It’s become a bit of running joke: “Any news on a move date yet Rosie?” each time I’d smile and say not yet… and it’s not been an easy decision but as of last week there won’t be a move, we’re staying put.

The move date kept being pushed back – we’ve been living in cardboard city for the past three and a half months and the earliest we could realistically expect to move into the cottage would have been mid June – and that’s if there were no more delays which wasn’t guaranteed.

So I sat Boo down over the bank holiday and we had a chat, whilst I won’t pretend that she was part of the decision making process I spent time listening to her thoughts on where we live at the moment and the cottage and what the pros and cons with moving and staying were. It turns out Boo was nervous of frogs coming into the new garden and she wanted to bring her neighbour and bonafide mischief buddy Lily with her. There was me worried about her reaction to us not moving and she simply asked if her birthday party would be in our garden (yes – that’s a whole other project, trust me!) and then she carried on being a busy little bee.

I can’t lie and say I wasn’t a little bit disappointed; after all this is something I’ve been gearing myself up for the past seven months and now it’s just gone – the hardest part is trying to fall back love with our home. It’s needed quite a bit of work doing to it so that’s what I’m throwing myself into at the moment: improving our home to make it perfect again.

In between wallpaper stripping and digging up the back lawn and ripping out the rotten decking – there’s been a few trips to IKEA for some much needed interiors inspiration but I’ll let you into a little secret: it’ll remain a shade of white!

Fingers crossed the big work such as the plastering, fireplace, new ceilings and retiling will be mostly done while we’re away and then just comes the joy of decorating the whole house and getting it finished in time for Boo’s birthday party in July – nothing like a big challenge and a lot of pressure!

Staying put is a good move for Mummy and Boo – the same with a change will see a massive transformation to the house and will no doubt make me fall in love with our home were we will undoubtedly make a heap more memories to go with the ones from the past three years.

Boo scampered into my room this morning and announced that it’s 11 days until we go on holiday and can we start packing now! I love her enthusiasm for travel and all the dresses that go with summer sun. Boo is all set with her holiday wardrobe and at the majority of it is made up of dresses.

Mummy and Boo holiday summer style is pretty similar; I love the easiness of dresses and just how versatile they are – they’re great for that pool to party look.

JD Williams have a fantastic range of summer maxi dresses that are perfect for pulling off the effortless holiday style; here are my top three picks that are bang on trend and wearable.

This dress is the jewel in the holiday style crown – it’s a real showstopper and I love the richness of the blue and the embellishment really helps to make it ‘the’ dress of your holiday.

I love this strapless maxi dress for summer as it’s perfect as a stylish boho beach cover up but can be glammed up in the evening really easily with a straw clutch, embellished wedges and plenty of stackable jewellry.

What would a holiday dress edit be without a tropical palm print maxi dress, easy to wear and I love the vibrant print – the soft fabric makes it a great option for travelling, layered with a denim shirt and converse, you’re beach ready as soon as you land.

11 days until Alicante and 11 days until suns out, dress out!

This is a collaborative post.