I always think blossom looks like natures confetti when it's scattered on the ground!

Nichole, I have a weakness for pretty photos and I just don't feel inspired to photograph my house right now. There is so much renovating to do, awful wallpaper to strip down, bare plaster in our living room. I just couldn't bare to catalogue it all right now on my blog. I hope to get there someday though!

So, are they like blinds that roll up and pull down?

Oh, Brandy, it was horrible seeing that glass smashed out!

Meg, we've never visited Hillier Gardens but as I was walking by the florists today on my walk back from school, I noticed a leaflet in the window for the gardens. Let me know if you decide to downsize! I find the whole process fascinating!

Thank you Mel!

Sarah, lead paint hadn't even occurred to me, so thank you for the tip. I need to look into this.

Apple, it certainly does feel frustrating! I just know this place can be beautiful with work!

I'm really glad I've found your blog! I'm live in England and in February I bought a 540 sq ft terraced cottage. It's a renovation project. We're a family of four.

I struggle with feelings over loss of my little ones childhoods on a regular basis...one day they'll leave home and there will be silence.

Oh, and I wanted to say, I love her trundle bed. We're looking to have beds handmade for the girls and I would love something low to the ground like your trundle bed.

Your spaces are so pretty! I'm struggling with our to dress our sash windows, I put curtains up and they block so much light I take them down again. What are solar shades? I've not heard that term in the UK.

Erin! This video is amazing! I would LOVE to win a spot and be able to learn from you. I got into photography because I wanted to blog and it all went from there. I use a Nikon D90 now which I love but your camera looks incredible!

Enjoy making your crispy cakes!

It appears to me that Waldorf education/lifestyle here is also alternative. Very basic Waldorf principles have filtered into our primary schools (such as free flow into outdoors area for the Reception age, and having access to sand and mud etc.) Very few people I meet in everyday life are even aware of the term 'Waldorf education' and have never heard of the local school nearby. I think in the community here, people are more aware of 'outdoor' nurseries and forest schools over Waldorf education.

Her bonnet is beautiful! Four is such a lovely age, Little L had such a growth spurt during that age! The other day I looked at her and realised how tall she has grown!

The potato chips (we call them crisps here) made me laugh! My children love to plough through them given half a chance! She's beautiful!

Beautiful photos Nichole! Recording it like this makes you realise just how busy children are in their play!

Morag, the face painting was done by a lovely lady hired by Cadburys for the National Trust for their Cadburys Easter Egg trail at Stourhead. We were lucky to be second in the queue as we got there as it opened at 11 o'clock, I'm sure it would have been very busy as the day went on! It was amazing watching the lady do the face painting, she told me she had been doing it for five years. Little L's face took her under ten minutes. She was obviously very practised at her craft!

MelD, you're right, we were so motivated to move, but when it came to the actual shock of up-rooting ourselves it was difficult. It's lovely now it's starting to feel like home eight weeks after we moved in! After the Spring break, I'm going to get down to writing my toy post, just quickly though, I doubt very much I will go very mainstream in terms of toys, we're so minimalist as a family and I feel such a deep sense of simplicity that it doesn't seem a natural path for us. I know Barbie is frowned upon in terms of body image etc but I had a Peaches and Cream Barbie doll when I was a child which I played with a lot and it has not done me any harm. A child owning a Barbie doll almost seems like a rite of passage to me, a bit like a young girl dressing up in a frilly play skirt and play high heels! Saying that, Little L's Barbie hasn't been picked up much since she got it a week ago, she is still very much into her baby doll play.

Deb, thank you so much for thinking of me! Good luck with your move, I'm really starting to settle in now so no matter how hard it feels, please know that you will settle in time. After 12 years it must feel difficult.

Mo, let me know if it all goes OK? I think when you move somewhere smaller it takes time to adjust to the physical feeling of being in a smaller space. Please let me know how it goes!