It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas round here. Sort of. November has been all sorts of challenging, with Covid and recovery from Covid. We decided we needed to end the month with something happy so the tree is going up this weekend. We normally have a real tree and put it up in […]
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Making a trip to Paris easy
*This post is written as a partnership post, sharing information on making a trip to Paris easy that you might enjoy and find helpful* We love travelling to France for family holidays and enjoy our time there and we look forward to our trips and visits. We have spent many a happy summer in either […]
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Covid19 symptoms & recovery
I have shared about how Covid19 found us, as a whole family, so I thought I would share our Covid19 symptoms & recovery as well. How it started? We had no real idea we had covid19. On Halloween Evening I had a very mild sore throat, but because I had just dealt with a bout […]
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Take Care Of Your Own Health And Wellness As A Parent
*We hope this collaborative post sharing ways to take care of your own health and wellness as a parent is helpful* As parents, we spend most of our lives focusing on our children and generally forget to touch base with ourselves. Being a good parent is of course about being selfless and nurturing our young […]
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Meal Plan Monday – back to normal ish.
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday and hopefully this week after having had covid, we are back to normal ish, and although both adults are still not fully on the mend (we have been told the tiredness, cough, and loss of smell could take a few weeks to go) we are hoping that this week will […]
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After a long time managing to avoid it, both adults being fully vaccinated, the teenager with one vaccine on board, the boy not eligible yet, Covid found us and invaded. We have lived an element of normal life, having eased ourselves back in to things at a slower pace than some, for our own mental […]
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Is Home Education Right for You and Your Child?
Thank you to Joy from Pink Oddy who has kindly shared this helpful guest post with us with some thoughts around if Home Education is right for you and your child. As fellow home educators it’s great for me to read how and why other people choose that option and I think it also gives […]
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Fireworks and pets – tips for keeping them calm and safe.
There are times of the year when fireworks happen. New Year’s Eve, sometimes around Christmas, Bonfire Night and around or on the 5th November, Diwali and also Eid can be times when people enjoy either fireworks in their gardens or attend firework displays as they celebrate. I love fireworks, I will admit, and thoroughly enjoy […]
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Gift ideas for tricky to buy for kids
If you have tricky to buy for kids, then Christmas and birthdays can be a bit of a minefield. Hopefully this sponsored post with Wicked Uncle is helpful and gives you some new ideas to ease the stress. Tricky to buy for kids can be challenging. It might be they are teenagers who aren’t really […]
READ MOREMeal Plan Monday – school holiday snack boxes
Welcome to Meal Plan Monday and this week we are sharing about school holiday snack boxes. I don’t know about you, but my kids seem to be permanently starving when they are home on school holidays and I think they think I run a 24/7 cafe. I am fairly sure boredom plays a part because […]
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