Getting Out In The Garden, Morning Routine & Childrens Book Recommendations
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↠ Alfie's Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=papW8W0q3C4
↠ *BaByliss Flawless Volume Hot Air Styler - Look Fantastic - https://bit.ly/41vrzWU
↠ *Our Favourite Books - Amazon - https://amzn.to/43Wqr10
↠ *Tonies - https://bit.ly/4iTSG4N
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⇢ Yellow Phoenix Kiwi Sweater - Claude & Co - https://bit.ly/4bS556Y
⇢ *Black and White Gingham Chloe Jacket - Free People - https://bit.ly/3ZGFc5G
⇢ *Canvas Jacket with Contrast Collar - Zara - https://bit.ly/3EQ0kP6
⇢ *Black and White Adidas Sambas - ASOS - https://www.stylink.it/6Zb4lSeV0n9
⇢ Lori Banana Sweater - Claude & Co - https://bit.ly/3Fvp6nM
⇢ *Topshop Stripe Long Sleeve Crew - ASOS - https://www.stylink.it/YQny7cyD3Gb
⇢ *Ridge Heart Charm Necklace - Missoma - https://bit.ly/3AYdKXL
⇢ *Oura Ring - John Lewis - https://bit.ly/4fYFyu6
C H E C K O U T:
⇢ *My LTK Page - http://bit.ly/3xiIltC
⇢ *My Amazon Storefront - https://bit.ly/3K2HFQE
⇢ Magpie Society - Two For Joy: https://bit.ly/30gqlD5
⇢ Template App: https://apple.co/2SiYsCi [co founder]
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00:00Good morning, everybody. Welcome back to another vlog.
00:03It's taken me a while to get used to this new hairstyle.
00:08I think it's the, like, the layers that I'm so not used to.
00:13That and also just, like, having braces.
00:15Sometimes I catch myself and I look like-
00:18I feel like I said this in my last video, but I look like when I was about, like, 12, 13,
00:23and I had, like, my first proper haircut.
00:26Back then we would ask for it to be feathered, which is, like, it was very similar to this,
00:30and I had my braces.
00:32So sometimes I catch myself in the mirror and I'm like,
00:35oh my gosh, it's me as a pre-, like, a young teenager.
00:38So it's still taken me a while to get used to it.
00:41But when I wash my hair, I use a, like, hairdryer brush,
00:49and I basically do this, do this, and put rollers in.
00:54I can't remember what Sam said.
00:56She said something like heat-
00:59heat-er style.
01:04Cold to hold?
01:06Is that what she said? I can't remember.
01:08Make them warm, make the hair warm, put these rollers in, let it cool down, and then I take it out,
01:14which I just thought we could do together at the start of this video.
01:17It's always very 50-50 what it looks like.
01:21I am not a hairstylist. I wish I was.
01:24Let's do this together.
01:25I'm feeling very Easter-y today.
01:28I'm feeling very Easter-y.
01:30I also put, like, volumizing spray in my roots this morning, so.
01:34I'm so, like, here for just Easter vibes.
01:39Wow, I do have big hair today.
01:42That volumizing root spray really volumized.
01:48Okay, last one.
01:50This one's my favourite one, obviously.
01:53The middle? I don't think that is the middle.
01:56There we go.
02:01This does drop as well.
02:03It looks quite, like, severe when you first take the rollers out,
02:08but it does drop.
02:10We've had some beautiful weather recently,
02:14and I've been thoroughly enjoying it.
02:16I've been out in the garden,
02:17been trying to sort of tidy up, weed, get it all, like, nice.
02:24I've even got some seeds growing downstairs in the kitchen,
02:26which I'm very excited about.
02:28The fridge was looking a little crazy.
02:29I don't really know what to do with it.
02:31I'm just gonna let it, like, sit for a minute.
02:33If you have seen Alfie's videos,
02:35then you'll see that he's done, like, the veg patch.
02:37And then where the old veg patch used to be,
02:40I have decided to make those two just flower beds.
02:45So I've gone crazy on growing seeds,
02:48and I went to the garden centre yesterday, got loads of bulbs.
02:51So hopefully by the summer, we will have a veg patch
02:54that is full of beautiful veg that we can pick and eat,
02:57and that the flower beds will be full of beautiful flowers
03:00that we can cut and make bouquets with,
03:03and, like, put in the house, or give to friends and family.
03:07So, yeah, that is what I have been up to.
03:09Something very exciting that I'm jumping straight into in today's video
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06:23I'm not shy with the amount of concealer I put on.
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07:50So on some days, this is all I will do, but I am actually gonna finish the rest of my makeup now,
07:54and then we can reconvene, and I can chat you through some of the bits that I bought at the garden centre,
08:01if that's what you're into.
08:02So a little bit later, we are now outside,
08:05and you may hear craziness in the background, because Alfie's got the girls on the swings.
08:11And they are having the best time ever.
08:13Me and mum are about to start putting some of these bulbs into pots.
08:17I was like, what is the word? Pots.
08:20These are some of the bulbs we got. A lot of Dahlias. I love Dahlias.
08:24They're so pretty.
08:26What else did we get? There's some Ranunculus in there.
08:28Anemones.
08:29Anemones.
08:31Gladiolus.
08:33There's a real mixture, but basically anything I thought would be really pretty to cut and make bouquets with.
08:39I can't see. I might have to get a hairband.
08:42My hair is just all over my face.
08:45No, he's like, I can't see.
08:47You've got nothing enough to cover.
08:48Is that enough in these?
08:49Yeah.
08:50Yeah.
08:50Okay.
08:50Yeah.
08:51Are you ready?
08:52Ready!
08:53Whee!
08:57You clever girl.
08:59Oh, what is that?
09:01I think we need to use these.
09:03I'm a happy tea.
09:05Oh, here comes the cat in the hat.
09:07Hello.
09:09Lose it. Lose it. Lose it.
09:13Oh.
09:15So we do that white one.
09:17Lovely.
09:18We could probably put both of them in there, to be honest.
09:20Both of these.
09:23What do you think?
09:28Perfect.
09:29There we go.
09:30Look at Ottie. She's written her name in chalk on here.
09:33So cute.
09:35We've done a few pots.
09:37We've still got some more to do, but it's a good start.
09:39A lot of dahlias so far, which I'm very happy about.
09:43Giving them a little water.
09:45And now we wait.
09:46Good morning, everybody.
09:48We are out on a little walk.
09:51There's mud on my boots.
09:53Oh, that's OK. You've got your wellies on.
09:55Oh, Nala's doing a poo as well.
09:57What a great time to start the video.
09:59Muddy boots and dog poo.
10:01Maybe that's what I'll call the vlog.
10:03What was I saying?
10:04Yes, we're out on a walk.
10:06We are currently going through a bit of a nap transition with Novi.
10:09So we're having to do a lot more to try and keep her awake until her nap time.
10:14And today she is struggling a little bit.
10:17So we're outside. We're getting some fresh air.
10:19We've got Nala.
10:21Ottie's on the scooter.
10:23I'm also wearing Alfie's hat. Stole it.
10:26I figured it says morning person. He can't wear that.
10:29So if you go along and then you press it, like that, it slows you down.
10:33Scooter lessons with Daddy.
10:35It's quite hard, though.
10:37I feel like this is high risk.
10:39She's going to slam my foot.
10:41Yeah, just gently. Yeah, OK.
10:45You all right in there, Novi?
10:50Imagine just being pushed around.
10:52Whilst you're tired.
10:54Just chilling, sitting back.
10:58That's a nice stick you got there.
11:00Ottie would be very upset if this was to be lost.
11:03She was out on her scooter like...
11:08It's OK.
11:11It's half the size.
11:13She might not notice.
11:14Thank you for waiting.
11:19You went over the bump.
11:22I did say in my last video I would show you Alfie's Vegpatch.
11:26It's our Vegpatch. It's not mine.
11:28It's because you did all the work. I don't feel like I can take any credit.
11:31Yeah, it's just the family.
11:33The family Vegpatch.
11:35Have you seen the fence in yours yet?
11:37No.
11:40Whoa, muddy.
11:44Family Vegpatch version 2.0.
11:47Which is an upgrade from, if anyone remembers,
11:49these are the two patches that we said we had last time.
11:52I did actually have a day.
11:54I say a day, it was like two hours with my mum.
11:57Where we cleared this.
11:59And we've just got a tiny bit more to clear over there.
12:01I did actually get a couple of little clips, so I'll insert those now.
12:05Good afternoon.
12:07We are currently in the garden.
12:09As Alfie had his project,
12:12I just thought we can't walk around here to the beautiful Vegpatch.
12:17Walking past this.
12:19Via, it was two of these.
12:21It's a sunny day.
12:23So we decided to get out and pull it all out.
12:27Granted mum has done the majority of the much harder stuff like this.
12:32What are you doing now mum?
12:34I just thought I was going to go in first.
12:36That would have been one for Jeremy Eagle.
12:39It's very satisfying, like pulling it all out.
12:43I'm starting on this one now.
12:45I wish we had a clip half an hour ago of what this one looked like.
12:48It wasn't far off this kind of thing.
12:51Yeah.
12:52So yeah, that is what we're up to.
12:55So the plan is.
12:58These two beds will now just be the flowers.
13:02Which is why I've gone seed and bulb crazy.
13:05Once I've cleared the rest of those weeds out there.
13:09Some of them are already coming through look.
13:11Yeah they're coming through a lot.
13:12Lots of the daffodils are coming through.
13:16So yeah, these are going to be flowers.
13:18And then this is the veg patch.
13:22Obviously we haven't finished it yet.
13:24It's not complete.
13:25We've got more compost.
13:26Look, see those bags over there.
13:27You haven't seen them yet.
13:28Oh yeah, we've got more compost.
13:30We've got more wood chip coming.
13:32But Alfie arranged to have this fence built.
13:36Just to try and keep rabbits out.
13:38I mean they're actually pretty big rabbits.
13:41The fence is pretty overkill.
13:43The one thing that we seem to have in our house.
13:47That eats everything.
13:48We put out bulbs, food, pumpkins.
13:51Is two squirrels.
13:53This ain't squirrel proof.
13:54So we'll see how we go.
13:56They could have a field day in here.
13:58But yeah look.
14:02It's so cool.
14:03Alfie literally designed and ordered all of these.
14:08You can watch Alfie's video to see the process.
14:10But I'm really excited to spend days in the spring and summer.
14:16In here with the girls.
14:18Picking little veggies.
14:19Going to make some lunch.
14:20We're still planning what we want to put in each one aren't we?
14:22Also keen to paint all of these.
14:25And then get the girls involved as well.
14:27Like all the fence around it.
14:28Anyway, just a bit of fun.
14:30Just wanted to.
14:31Just a big step up.
14:32We enjoyed it so much when it was the two veg beds before.
14:35You can insert some little clips.
14:37I've got loads of really nice ones for my vlog.
14:38Yeah you can put in.
14:40So just taking it to another level.
14:42Yeah just a little step up.
14:44Because we enjoyed it so much.
14:46And we just feel like the girls now are at an age where they can get a little bit more involved.
14:49Which is quite nice.
14:51But yeah we're planning what we want to do.
14:53What are the name of these in case anyone's interested?
14:56Can't remember.
14:57Should I link them?
14:58Yeah Amazon link.
14:59Yeah you can put it down below.
15:00Okay I'll link them down below.
15:01And they're actually really affordable.
15:02So I think two of them.
15:04Obviously it depends like these two.
15:05Or the two circular ones.
15:06Or these two.
15:07I think it's two for like £70.
15:09And obviously they vary in like size.
15:12And height.
15:13And yeah.
15:14Height and things like that.
15:15So.
15:16I don't know.
15:17Bit of fun.
15:18Oh you're doing some sweeping.
15:20We've got one chewing mud on the spade.
15:22And the other one trying to sweep with like an eight foot broom.
15:26That's the veg patch.
15:28I'm very excited.
15:29That's moss.
15:32Is it soft?
15:35Oh no.
15:39Oh I know.
15:40You love going out the gate.
15:42We've already been on a walk today.
15:45They look nice.
15:46They look pretty.
15:47You want a sniff?
15:51Oh.
16:01Hi.
16:32Good morning!
16:52Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy, bouncy.
16:55Hi.
16:56What's this one? Novie, that's you. I love it, thank you.
17:12Good girl, thank you. I can pass it, I can pass it.
17:42Oh, what have you got? Tea and toast?
18:06Are you shooting a documentary?
18:13What are they doing?
18:14They're so frowning.
18:15They're so frowning.
18:16Are you going to help me?
18:17Should we do your sweet peas?
18:18No.
18:19No?
18:20No?
18:21No?
18:22No?
18:23No?
18:24No?
18:25No?
18:26No?
18:27No?
18:28No?
18:29No?
18:30No?
18:31No?
18:32No?
18:33No?
18:34No?
18:36They've been growing long on time.
18:39Yeah, they might take a bit longer.
18:43Look at these ones'ger.
18:47You can see them under there.
18:48Yeah, look they're bursting through the soil.
18:50ちゃん健遊戲.
18:51Did you see that?
18:54Did you see that daddy?
18:55I did, it won't be long until you can have a bunch of flowers in your bedroom that look like that.
19:03It's going to look good isn't it?
19:06We need to text Nanny a picture.
19:09Yeah!
19:10Should we send Nanny a weekly daily update?
19:13Nanny, look!
19:15Look at you!
19:24She was holding her teddy to her ear going, Nanna, Nanna!
19:28Do you want to help me chop some fruit?
19:30Wow, that is so lovely!
19:36Oh, you want to cuddle too?
19:44Nanna!
19:45Yeah, you can call her Nanna.
19:47Oh, that's what she's saying Alfie, she's not saying Nanna, she's saying Nanna.
19:54That's lovely Alfie.
19:57Here you go.
19:59Do you want some too?
20:00No, I'm OK.
20:02I like banana but I don't want banana now.
20:06You hold it like this Nanny, and then chop it into little pieces.
20:13Oh say, you didn't have one of the pieces, but a whole one.
20:17No, no, no, we're cutting it up!
20:21You have this piece Nanny.
20:24Not anymore.
20:26Chop it.
20:28Yeah!
20:30Well done Ruby!
20:32Oh, you're chopping mine?
20:34That's it!
20:36You want this bit?
20:38You just want to eat it? Yeah.
20:40Not chop it, eat it.
20:42She loves strawberries, doesn't she?
20:44She does.
20:46Maybe you...
20:48Yeah, just eat all of it.
20:50Now that's enough for me.
20:53Nanna, Nanna, Nanna!
20:55Let's give Nobie some berries.
20:57Nobie's just going to eat her whole breakfast before we even put it out.
21:00That's it.
21:02Yes Ottie, look at that.
21:04Well done!
21:06Chop a little bit up for Nobie.
21:08Here you go Nobie.
21:10Watermelon.
21:14Well done Ottie!
21:16Nobie's knife fell!
21:18That's OK.
21:23Hello?
21:25Yeah, that's incredible.
21:27I've never seen you come up that quickly.
21:29Let's get some pots.
21:31Oh yes, we will.
21:33I might have to make another trip to the garden centre then
21:35and get little pots.
21:37Yeah.
21:39Little pots.
22:09Oh, just like more space.
22:25Yeah.
22:27See you later.
22:36Good morning.
22:45Just realized I forgot my sunglasses, but that is fine.
22:49I am up, ready to leave, running about because I'm going to get two of my nails fixed in
22:57town.
22:58My nails don't normally break or anything.
23:01I don't know what happened.
23:02This one just felt really bendy and then it snapped, and then I chipped this one like
23:06the day after I had it done, so I'm going for a little nail fix.
23:12Normally I wouldn't mind too much, but this is my birthday set.
23:15I'm going to have these nails on for my birthday, so I was like, oh, maybe I will go and fix
23:20my nail so that they're all still nice for my birthday, which is in two weeks' time.
23:27Two weeks today, actually.
23:28I'm very excited.
23:29I haven't actually managed to have breakfast myself this morning, so would also quite like
23:35to find something to eat, but it's very early and I don't think anything in the lanes opens
23:40till like 10, 11, so I might not be able to do that because hopefully this nail fix won't
23:45take too long, but we shall see.
23:47I am quite hungry.
23:48I hope you enjoyed the little montage this morning.
23:51Not every morning is the same, and that is one thing about parenthood that I didn't know.
23:59I thought once you had a routine, you kind of did the same thing every day, but no, there's
24:03always a slight variation in our days.
24:07Might change when Ottie goes to school, I feel like then you kind of do need to have
24:10the same morning every morning, but at the moment, every morning is slightly different.
24:16Got something different going on, either Alfie needs to get ready for something, I need to
24:19get ready for something, the girls need to be ready to leave, but this morning it was
24:23me.
24:24I needed to get out, so that is what I'm up to, and I'll see you there.
24:28I've currently got The Greatest Showman playing, because I introduced Ottie to some of the
24:33songs yesterday, and she loves them, naturally.
24:37Can you believe that came out in 2017?
24:39That has gone so quickly, and yeah, so I might listen to that, I also might listen to a podcast.
24:46Now would be a really good time to listen to an audiobook, wouldn't it?
24:50But I don't know which audiobook I would want to start.
24:57I've got a lot of people telling me to read Fourth Wing, I've got a lot of people telling
25:01me to read A Crown of Thorns and Roses, so I've got both on my Kindle, and I don't know
25:08which one to start.
25:09So if you could let me know in the comments, that would be great.
25:12If you've read both, tell me which one to start, and then maybe I can link it up to
25:20my phone, so then whenever I do a car journey without the girls, I can whack it on.
25:25But anyway, see you in town.
25:27Nails are fixed, and I also picked up a little coffee for Alfie, and Ottie requested a hot
25:36chocolate, so I did get her one.
25:39And then I thought I'd throw one in for myself, because it is, do you know what, it's actually
25:44the most beautiful day.
25:45It's cold, but the sun is shining, and it is so crisp and beautiful.
25:50I feel like Alfie's gonna wish he came to meet me in town.
25:53Good evening, everybody.
25:54Good evening, Alfie.
25:55We have just put the girls to bed.
25:56We've had a really lovely day today.
25:59It is the weekend.
26:00We had a birthday party this morning, which was so much fun, and then we spent the afternoon
26:06at Alfie's parents, and Alfie and Poppy were going through their memory boxes, which was
26:11just so good.
26:12You can watch Alfie's video to go and see some of the bits they went through, but I
26:16honestly think that's just one of my favorite things to do.
26:19Doesn't even need to be my memories.
26:20I love looking through other people's.
26:22I feel like we need to scratch the surface.
26:25There's loads more.
26:26There's so much.
26:27There's so many more.
26:28It was just, oh, it was lovely.
26:29And now the girls are in bed, and I thought I would grab my camera, because this is like
26:34one of my favorite very quick dinners to do.
26:37If I feel like a pizza, and I've got all the bits in the fridge, it's just very good.
26:43I don't usually randomly have all these things, but I did have this in mind when I did the
26:48food shop, because it's so good.
26:52So M&S do these like plain fired pizza pizza bases, curated with their 30-hour slow fermented
27:01dough.
27:02Probably one of my favorite like instant pizza bases that you can get.
27:06Obviously in the summer we love a flower pot, like proper like roll-out-yourself, do-it-yourself
27:11pizza for the pizza oven, but in winter, when you're not rolling out the pizza oven, this
27:16is great.
27:18And it's also just a lot quicker.
27:20So if you also don't have the time to make your own, or like proper get the flour out
27:25and roll it out, it's a very good alternative.
27:27When did I first become obsessed with this flavor of pizza?
27:31Was it when I was pregnant with Noby?
27:34What came first, the obsession with the pizza or the sandwich?
27:37The obsession with the pizza.
27:38Because it's very similar, isn't it?
27:39It was the pizza before it was the sandwich.
27:41Anyway, it has a name.
27:44It's mortadella, burrata, and pesto, and then you can like crumble up some pistachio and
27:51pop it on the top.
27:52And then like a drizzle of balsamic glaze.
27:54I did do this when we were like all over the pizza oven in the summer, and I loved it.
28:02Pizza Bianca?
28:03Is that what it's called?
28:04No, maybe not.
28:05I feel like Pizza Pilgrims do one, so maybe check what it's called on the Pizza Pilgrims
28:11website.
28:12First thing I do is get a bit of pesto.
28:15You can make your own if you fancy it.
28:16I haven't got the time this evening, so I'm getting it out of the jar.
28:19Also, as someone who loves pizza, which we all know by now, you would think straying
28:26from the classic like tomato base wouldn't be my vibe.
28:30But it is.
28:32It's nice to mix it up sometimes.
28:35If you know of a pizza place that does a banging version of this, please let me know in the
28:40comments because there's one place that I've had this in London, and it was so good.
28:48I feel like that's where it sparked my love of this pizza, and I don't even remember what
28:53the place was called.
28:54But it was really good.
28:55Once you've got your pesto on your base, literally goes in the oven like this for 11 minutes.
28:59You're cooking essentially a piece of bread with pesto on it.
29:05And then it just comes out of the oven, you pile this on, you dollop this on, and you
29:11do a drizzle of balsamic, and it's just so good.
29:16My hair needs washing so much.
29:19Aww, I'm back.
29:22Can I show the camera that?
29:24Look at Alfie's phone background, literally the cutest thing ever.
29:30She loves those face paints.
29:31I have got it even.
29:32A lot of people comment, I've got a work phone that has Novi on it, which you've only just
29:39updated since Ottie was about six months old.
29:43I need an updated picture actually.
29:44I do have the three of you as my phone background, but I could definitely do with an update.
29:49I thought while the pizza was cooking, we could chat my birthday plans because I'm really
29:55excited about it, and I do feel like actually some of your input would be really helpful.
30:01I was thinking about what I wanted to do for my birthday, and it's so tricky because
30:05I love my birthday so much, and I feel like there's so much pressure around it being like
30:11the perfect day sometimes, that it almost feels like a little bit overwhelming on what
30:16to do.
30:17And now I have the girls, I feel like the excitement is channeled through them.
30:21So I almost sometimes think, let's just plan a really fun day for the girls because I will
30:26get the enjoyment of seeing them have a fun day.
30:30And then I was in the car with Poppy and she was like, right, what are you doing for your
30:33birthday?
30:34And I was like, I don't know.
30:35And I sort of listed off all these things that I loved and I was like, it would be so
30:40fun to do like a games night, but we're just not in our games era right now.
30:46There's too many small kids, we're all just too tired.
30:50The attention span of the adults is also now far less for us to sit as a family and do
30:56like, I don't know, like a game of Monopoly followed by a game of train game.
31:03What's the train game actually called?
31:04Because we call it the train game, but it's not called that.
31:06Ticket to ride.
31:07That's it.
31:08So I was like, oh, I just do love a game and I really miss like, I miss playing games.
31:14I was like, what else do I just love?
31:16And I was like, but I kind of like, I want like my friends here, I want my family here,
31:21but I don't want to have a late night because I want to be in bed.
31:24I don't want to go out, like this is not my vibe and I was like, wait, tell you one
31:30thing I would really love to try and do is a traitor's game.
31:36I would love to try and kind of replicate as much as you can, you know, at home, not
31:42in a castle in Scotland for like three weeks, just at home in one evening, a game of the
31:47traitors with friends and family.
31:49So that is what we're going to do and I'm really, really excited about it.
31:53The only thing we do need to try and like nail is the, the, what do you call it?
32:00A play through, like a run through.
32:03Yeah, I need like a list of like rules and like the, how the, how the evening is going
32:07to go.
32:08I've read a lot of forums where people have done like traitor's games with their friends
32:12and families, a lot of which have been done over like an entire weekend for like a hen
32:17do for example.
32:18So they've had a lot more time to kind of play the games and to, for the traitors to
32:23discuss like who they want to murder and stuff like that.
32:27I haven't come across too many people that have just played a game in one evening and
32:31there are a few little hurdles, but I'm trying to like work out the first one being how can
32:38the traitors, so there'll be about, how many people will there be about 14 of us, I think
32:4412 to 14.
32:46How will the traitors discuss who they want to murder without other people noticing?
32:54That's my main one.
32:55I've seen a few ways people have done this, they've either done like WhatsApp chats, hidden
32:59like a notebook in the downstairs toilet so that the traitors can like, and only the traitors
33:04know where it is so they can like write notes to each other.
33:09And then another one I've seen which I think is the one I'm leaning more towards is that
33:12when everyone's sat around the table with their eye masks on and possibly some music
33:19playing or something, the traitors remove their blindfolds and just kind of point to
33:23who they think in that moment.
33:27So there's less discussion around who they want to murder, but it's like the safest way
33:31to do it so that no one like catches anybody out.
33:35So if you have done an at home traitors game or you have any ideas, I would love to hear
33:39them below.
33:41I'm thinking maybe it will last about three to four hours.
33:45Just isn't that long?
33:46Yeah, I think it will.
33:47I've been playing till like 11pm.
33:49Yeah, from like 7 to 11 or 7 to half 10.
33:52I'm going to be asleep.
33:53The same.
33:54There's got to be some buffer room, we all know these things take longer than you think
33:57they're going to take.
33:58I'm going to need to get some espressos out.
33:59Yeah, or maybe we should do cocktails, that would be fun.
34:02So ideally, I need to work out how many banishments, how many murders, how many games slash tasks,
34:12I've bought some, what are they called?
34:15Cloaks.
34:16I've bought cloaks, I've bought the chalkboards and the chalk, and I've bought blindfolds
34:20and I've also bought the shields.
34:22So I've got two shields to be one in like each game.
34:24That's about as far as we've got.
34:25The format, that's what I was thinking.
34:26It's going to be sick.
34:27I need to go through the format and like the run through of how it will work.
34:31Joe is going to host it, he is going to be Claudia.
34:34I have bought him a wig.
34:35Yeah, it's going to be good.
34:36I don't know if he's going to wear it.
34:37I feel like he's going to stay in character.
34:40We should give it to him beforehand.
34:41So he can run through it.
34:42No, and then when he turns up at the house, he doesn't break character.
34:46The whole time he's got like the wig on, I feel like Joe would be great at that.
34:51That's a true test of Joe's acting skills.
34:53Oh, he'd be great at that.
34:55Yeah, and I think Joe needs to pick, because at first I was like, maybe I should host it.
34:59You know what I'm like, I love to host a game.
35:01I love being in charge.
35:02Yeah, but you being in it will be fun.
35:03And then I was like, it's my birthday, I'd quite like to be in the game.
35:06So Joe is going to be the one that chooses.
35:08I'm going to have no input there at all.
35:10He can pick who the traitors are.
35:13I think three traitors is a good number.
35:15Yeah, I think three, and then if like two get kicked out, then Joe, when they take the
35:20blindfold off or however it's done, Joe can be like, pick another traitor to like recruit
35:25somebody.
35:26I feel like it's going to be sick.
35:27It's going to be really fun.
35:28Is there like a prize?
35:29I feel like there needs to be a prize for whoever, whether it's a traitor who wins or a-
35:33Yeah, it has to be like a shareable prize in case three faithfuls win it.
35:38Yeah.
35:39What could the prize be?
35:41Anyway, I'm really excited about it.
35:44I feel like people are going to get really into it.
35:46Just imagine everyone wearing their cloaks.
35:48And also the people that we've got like invited, like people come in, is such a mix of like
35:54family, friends, people that know each other.
35:56Do you know what I mean?
35:57Like it's going to be such a...
35:58Also, I just want somebody to get like people to go in so hard, somebody be so adamant that
36:03they're a faithful and then stand up and be like, I'm a traitor.
36:06I actually kind of hope I'm not a traitor because I think it would be too obvious.
36:09Oh, don't.
36:10Joe's going to watch this.
36:11Don't say that because then he'll pick you.
36:12No, because Joe knows it would be too obvious.
36:13He's not picking the birthday girl as a traitor.
36:14It's a dumb bluff.
36:15You never know.
36:16No, I think you take one look at me and you would know.
36:22I would know.
36:23You're not very good at lying.
36:24I would know.
36:25No, you wouldn't.
36:26Yes, I would.
36:27Yes, I would.
36:28I'm going to be active like you've never seen me.
36:29Yeah, I can't lie.
36:30I can't lie.
36:31I'm going to be active like you've never seen before.
36:32I can tell with Alfie all the time, no matter what game we're playing.
36:35No way.
36:37I can.
36:38It's one of my strengths, is knowing when people are lying.
36:43Once the cloak is on, I'm not Alfie anymore.
36:46You wait.
36:47Joe's going to make you a faithful, trust me.
36:50You're too obvious.
36:51I'm going to try and read Joe.
36:52I'm going to try and be like, who would he pick?
36:55I don't know what we'll do in the day.
36:57Maybe go for a little walk or something, just chill.
37:00I really hope we get good...
37:01The thing is, March birthday.
37:02It's a Friday.
37:03It's a Friday, but March birthday is quite...
37:06You could either get a 14 degree...
37:08Oh my God, have I been talking for 10 minutes?
37:10Yeah.
37:11The pizza's nearly done.
37:12There's three seconds left.
37:14Yeah, with a March birthday, you could either get snow or a sunny 14 degree day.
37:22There is no in between.
37:24Next, take your mortadella.
37:27Cool, James Bonham.
37:29Honestly, this is the most basic thing in the world.
37:32That's delicious.
37:33It's delicious, but it's basic.
37:35A.F.
37:38Little bit of burrata.
37:41Got the greatest showman stuck in my head.
37:44Showman?
37:46The greatest showman?
37:47What's that?
37:49The greatest showman.
37:51Showman.
37:57It's everything you ever want.
38:00It's everything you ever need.
38:03And it's here right in front of you.
38:06Balsamic glaze.
38:10Pizza perfection.
38:13Anyway, I'm going to eat this, and I'm going to edit some of this.
38:16And then Alfie and I are currently watching Adolescence on Netflix, which is insanely good.
38:23Alfie's on episode three.
38:25I am on episode four.
38:26So I think Alfie's going to watch an episode of that whilst I edit.
38:30And then we're going to try and watch episode four together.
38:32If neither of us actually fall asleep, which I think is probably what's most likely to happen.
38:39But yeah, I will catch up with you tomorrow.
38:41Bye.
38:42Hello and happy Sunday.
38:43It's actually the day you're watching this.
38:45I love a little last minute live.
38:47We did this last time.
38:48I know.
38:49We may as well have gone live.
38:50Wait, is this the start of your video?
38:52It's not the start, it's the end.
38:53It's the start.
38:54The start.
38:55I'm doing one of my favourite things, which is going through the girls' old clothes
39:00and creating a wardrobe for Dottie.
39:02I feel like I'm your personal stylist.
39:04It is.
39:05We are the luckiest.
39:06Like, we are literally the luckiest.
39:08You're lucky about it, baby.
39:10Yeah.
39:11And also, I just feel like the age gets better now.
39:13Because I feel like the clothes get better the older they get.
39:17So like, there's more like, cute things.
39:20So I'm basically just holding stuff up to Poppy and Shaun.
39:23This will fit her now.
39:24Oh, that's tiny.
39:25Yeah, this will fit.
39:26Wait, has she ever been swimming before?
39:27No.
39:28I feel like she's going to love it.
39:30She's a little froggy.
39:31Oh my god, see that.
39:33I want her to see that.
39:34That's so cute.
39:35Well, when she gets longer hair, she will.
39:39Hey, Novie never had long hair when she wore this.
39:41Oh, that's so cute.
39:43Isn't it?
39:44And then Ottie had a matching one.
39:45So like, even like, holiday and evening, like, we are happy.
39:49I think so.
39:50And then there's this one, which I think is my favourite.
39:52You're creating a serious amount of bubbles.
39:54Oh, that's so cute.
39:55This little dress.
39:57That is so cute.
39:59No, thank you.
40:01Oh, Shaun.
40:03We've got two very different vibes.
40:05Shaun wants the black jumper.
40:07This is 9 to 12.
40:09Yeah, but I think by the time she's that age, she'll look cute in that.
40:12Guys, I know I'm not in this right now, but basically,
40:15D'Arcy doesn't really suit, like, fruity.
40:17Really girly, lacy, fruity things.
40:20I do like that.
40:22Do you know what this is good for?
40:23If you're going to a birthday, a kid's birthday party.
40:25Yeah.
40:269 to 12?
40:28Yeah, let's put it in the holiday pile, you never know.
40:30I know you're going to love this one.
40:32Oh, my God.
40:34That's so cute.
40:36You don't like that?
40:38She's even laughing, look at her.
40:39Some little sandals.
40:41She's not wearing sandals.
40:43Well, there's some in there.
40:45What is she in?
40:47What about some little, like, little joggers and a little oversized jumper?
40:49Yeah, what about, like, a little matching jumper?
40:51Linen dungarees.
40:53They're cute.
40:55Those are in holiday.
40:57And a little nappy underneath with a nappy bun.
40:59Big nappy bun.
41:01Daddy Pig went to open the front door.
41:03Wait, Daddy, cried Peppa.
41:05I can use magic to open the door.
41:08You're having a little bit of double story time.
41:10One on the Tony's and one...
41:12She said she wanted the Tony on and to read five books.
41:15Five books?
41:17Oh, you've got them all there.
41:18Yes, these are the choices.
41:20Which are you listening to, Mummy or the Tony's?
41:22This and this.
41:25Whoa.
41:27This ear is listening to Mummy
41:29and this ear is listening to the Tony's.
41:31Yeah?
41:33Well, that's a magic power I wish I had.
41:35Okay.
41:37Ottie has tangled
41:39both my necklaces together, so
41:41that's going to be fun
41:43to sort out later.
41:45I was like, why is my necklace not long?
41:47Oh, yeah, she tangled them together.
41:49As you can see, Pop and Shaun have gone home.
41:51They've taken lots of Ottie and Nobie's, like, little clothes.
41:53It's actually very cute
41:55seeing something being worn
41:57by, like, all three of them.
41:59It's, like, my favourite thing ever.
42:01When Pop and Shaun text me a photo of Dottie in one of the girls' outfits,
42:03I'm, like, immediately, like, trying to look
42:05for when they were wearing it.
42:07It's just so cute.
42:09As you can see, you might hear Ottie playing in the background.
42:11She's building Willy Wonka's
42:13chocolate factory right now.
42:15We were having some reading
42:17and then I thought it might be a good idea
42:19just to go through, like, Ottie's bookshelf
42:21because she's got quite a lot of books
42:23that she still loves.
42:25Oh, that goes in your
42:27doctor's kit.
42:29She's still got quite a few books
42:31that she read or, like, enjoyed reading
42:33when she was a lot smaller
42:35so there's a real, like, variation of books
42:37in her bookshelf right now
42:39but I definitely feel like she's due
42:41an influx of, like,
42:43new stories
42:45more catered to, like, the three- to four-year-olds
42:47and then it got me thinking
42:49the other day somebody said to me
42:51what are you reading at the moment? Like, what good books have you read?
42:53And I was like, I wish.
42:55I don't get to read anything
42:57and then I was like, wait
42:59I read a book a day
43:01because technically I get to read Ottie
43:03a story every night
43:05so I actually have read
43:07Uh, tomorrow night
43:09Daddy's gonna read tomorrow night
43:11that's right
43:13I am reading, it's just not
43:15anything aimed at my age
43:17It's all aimed for a three-year-old
43:19So I just thought I would sit and chat to you
43:21about some of my personal
43:23favourite stories. I think Ottie has
43:25I mean, I haven't asked her which ones are her favourites
43:27but these are the ones we read
43:29Oh!
43:31These are some of Mummy's
43:33favourites to read you
43:35The whole family coming to join us
43:41Okay, so these
43:43are a selection of some of the books
43:45that I love to read with Ottie
43:47that Ottie really loves reading
43:49with me, and I just thought it would be useful
43:51if any of you have kind of three to four
43:53year olds and you want to
43:55read them something new
43:57I do feel like some of these you probably already
43:59know of, but you never know
44:01you never know. I think I'm gonna start with
44:03the most obvious, which is the
44:05Julia Donaldson, but I thought
44:07I would throw in my two favourites
44:09Um, I have to say
44:11the ones I enjoy the most are
44:13The Smartest Giant in Town
44:15and The Smeds and the Smoos. I think these
44:17two are definitely my favourite
44:19stories, my favourite ones
44:21to read with Ottie. I love them
44:23Basically any Julia Donaldson
44:25Ottie really, really loves. You might have to just
44:27excuse a lot of background noise. Everyone's
44:29here. Nobody's playing with
44:31the Tony's, Ottie's building
44:33Willy Wonka's chocolate factory
44:35Um, this one is The Book with No Pictures
44:37It is essentially
44:39a book that has no pictures
44:41but it's just very fun
44:43It makes you read out crazy
44:45words and things that don't make sense
44:47and I just feel like if you have a child
44:49that loves theatrics
44:51and has
44:53a good sense of humour
44:55and you are willing to get really
44:57into this, I feel like your child might really like
44:59it. It makes it really fun, basically
45:01Who have you got?
45:03This is my Willy Wonka house
45:05Wow, that's amazing
45:07Now, I'll let Nobody
45:09Oh, let's see
45:11what she does. Is this your favourite book?
45:13What's this?
45:17Fluffy chip
45:19Oh
45:21So fluffy
45:23So fluffy. Thank you
45:25Novi. Oh, thanks
45:27Ottie
45:29Side note, if your child has a Tony
45:31box, this is
45:33great. It's called Today with Tony's
45:35It's like a mini podcast
45:37and every single day
45:39they say, oh thank
45:41you, I really needed a basket. Thanks
45:43Novi. Check it out. It's really good
45:45Ottie really enjoys this. It has like fact of the
45:47day, joke of the day. This one
45:49is a really great book. I love
45:51reading this with Ottie. Girls can do
45:53anything. I love this one
45:55It's called The Biggest Bed in the World
45:57It's very cute
45:59Yeah, I kind of don't
46:01want to spoil it. I feel like if I give you like
46:03if I tell you what's in it, I'm basically reading you
46:05the story, so this is
46:07one I really love to read with Ottie
46:09Whatever Next by Jill Murphy
46:11I don't know what it is about this one. I think
46:13it feels quite nostalgic to me, but I also
46:15just really love that it
46:17encourages
46:19imagination play and I think that
46:21that's the sort of play that Ottie really enjoys, so
46:23this is always a fun one to
46:25read. And then this one is just
46:27adorable. It's called Memory Bottles
46:29It's very cute
46:31Again, as somebody who loves memories
46:33capturing memories and loves
46:35nostalgia, I enjoy reading this
46:37with Ottie. I just think it's quite a special story
46:39I would probably say up there with Julia Donaldson
46:41our favourite author
46:43in this house
46:45is Nick Chirat
46:47particularly the ones that he has written
46:49he does a lot of like rhyme
46:51and Ottie's very into rhyming at the minute
46:53I genuinely think these books
46:55have made her understand
46:57the whole premise of like rhyming
46:59words and she's like really into it
47:01and loves like the flow
47:03of a story that rhymes
47:05and a lot of his are
47:07like fun. As a couple of
47:09examples, we've got
47:11Don't Put Your Finger in the Jelly Nelly
47:13which is a firm favourite
47:15What's in the Witch's
47:17Kitchen? This one is particularly
47:19great. Look at this end page
47:21So
47:23much fun
47:25Ness the Nurse, which Ottie can
47:27recite
47:29Off by Heart, it's a very
47:31good little story. My Mum and Dad
47:33Make Me Laugh, this is a great
47:35story, I love this one. And then
47:37these are ones with collaborators but we've got Never Shake
47:39a Rattlesnake
47:41Tasty Poems, you love this one
47:43And
47:45More Pants
47:47Obviously it's Nick
47:49Chirat so the illustrations are bright
47:51and colourful and engaging and
47:53they're fun for me to read
47:55and you love them too.
47:57You want me to do those ones? Do you even know what's
47:59in this pile? No
48:01No
48:03I went through and I just basically picked
48:05out any of them that were a little bit young now
48:07either for like the memory
48:09box or to go to a charity
48:11shop and
48:13Woah you're so strong
48:15and also just picking
48:17some out that we hadn't read yet
48:19because I just feel like sometimes some get a bit lost
48:21because the favourites get picked and then I'm like
48:23Oh we haven't read this one yet
48:25I would love to know if there's anything that you
48:27read with your kids that you're like oh you must
48:29try this story, it's a favourite
48:31in our house because I love kids
48:33books very much. We've got lots of books
48:35You have got lots of books, you're very very lucky
48:37And Noby got lots of books. Yes, Noby
48:39loves reading as much as you
48:41Well, being read too
48:43I think I'm going to end today's video here
48:45It has been
48:47such a Sunday kind of Sunday
48:49I've really enjoyed it, the weather's been
48:51amazing, it's been so nice hanging
48:53out with Poppy and Shaun and Dottie
48:55I hope you have enjoyed the video today
48:57and I'll see you again really soon
48:59Bye