Meatless Monday {2020 – week 24}

So here we are: week 24 of  Meatless Monday 2020… The first week of the boys being back at Nursery and Pre-school for their whole 3 days, we’re pulling ourselves (sometimes kicking and screaming) back into some sort of normal routine, but the boys are thriving both in and out of nursery and their conversations, skills and confidence are expanding every day before our eyes which is beautiful to see 🙂

Here’s what we wore:

Me: Dress: Oliver Bonas thrifted from Laura of Twin Perspectives , Cardigan: TK Maxx, Bag: bought back from Mexico by my beautiful friend Anna and Sandals: Clarks

Boys: Orange T-shirt: Tescos, Yellow T-shirt: Sainsburys, Trousers & Hats: thrifted or gifted from various sources, Rucksacks: Skiphop, Shoes: Clarks

What’s in my ears:

One of my favourite playlists I’ve created on Spotify is for the genre Neo Soul, which I love as it is stripped back and soulful vibes which suit any mood so I thought I would share with you this week, I hope you love it too. 🙂

Here’s my week in 4:

1. Social Distancing Yoga: I was so excited when my yoga teacher Poppy messaged at the beginning of the week to say that she was planning to come back this week with an outdoor social distance yoga. It happened on Tuesday and it was on and off rain but I don’t think any of us cared, it was just so nice to go and physically be in a yoga class again with wonderfully like-minded people and we so enjoyed standing in the car park catching up afterwards. If this is the new normal I think its going to be ok, it gives me hope. 🙂 I’m going to ultimate between this and my Women’s Wellbeing yoga class on zoom as I love both classes in different ways. I met up with my second teacher Sam for a wonderful social distancing walk as well on one of the days when the boys were at nursery. It was such an uplifting conversation we had, I so value friendships like this with people who I can have deep and meaningful conversations with about life and love, it is just simply nourishment for the soul.
2. Virtual Father’s Day from Nursery: This was so sweet this week, as something I didn’t realise until the boys went to nursery this year is that they always bring you home beautifully handmade gifts for all the holidays, with the pandemic this is not advised right now, so they came up with a lovely virtual solution of taking photos of the boys next to a white board with their message as to why they love their Daddy <3 we were both touched by this gesture.
3. More interesting social distancing walks: We’re getting into our stride with social distancing walks now and its so nice to safely meet up with small groups again (so far mainly family), this week I went to MK to walk with my parents and to this wonderful church in Willen village which was actually designed by the same person who designed St Paul’s in London. We also managed another walk with my parents and my hubby up this way this weekend, a 3.5 hour one! – The boys walking stamina is seriously impressing all of us. We all just love getting out and enjoying nature. It definitely has been a big blessing of lock-down
4. Wild Flower Bed: My gardeners have been back doing social distance gardening for a few weeks now and our latest mini project has been creating and preparing this wildflower bed, which was completed on Monday and I seeded Monday evening (using mixed wild flower seeds, sunflowers, foxgloves, forget-me-nots, and poppies and my gardener said “now all you need to do is give it a good soaking everyday” – somebody was obviously listening as it then rained for the rest of the week. I am excited to see how this bed develops. I was inspired by the several wildflower beds which we have on Campus at work each year as part of a local bee conservation initiative, I just love the idea, so I will keep you posted as everything, hopefully, starts to grow and then bloom <3

Video of the week:

This week I’ve decided to pick one poignant one which really resonated with me, Elizabeth Gilbert’s interview with Oprah on her Super Soul Conversations:

And one from, still one of my favourite stylists, Trinny, I just love how she wears, adapts and styles clothes to make them timeless for any body shape <3:

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And PS. I really miss the Trinny and Susanna show on BBC, it was the best and I had several of their books too. <3

What we ate this week…

Breakfast:

I had my tea in the garden, then I made some fresh mint tea (with mint from the garden) to take the breakfast tray upstairs to the nursery, where I had that and they had their milk and then we all had cereal and fruit.

Lunch:

For Lunch I had a packet of cheese and onion crisp and an apple to keep me going mid-morning, as I was starving after being up early for the school run. For lunch I had some leftover pancake batter to use, so I did that with stir-fry veg, which had been diced and fried off in a little oil, salt, pepper and garlic and then with melted cheese. For afters I had Lidl’s answer to a double raspberry and chocolate ice-cream which is actually very nice indeed 🙂

Dinner:

When the boys got in from school I let them have one of these Lidl milk and chocolate bars, which are nice and small but a nice little treat for them after a day at school. I had a small pot of mixed nuts and a slice of toast to keep me going whilst I cooked dinner. Which was for me Amy’s organic gluten-free macaroni cheese with added fresh cherry tomatoes and Italian seasoning and for the boys was their usual beans and toast. We then all had yoghurt and fruit for pudding and I had a cup of rooibos and some matchmakers before bed.

Please check out my Pinterest meatless inspiration board: #MeatlessMonday to gather some pinspiration:

Along with the official Meatless Monday board which I am also now sharing on:

Find out how I got onto Meatless Mondays in the first place by watching this video:

And check out #meatlessmondays on this blog to see all my Meatless Monday posts and recipes. Hope you have a lovely week. 🙂

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