I know that winter isn't everyone's cup of tea. Personally I love it. I thought I';d share with you some of the things I truly love about winter.

• The holidays - YES! Christmas is my favourite holiday. It means spending extra time with family and the ones I love. I also enjoy buying presents for people and putting the Christmas tree up of course. The Christmas lights and baubles... Just everything about Christmas I love. Decorating for the holiday season is my all time favourite. I usually have a colour scheme and plan out carefully our Christmas meals and schedule. The kids always help, too! We also watch so many Christmas movies and listen to festive music! I adore watching the kids opening there presents on Christmas morning. Christmas is my favourite thing about winter. 

• The festivities - A bit similar to the first reason I like winter BUT this deserves a mention on it's own. The kids Christmas nativities and carol singing services are so, so lovely. I always look forward to this! Ellie has a Christmas carol service at the local church this Christmas and I am SO excited! Their is always such a lovely atmosphere, too! Ellie has been singing her heart out and practicing the carols.
• The fashion - The knitwear and big cosy sweaters and cardigans is the absolute best kind of fashion for me! Being winter and cold, it also means big fluffy socks and boots! I always feel so cosy with my big fluffy hood on my coat, a nice warm sweater underneath with jeans and boots! And not to mention cosy P.Js, hehe. And of course the Christmas themed jumpers and outfits. YAS! 

• The scenery - I personally think winter is a beautiful time of year. With all the frost on the ground and possibly even snow! I hope we get some snow this year. The way the light hits the ground on a sunny morning making everything sparkle! Everything always looks so sparkly and pretty. I must admit, I'm not a fan of ice - I usually end up slipping over. 
• The food - Warm home made food! Yum! The kids enjoy it too. I make home made food all year around but there's something about winter food that's comforting, don't you think? One of the kids favourites is the cheese and potato pie I make. We usually have it with sausages and beans. I also like to make stews and casseroles. You can not beat a hot, homemade beef stew on a frosty day. Not to mention the Christmas food... The kids would certainly say they love all the sweet goodies and warm deserts! We always bake some winter inspired goodies. Last year we made some snow flake cakes.

• Hot chocolate - We LOVE our hot chocolates. Especially after the school run. There's something really comforting about coming home to a hot chocolate drink, the kids always enjoy theres. I usually add on squirty cream and some kind of sprinkles or chocolate on the top! The kids like to drink there's with a straw. Mmm. Sometimes I'll pick up a hot chocolate whilst I'm out walking - It warms me up and keeps my hands warm, hehe. 

• The Cosy Evenings - You know when it's so cold outside and we're inside all nice and warm and tucked up under cosy blankets and wearing comfy, warm clothes and SLIPPERS? Perhaps evening light a candle or two... That feeling is the absolute best! We usually watch a movie or play board games. I might also read a fair bit during winter. We also enjoy some winter themed arts and crafts, too!  

A photo posted by Sara ♡ (@sassyserz) on Dec 25, 2014 at 3:06am PST

  What are your favourite things about winter? Or what's your favourite season? Let me know in the comments :)

Sarah xXx  

Autumn is my favourite time of year. I'm not overly keen on Summer because I'm not a fan of the heat so I welcome Autumn with open arms, haha. Here are my reasons why I love Autumn.

• The cooler weather. Autumn is perfect 'Sweater Weather' Just being able to wear a jumper with jeans, no coat needed! It's not too hot nor too cold. Sweater weather is my favourite kind of weather.
• The colours! I love the colours of Autumn, the red, yellow and orange leaves, it's so pretty! We sometimes make pictures using  crunchy, colourful Autumn leaves. We love walking through the leaves, too! The sound of leaves crunching under my boots! YES! 

A photo posted by Sara ♡ (@sassyserz) on Oct 17, 2015 at 10:31am PDT

 
• Autumnal photographs. I love taking photos! Last year we went on an Autumnal walk and did a photo shoot in the leaves, it was SO much fun! The kids had a great time throwing leaves up in the air and running underneath them, it was fun.

• The smell of Autumn is the best. Damp grass & the smell of smoke, everyone seems to have bonfires in the Autumn and it's also bonfire night on 5th November! Yay! 
• HALLOWEEN!!! We love Halloween, the dressing up and putting up a few halloween decorations, it's a spooky time of year and we love it. 
• The Fashion. I love Autumnal fashion. It's the best. The colours and like I said above, sweaters and jeans! Little ankle boots!

A photo posted by Sara ♡ (@sassyserz) on Oct 31, 2015 at 2:38am PDT

What are your favourite things about Autumn? Or what's your favourite season?

Sarah xXx

I captured this photo on my phone (iPhone) on Thursday. We were walking back through the woods after our picnic and I couldn't resist taking a photo of the lake in the woods, isn't it beautiful?

Living in the countryside means we have lots of places to explore, beautiful places at that! The weather hasn't been great so far this summer so when it IS sunny (rare!) we always try to make the most of it. One day after school, we went for a lovely walk, exploring our area and there were so many pretty views.







We did actually sport what we think, was a baby deer but it was too fast for us to get close enough to have a proper look! I actually saw a deer right by our back fence a few weeks ago.


We could see right over the river as it was so clear and warm. We had a wonderful walk, I hope we have more sunny days, we'd quite like to go on a picnic on top of the hills!

How have you been enjoying the weather?

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A photo of a swan from when Ellie and I had a lovely lunch along the river. I love that we have a sandy river bank! And swans, for that matter! So very pretty.