Dress Up #8

Hello! I hope everyone had a lovely Halloween yesterday, whether it was filled with alcohol and fancy dress parties (such as mine were pre-babies) or full of screaming witches, skeletons and vampires (which mine was). We all had a great time at a relatives Halloween party, complete with fireworks, before trick or treating my Aunty and Uncle's house, as well as my mum's house. I love Halloween. Anyway, onto outfits...

1. A gift from one of my friends, and still a touch too big, a floral tunic and leggings from Next

2. Luna the rock chick;) In an Oh Baby London Mexican romper, H&M organic top and Slugs & Snails organic Ahoy tights from itsy bits. I love this romper, it has little Mexican death masks, Mariachi men and guitars all over it.

3. First of the Halloween outfits! In a Mamas and Papas Skeleton romper which was also Eoin's.

4. My little witch in another Mamas and Papas outfit, complete with a fluffy skirt and itsy bits frilly pants.

Quite a lot of black this week!

And to finish...I found a picture of Eoin wearing the skeleton romper from 3 years ago. Look at those chubby cheeks!

Dress Up #7

Yes, another week went by without a post.... Oops. In my defence, I went away to Manchester with the eldest (and Chester Zoo), and didn't get much chance last week to take photos. Anyway, this week has been fun filled with the last week of the school term, and lots of baby milestones (another post coming about that later...) So, onto the clothes...

1. M&S day in orange cord dress with orange spot bodysuit and stripy tights.

2. Yey frilly pants! From itsy-bits.co.uk, Maxomorra flamingo bodysuit from Juicytots and eBay tights.

3. First of the Slugs and Snails tights (Funguy) with H&M spotty dress and organic long sleeve top.

4. Next floral dress and footless leggings - I think these are on here every week, but I love this.

5. Deja vu? Another Next dress and footless leggings. Moustache blanket - Primark ;)

6. Slugs & Snails Day 2 with Owl Tights and a vintage smock top (it was mine!)

7. That M&S cord dress again, this time with Storm Slugs & Snails tights. E is in Maxomorra bats from Little Sunflowers

8. Todays outfit - Slugs & Snails Day 4 Hudson boat tights, H&M organic bodysuit and Next denim dress

PHEW - that was long! I'll try not to leave it as long next week.

Dress Up #6

I think I can safely say it's Autumn now:( Depressing! This week we've been trying out some new organic clothes for Luna as her eczema has started to flair up. It's not as bad as her brother's, but I'd like and try and stop it before it gets worse. We've also got some great Slugs and Snails tights from itsy-bits.co.uk so expect to see them cropping up a lot in the coming weeks, seeing as the weather has got so cold!

1. Lovely Slugs and Snails Hudson boat tights. I need to get some better outfits together with them, but it's so hard trying to style them because they're awesome. The top is a Little Bird from Mothercare top (age 2-3!) which I got in the sale
2. Next braces dress and matching tights
3. New favourite outfit Next floral tunic and footless tights with a bow boutique bow
4. TKMaxx dress and leggings
5. Maxomorra Geisha bodysuit, Tesco tights and Next Denim dress
6. Pirate Luna! Itsy Bits black frilles, Slugs and Snails Ahoy tights, H&M frilly white top.

If anyone has any good ideas of how they dress up their Slugs tights, or Maxomorra prints I'd love to see! I love the prints so much, but find it hard to think of what to put them with!

Dress Up #5

It's been a while, sorry! I'm really bad at staying on top of things at the moment. I've been volunteering at work (a hospital) helping out with the 3rd year medical students so it's been a bit busy busy. Anyway, these are a few outfits Luna has worn the last week or so. Now we're firmly into Autumn I've dug out the tights and long sleeves...

Tesco leopard spot dress and H&M tights // red spotty H&M dress and white top, M&S frilly bum tights // H&M plum top, Next sparkly grey leggings (the ungirliest outfit ever) // Next pink spot cord dress and bodysuit // Next denim dress, H&M organic body suit and amazing Slugs and Snails tights from itsy bits // Massive leopard print pramsuit from Tesco

I definitely still have a thing for leopard print and polka dots!

Dress Up #4

H&M red dot top and M&S knickers // cheeky monkey in M&S purple dot romper // Mamas & Papas brown dot dress // TKMaxx bubble top and leggings (these say 6-12 months on the label!! No way would they fit a 6 month old)

Dress Up #3

More outfits from this week. I do really need to take more pictures. We've had a busy week (sort of), with Luna getting her final set of injections on Wednesday, leading to a couple of restless nights. I think she's teething, and going through a growth spurt, as some of her 0-3 month clothes are getting a bit tight. Also today we put up her cot - which means no more moses basket (sob), and the move into her big girl bed!

M&S Pinafore // Next frilly tutu sleepsuit // Mama and Papas dotty sleepsuit // Next balloon romper (again!)

Dress Up #2

Another few from this week, I keep forgetting to take pictures - oops.

H&M Butterfly dress // Next Denim Dress // Next Balloon romper (one of my favourites) // H&M red dot top and Sarah Louise frilly knickers (from Luna's christening!)

Luna's Wardrobe

We live in a rather small house, and every inch of space has to be utilised to its best ability or toy/clothes/children end up everywhere. One of my pet hates is disorganisation. I hate not know where everything is (maybe it's just the control freak in me) and one of my favourite areas of the house is the boiler cupboard. Weird, I know, but I've actually turned it into a mini wardrobe for Luna.

Before using it for its current purpose, the cupboard was being used to house bed linen and my partner's clothes. It was messy, cluttered and generally giving me a headache every time I opened the door. In contrast, Luna's clothes were hanging in a very shakey looking 'pop up' wardrobe which was leaning so dangerously I didn't dare touch it.

Obviously being a boiler cupboard, I couldn't cram a million clothes into it without creating a fire risk. So, in order to keep air flow, and avoid putting anything directly on the boiler, I bought a cheap extendable curtain pole from eBay. It's spring loaded, meaning no drilling required - but also it cannot take a lot of weight. Perfect for Luna's clothes. The rail only holds the clothes she can currently fit into, which are hung with cheap and cheerful hangers from Amazon. All her 'big girl' clothes are in my wardrobe. However, this arrangement makes it so much easier to see what clothes she has, meaning I don't mis-lay things. Because I'm sad I also colour-coordinated the clothes and paired them with frilly knickers etc on the hangers.

To utilise the space underneath the rail, I got an in-wardrobe shoe tidy from Argos (£12.99, available here). Because of the door frame, the other half had to cut a small section out of the front so it would fit, but otherwise it's perfect and creates a lot more storage space.

The top shelf houses a wicker basket with Luna's current sleepsuits and vests, which is on top of a pink Soap & Glory bag full of her 'bigger' sleepsuits and vests. To the right is another wicker basket which has her moses basket fitted sheets and blankets in.

On the middle shelf I have Luna's frilly knickers, socks and tights in a small case, her gro-bags which, because of the weather, are currently too warm to wear, and her hair accessories (some of which are from The Bow Boutique) in another small case.

The bottom shelf houses her very small shoe collection (I'm sure that'll change as she gets bigger!) and more gro-bags. At the moment her memory box is also here, mainly because it's a perfect fit and there's nowhere else for it. The shelves obviously aren't very big, but at the moment they're just right for all her fiddly little things.

The back of the door holds her pram suit and jackets. As you can see, I have tried to really utilise every inch of the space available without imposing too much on the boiler itself. Nice and tidy and organised. Does anyone else feel happy when everything is tidy and in its own space?