Vintage Children’s Rooms – the joy of five

Cuddles in bed, homemade cards and the love of my beautiful children is all I need on Mother’s Day. I won’t get drawn into the hype of overpriced set menus at resturants and tacky gifts that cost a bomb. The simple things in life is what makes being a Mum special, and Mothering Sunday to me is just a reminder of how truly blessed I am to have five beautiful, happy and well children.

This said I had seen a advert a while ago for a vintage carboot sale at Southbank that happened to fall on Mother’s Day. I have a real passion for all things vintage and find Southbank is always a hub of entertainment that the kids love.

After my breakfast in bed and snuggles I had to begrudgingly leave number one at home feeling poorly and set off to meet my Mum, Dad and Sister at the train station. Getting a train is a rarity for us so the kids are always super exited.

Once we had taken a short walk from the station we were greeted at the quirky ticket stall that was homed inside an old fashioned ice cream van. Once inside there was a fabulous waft of cooking coming from the many funky food stalls serving a variety of splendid foods such as hot waffles, kedgeree, bacon sandwiches and much more.

The stalls and the holders really took you back to a by gone era with collections of clothing, household items and music to name but a few. The children were all intrigued by the well kept old cars and the numerous people dressed in outfits from times gone by.

After a fantastic trip back in time at the carboot we made our way over to the river and walked along taking in the atmosphere of the street entertainers and people watching. Number three wanted to stop and watch the skateboards at the skatepark while the others stood watching the boats going up and down the river.

We ended our special day playing the steel drums with a super friendly street entertainer and a run around the great play ground, that finished of with my action man Dad falling from the climbing frame, much to our amusement!!

It is special days like this that will remain forever in my heart and make me thankful for all that I have.

I’ve been following The Milk List on Facebook for a while now, they sell beautiful vintage furniture and toys for children’s bedrooms and I noticed this week that she was holding a stall at a craft fair in Caterham so I decided to take a trip down there before our usual Saturday routine.

I was not disappointed when I arrived. I was greeted with a smile at the beautifully presented stall which had many fabulous items. We chose two wooden cars and a retro Bambi that are going to look great in number four’s room. We would have browsed for longer but he had taken a liking to a set of pool balls that I was concerned were going to be launched through the opposite stall! There is an online store in the pipeline so I will be keeping my eye out for that.

With such beautiful weather today I was looking forward to our Saturday trip to the park. We had a picnic packed which the boys were very excited to be able to eat on the grass for the first time this year. Once we had eaten and taken in the sun for a while we headed to the sandpit with our new sand toys which I’d managed to buy in between the screaming and crying on our IKEA trip yesterday. I have to admit they’d been thrown in the bag yesterday with all the stress and I had not paid much attention to them. Once opened I realised they were actually a little set of ice-cream cones and pots that can be filled with sand. It was a great purchase as number four is normally happier to launch sand over me and any unsuspecting passerby but these keep his attention for a good hour.