It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and Christmas is coming fast, so I thought I would share our family Christmas traditions, some old, some newer, some passed down and some we started ourselves. I love Christmas. We have has a couple of challenging ones but we mostly try to make them fun, enjoyable […]
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*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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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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*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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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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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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Sharing a guest post By Liesbeth Deddens, Climeworks with some ideas for green gifts to give at Christmas. We think it’s a great idea to think different and go greener with your gifts. Given that our environment is in serious trouble many people will appreciate being given gifts that are super-green. So, where can you […]
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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 […]
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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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