Always in my heart.

 

Happy birthday and merry Christmas x

Always in my heart, always in my mind, I hope you have had a wonderful day, full of magic, wonder, and excitement. I know you are a good girl and know that we are all sending our love on this, your special day.

X Your Daddy x

I Promise More Soon...

 

I may have done wrong, I may have made mistakes, But we grow, we learn and we change, some people learn fast, others take many years to learn even the simplest of things, All I know is the bad in my life is far outweighed by the good I have done, And you have defiantly added to my pile of good things.

X Your Daddy X

Happy 6th Birthday and Merry Christmas

Every year I light you candles on your birthday, you will never be forgotten, I have no doubt you have grown into a very special young lady, I miss you so very much. I hope you have had a wonderful day, full of joy and love, and above all I wish you a merry Christmas and send you all the love in the world. 

X Your Daddy X

The Continued Adventures of Hippo and his new best fren Flem the otter, Holiday Special :)

Hello, Ariya Hippo, here again, i have lots of good news for you today, I have a new best friend who we have adopted to help look after your daddy, HIs name is Kelp Flemington, you may have seen him at Christmas when we sent you a photo on your birthday :)  he is a baby sea otter that I just call Flem :) we have been getting up to all sorts of adventures together, tho Flem doesn't speak much English yet, he mainly just does a lot of squeaking hehe. He loves making Dams, Icecream and lots of cuddles :).

Best Frens Share :)

As you can see we are making sure your daddy is safe and looked after, we even went on holiday with him, we snuck into his bag on the back of his bike, he had no idea we were there, he biked us all the way to the beach, my goodness he was surprised hehe, Flem had never seen the sea and he desperately wanted to build a dam so we hatched a cunning plan and it worked we got to the seaside yay!

Stowaways! Surprise!

Flem loved the beach he spent all morning in the sun dragging logs around and trying to make a dam to stop all the water, your daddy was most surprised when he found him as you can see below :)

It was such a lovely time and your daddy got to see your Nana and Grandad as well so everyone was very happy, I'm sure your silly daddy will post about it soon, Me and Flem are going for a big sleep now we had a lot of fun and are super tired until we meet again Ariya.

X Hippo and Flem X

Stories, Adventures and Endless Possibilities, The world is yours Ariya Starr.

Hello Dear Ariya, I hope you are well :) 

So it's been a long time since i have posted anything on your blog, i want to make it clear this is not because you have been forgotten, you are never far from my thoughts (more on that later ;) I'm delighted to say i haven't had the nasty virus and that physically i am tip top.

The Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdowns have paid a heavy price on us all, the last year has been extremely difficult for me with regards to my mental health. As you know daddy is a super talented Chef, but i have been locked down and isolated for most of the year. The reason i have not posted is that i have been concentrating on myself and just trying to stay motivated and get through this horrible time.

I'm super pleased to be getting back to work tomorrow, and I am super proud of myself for getting through two lockdowns. So what have i been doing in the last 4 months? it's a very good question and one i can't wait to share with you, I escaped lockdown by going to one of my favourite places, My imagination, a land of stories, games and adventure. And nothing bought me more joy than imagining you my beautiful little girl off having adventures of your own.

Ariya the Knight, and her Trusty Hound.

A mighty Knight in lands of fantasy, dragons and magic! Ariya the steam knight and her trusty pet doggy Tobias, off helping the good folks of Torchlight, And below is Ariya the Champion of Tyria defending the world from the threat of the Evil Elder Dragons. The possibility is endless...

Ariya the Champion.

Your Mummy loves cars, so I can't very well have my little girl driving around in a boring old ride, here I've imagined you all grown up (your mummy's frizzy hair included) Ariya the Street Racer, speeding around the streets winning races and making a name for herself. and if I do say so myself, my taste in cars is a little bit more refined than your mothers, Basically, your cars are the best.

Ayria the Racer

Daytime Muscle

In the daytime, a beasty muscle car a vintage Ford Mustang, Power and Beauty all rolled into one, and when the night time comes you need a little more finesse, So a Porcshe 911 in dazzling neon to slide around the corners in style, yeah I can see you as a real racer when you're older.

Nightime Style

Ayria In Space

Finally, I imagine you off in space exploring the great unknown, leading the charge as the human race tasks its first steps on a brand new planet, fighting aliens and colonising new worlds.

Exploring New worlds.

The point of all of this, Is your daddy loves escaping into stories, something i hope we will have in common as you grow up, but more importantly it means you can do anything in life, be anything, be anyone, follow your dreams because there is so much beauty and brilliance out there and the possibilities are endless, i know you will make me proud. 

X

  Your Daddy

Happy 5th Birthday Ariya Starr

 Happy Birthday my dear Ariya Starr.

Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas, From Foxworth, Hippo and Flem.

You have been in our thoughts today, your daddy and the rest of your family hope you have had a magical day full of wonder and joy, we all miss you. you will never be forgotten and there will always be a present under our tree for you, I'm so sorry I have not posted more for you this year but these are very hard times we find ourselves in, I promise to post more in the next few days, for now, have a wonderful day and keep being the beautiful brilliant little lady I know you have become.

X

Your Daddy