the next time we are back visiting is at Halloween!

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Make sure you head over to Chloe's blog Sorry about the Mess for a fabulous phone photo filled September trip to the big smoke.

It just shows that although, like Chloe, I usually use my DSLR for our family pics, that actually some good old fashioned film and your camera phone captures memories just as well! Fuzzy but fun! And that was September for us. It has passed in a blur making everything blurry with it!

I bought the underwater disposable camera on offer in Boots for £8 (£16 normal price on a buy one get one free deal)  and you can bet your life the other one is stored ready for Christmas! 

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This week has felt decidedly Autumnal. Blackberry picking, a breezy walk on the beach, and in less than a fortnight, a sea which feels too ferocious to swim in.

Chilly evenings, cosy blankets, magazines stacked by the fire ready for quieter nights after a manic period, where work and home life have become one big blur. 

Everything I've photographed this week has been full of Autumn colours, without intention. 

This weekend we have brought the boys to my in laws new house for the first time. There has been lots of "Oh wows!" Not least when we all got in the hot tub together! A cup of tea in a hot tub at 4pm, on a sunny September day - does life get any better?!

Happy Sunday everyone. We have spent the day in pyjamas, watching a film under a blanket and having a family roast in the new kitchen.

I am treasuring these ordinary moments that to be honest, feel quite extraordinary lately. 

I was so happy when I got the chance to work with Homebase and their line of paints, as it meant I could road test an idea I've had in the back of my mind for months!

Painting with ice cream! 

What could be more fun than sensory play for a 2 year old, that means when your hands get messy, you can just lick them! The texture and temperature of ice cream makes for a great play idea.

Do you find that there is always a little bit of ice cream left in the tub that has been frozen and refrozen to the point that you think, "Do I really want to eat that?" and then you remember it is ice cream, sludgy or not! 

That funny bit at the bottom of the tub would make a great sensory, messy play idea. 

I let Ollie loose with a few paintbrushes and a few balls of ice cream. Don't worry he didn't lick the paint!

I wanted to show off just how similar the paint range is to delicious flavours! Meadow is spot on to mint choc chip and the Jazberry instantly reminded me of blackcurrant sorbet.

Like walls you would want to lick! 

I am very tempted to paint one wall of my office in raspberry coulis.

And I think he looked totally adorable in my floral pinny! 

I couldn't believe the concentration he put into his great gelato masterpiece. Every brush stroke was greeted with a smile for approval! 

Which flavour is your favourite?! I have always and will always be, a mint choc chip girl.