On the 15^th of November we finally moved house after endless months of messing about with solicitors. As we were swapping house with the lady who was buying our house we had thought that it would be easier than a normal move. It didn’t quite happen as smoothly as we’d hoped though, especially on moving day, which was particularly chaotic as we were moving things into – and out of – both houses at the same time! Luckily Trent and Roisin spent the day with their great aunt so I had two less things to worry about.

Now that everything has been moved in, and the kids are back home, we’re trying to get a bit of order in the house. We have already decorated both Trent and Roisin’s bedrooms – it was my priority to make sure that the kids were comfortable. We didn’t want to ruin Trent’s routine as he is now at an age where he understands what is going on around him. He is over the moon with his new Bob the Builder bedroom; complete with duvet, curtains, lampshade, bin, chair and cushions. For the time being Roisin is making use of the Zeddy and Parsnip accessories that Trent has grown out of, they are all neutral colours so work equally well for her. As soon as she becomes more interested in a theme we will decorate her room again.

I’m taking the rest of the house one step at a time. We don’t want to miss out on our children’s precious years, whilst concentrating on decorating, so we are planning to do bits and pieces as and when we can. For now it’s time to start planning a special Christmas – our first as a family of four!