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That time we went to Mexico for 3 weeks so we coul

That time we went to Mexico for 3 weeks so we could be there to celebrate a family wedding, and then we almost couldn’t get to the wedding and we almost couldn’t leave 😆 It’s been a wild ride with a lot of really good tacos and tamales.
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Thanks for having us Mexico, it was an experience we’ll never forget even in the era of COVID, and celebrating a special wedding all together was priceless. ❤️
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I love experiencing new places, new food, new people... but I also love home. I’m ready for 2 weeks of introvert quarantine, an @abelandcole box on my doorstep, with my chickens and bees and silent 5am coffee.
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Outfits: my jumpsuit is @fauxgerty, the kids are all second hand via eBay and charity shops and Clayton’s shoes are @miniboden_. Jared’s pants and tie were provided and his shirt is @everlane. 👕

A quickly thrown together LEGO hulk cake for my bi

A quickly thrown together LEGO hulk cake for my birthday boy 🥰 Surprise cakes were a tradition growing up and I remember them more than any gift, so we’re keeping it going and my kids look forward to them so much now! And I wasn’t going to let it go just cos we spent the last 2 days trying to get to a wedding venue 😂🤪
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It’s similar to the Victoria sponge from #thewholetreat but with lots of butter 🧈 and a whole lot of buttercream on top! 😋
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It’s actually a wedding cake discard cos the oven here has no temperature on it so it was kind of hit and miss doing the wedding cake and we ended up with a few not quite right, but still just great for a LEGO hulk. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Cos you know I’m not throwing cake away!!
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Happy Birthday Clayton Oak! ❤️ .
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#legohulk #hulkcake #legohulkcake #hulksmash #birthdaycake #cakestagram #cakesofinstagram #buttercream

These kids learned the (edit: Spanish not English!

These kids learned the (edit: Spanish not English!) word “pedo” a few months back (thanks new Mexican uncle-to-be 😏) and it’s obviously been a staple in our vocabulary since. Discovering that everyone speaks Spanish here has been a highlight of the trip for them. 😂 “Pedoooooooooo.” 💨
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Also I’ve been feeding everyone beans (yeah I know I know) and rice and garlic salt and bagels at home for two weeks and they’re all really excited we’re going out for tacos tonight! 😆 Happy Monday from Mexico!

Oh travel. ✈️ One place I do not have the answ

Oh travel. ✈️ One place I do not have the answers. An international marriage, family all over, kids I want to learn about the world. But when one trip to see family puts us all over the ideal per person carbon emissions limit for a year...

In so many of these things we “can’t” imagine it any other way. But I think we have to have the hard disccusions where we think we “can’t”. We’ve overcome a lot of “can’t” from the beginning of this journey. But only because we were determined to do what didn’t feel naturally easy, to ask questions where we didn’t have solutions, and to say we weren’t ok with one way of doing something even if we didn’t have the alternative yet.

So many people said “but seeing the world is such a needed thing”. I agree that knowing the world is needed. And in this generation yes easy travel has given some people some gifts of learning, but when our “need” is detrimental to others of the environment I think maybe we need to ask questions. Sometimes I wonder if the thought that seeing the world looks like getting on a plane has made us forget there are places and people so close that we haven’t learned or discovered yet, and as I think about loving our neighbour I wonder if we all traveled and learned more locally what that would do? I don’t know. All questions. No answers. No perfect solution.

But there will never be change if we don’t determine that we want to see it. Even when it’s not comfortable. Sometimes the change looks like quitting something or finding a complete alternative, sometimes it looks like one small step forward. I’ll take both in different places. Offsetting emissions, flying direct, choosing (I mean it’s the only choice lol) economy and keeping doing all the tiny things as we go always. All of us.
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What do you think?!

✨WHOLE GIFT GUIDES ARE LIIIIIIIVE! ✨ . I cann

✨WHOLE GIFT GUIDES ARE LIIIIIIIVE! ✨
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I cannot tell you how excited these make me 😆 I feel like it’s all my friends on a page and you’re about to meet them and I get giddy thinking about how much I love them and how excited it’s going to make you to see them all! I LOVE IT!
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I also know it’s going to simplify your gift shopping while shopping things that are sourced and made well, with thought for health and people and planet. I know that can just be overwhelming so getting to simplify it with things I love so much... IS THE BEST. 🙌
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The links are in my bio, in stories and at thewholefooddiary.com/blog ❤️ 🎁 .
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Pour a cuppa, have a read, a shop, and enjoy!
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**Some of the gift links are affiliate links, which is the main way I support our family running this online space! You never pay any more (sometimes less!) by shopping through the links, and I don’t find gift with affiliate links, I find affiliate links for things I know I adore. So it’s always love first, link second! But by shopping through the links included you’re massively supporting this space and I’m hugely grateful for that! You’re often kind and ask of I have links for things so if I have a link for any of these - it’s the one in the blog posts!**
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#ethicallymade #giftguide #bcorporation #beautycounter #betterbeauty #slowgifting #lowwastehome #conciouschristmas #slowfashion #handmadegifts #mumlife #ethicalchristmas #ethicalfashion #giftingideas #lowwastegifts #momlife

This week is a lot to carry, for different people

This week is a lot to carry, for different people in different ways. And you know I think in it all if you can’t compost your pumpkin... don’t feel guilt.
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I don’t think on the whole “there are bigger fish to fry” I personally think caring for people and planet is one of the biggest fish BUT I’m also a firm believer that every person’s journey is different. Every day and week is different and often the frying of the proverbial fish is one that happens in small slow sustainable steps that build and build as each one begins to feel normal to us. The actually journey forward being one that’s sustainable counts so much.
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So in all that any given week is, take your own steps. And celebrate them. Don’t sweat the ones you can’t take. If this is a week of fewer small steps, next week or month of year might have more capacity. Do what you can and keep going. .
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A journey of sustainability is about much more than how much is in your 🗑 every week. It’s about people. It’s about planet. It’s about caring for yourself with kindness so just keep going on the journey. It’s also about pushing and being uncomfortable sometimes but also about not judging, and being kind. And just keeping going. .
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So if you just can’t cook it all, or compost it, or freeze it... you can do that next time. But if you can, then take that step. But do your journey. I’d say don’t take kindness in the journey as a resting place for allowing yourself to do nothing but I feel like I know you, and I know you want to make those changes and I’m pretty sure you’ll take more of them if you take it as a journey, and keep being kind in it. ❤️

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