Orange you glad you came to read this blog post today?! Boom boom ;)

The colour loving community on Instagram have been out in force this week - did you know there are nearly 1000 posts linked up to #capturingcolour already! Ace.

Orange is big in our house. Richard is obsessed with orange and it features as the main colour for our tea company branding! I'd love to show you but it's in the final print stages so when I can I will!

We both had orange cars when we were teenagers and I love the boys in bright orange hues. I was obsessed with a pair of burnt orange cut offs when I was in my early twenties - I literally lived in them and found a pair similar in a shop the other day for £8! I just had to have them.

Here's my week of orange.

There were so many amazing and inspirational photos joining in the hashtag - these were just some of my favourites!

L to R: pippastoryofmum, lilipeters, mammawearsprada, innocentcharmer, aresidence, wolvesinlondon, theenglishdad, karen_barlow, bubbablueandme.

L to R: notsupermum, onetinyleap, suzkox, iamalisonperry, cheetahsinmyshoes, outfitsandadventures, orchardlanepics, suzyhomemakeruk, lovelifepixels.

To join in tag your photos on Instagram #capturingcolour and visit the hashtag and check out the other people loving colour. I find so many great new people to follow who love a life bursting with energy and fun through #capturingcolour.

You can find me on Instagram here.

#capturingcolour is a weekly Instagram hashtag hosted by My Two Mums, Maybush Studio, Sorry About The Mess, Real Housewife of Suffolk and Shutterflies head over to their blogs to see what lovely oranges they have captured this week. 

This week it's all about GOLD. Show us some sparkle and what you love snapping! I adore gold, I changed my logo a while ago to gold and feel it totally encompasses the essence of my blog. 

Gold just puts me in a good mood! Let's see your shimmer and shine! 

If it's possible, every time we visit our new house, we fall a little bit more in love with it. And when you know you have exchanged and the countdown to actually moving in has started, it all feels strangely surreal. Like packing to go on holiday, you almost don't believe it until you are on the plane and I still can't really believe this is going to be our home.

When we visited yesterday, after a day of school and pre school tours, it was all about final discussions about what appliances they were leaving, measuring for curtains and making a giant list of all the things we would love to do when we move in. 

Sammy asked the owners "Are we staying here forever now?!" and whilst we weren't staying forever yesterday, our moving date has been brought forward, from what we expected to be a Christmas move to an early September date!

It does mean a little logistical problem with Sammy starting a new school, but for a week or so, Sammy and I may stay in a little B&B or commute the 50 minutes journey from my in laws.

The school is idyllic. Picture perfect village school that doesn't seem to have changed from 100 years ago. Tiny classes for a state primary, he will be number 17 and a swimming pool, 90cm above ground where they try and get the children in at least once a week, through the warmer months. They were all splashing around when we arrived, much to Sammy's delight, practising for Sports Day later that afternoon.

Sammy proudly showed the Headmistress his school report, listing all his excellent scores and it was lovely to hear that they would welcome a strong character boy in the class, to compliment the girls.

Ollie's new nursery was equally as welcoming and homely and he is all registered to start as soon as we officially move in. He showed how confident he is in new surroundings, a confidence that is sometimes overshadowed by Sammy at family gatherings, and we just had time to pop into my favourite discovery during our house hunt, Sprout and Flower, before sussing out a lovely local family run pub.

I couldn't resist capturing some of the garden, which blows me away every time. And this time the sweet peas were as tall as me. 

As we sat in the conservatory scribbling notes and exchanging email addresses, 86 years of age and on email - I love it, we could hear the boys playing hide and seek. Laughing giggling, crashing into each other and screaming tag, every few minutes! 

That's what I have longed to hear, boys getting lost, making up games and running! It's darling Ollie's 3rd Birthday today, he shares his birthday with my Mum so we have a double celebration at the weekend planned which I will share next week, and I couldn't help day dreaming about all the birthdays we will celebrate here. Games in the garden and decorations in the trees. Bring it on!

So now I need your best tips for moving! With small people. It all felt terribly rushed and disorganised when we moved right on top of Christmas, so I am determined with some time to prepare, to put into practise any of your best advice!

These colourful weeks are whizzing by and we've been spoilt with sunshine this week as well as all your sunny images!

I am bowled over by the amount of people snapping away and joining in with #capturingcolour! It's amazing - like a new secret colour loving society, except it's not a secret! I am shouting as loud as possible.

We would love you to join in with us and show us your blasts of ORANGE this week.

But first I am going to share my favourites from our week of yellow.

My week was full of bright yellow tones and it just puts you in a better mood snapping yellow. I've worked flat out this past week and taking moments to stop and savour the cheerful image in front of me has been a saviour in a stressful period.

There were so many wonderful people joining in I featured a mid week favourite this week. Were you featured?! 

L to R: @talisaai, @dianek7701, @pinkoddy, @fadedseasidemama, @hayleyfromhome, @manneskjur, @makedoandpush, @peekabooshopuk, @ds_art.

This week it was hard to choose a round up for the blog but these jumped right out at me.

I loved @cebennett, @3yearsandhome, @lovingthelittlethings, @dorkymumblog, @clarina1985, @mummyadventure, @pippastoryofmum, @thecrazykitchen, @pj_and_boo. Find and follow all the lovely people featured.

To join in tag your photos on Instagram #capturingcolour and visit the hashtag and check out the other people loving colour. I find so many great new people to follow who love a life bursting with energy and fun through #capturingcolour.

You can find me on Instagram here.

#capturingcolour is a weekly Instagram hashtag hosted by My Two Mums, Maybush Studio, Sorry About The Mess, Real Housewife of Suffolk and Shutterflies head over to their blogs to see what lovely yellows they have captured this week. 

Now let's turn the internet orange :)