TWO mums are celebrating after reaching the finals of a blogging competition.

Filipa Kay, from Priestwood, and Victoria Welton, from Wokingham are both competing in the MAD Blog Award finals after beating more than 3,000 other hopefuls.

Filipa is one of five bloggers in the Food Blog category final.

She said: "I started writing a blog as a way to capture memories of the children while they were young, but the blog has grown enormously since then and it's really exciting to know people enjoy reading what I write. "I'm so thrilled that people nominated my blog, and I've got my fingers crossed for the results."

Victoria's blog, Verily Victoria Vocalises - or Vevivos for short - is one of five finalists in the Most Innovative category.

She said: "I started writing a blog back in mid-September as somewhere to record my thoughts and feelings, as well as a place to put my memories and musings.

"Along the way I have introduced a new link for writers of original poetry called 'Prose for Thought', published every Thursday, as well as record blogs, detail results of a diet I was following and write about my daughter's funny sayings. I'm so thrilled that people nominated my blog, and I've got my fingers crossed for the results!"

To view Filipa's blog, go to www.gourmetmum.tv To view Victoria's blog, visit www.vevivos.com.