Today is Mother’s Day here in the UK. There are many of us going through Mother’s Day, today, without our mums. The loss of my mother has impacted my life, the way I view things, and how I parent. For those of you mothering on Mother’s Day, with the pain of loss, be it an […]
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Our week in photos 17/03/19 – 23/03/19 The week with the puke bug again!
Welcome to our week in photos. This is our weekly catch up for both sets of grandparents who live abroad and don’t get to be as much a part of the daily madness of our lives as much as we and they would like. So we share here for them to get at least a […]
READ MORELets go fly a kite, with Kitedrone
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent a kite to review and share about. All opinions are our own* March is the perfect time of year to fly kites where we live, and in fact is Kite Flying Month, and we have had some fairly windy weather, which has given us the opportunity […]
READ MOREFlower press fun with My Living World
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent an item to share about* When I was a child, my mum taught me how to press flowers using heavy books and kitchen paper. She also bought me a flower press. I think everyone had one, with leaves and screws to press flowers and plants. It’s […]
READ MOREMaking teaching easier with Kapow
*This is a review post. I was kindly asked to review Kapow. All opinions are my own* Teaching is a profession I admire a lot. I have friends and family who teach, and it’s a pretty demanding but rewarding job, with a lot of expectations on the profession to educate our children to a high […]
READ MOREStains begone – thanks to Ace laundry & a giveaway
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent items to try and share with our readers* I don’t know about anyone else, but I find a lot of my parenting life revolves around laundry. I have school uniform to wash, sports kit, dance kit, swimming kit, and ordinary clothes to wash. Some of it, […]
READ MOREBird watching with My Living World
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent an item to try* I have a little boy who loves nature. He is fascinated by how life works and all animals and plants interest him. We watch a lot of nature programs and I am becoming well versed in all sorts of things about birds, […]
READ MORETween Takeover Tuesday – Tweensplaining, it’s what we do…
The tween is back and today she is sharing about something I call “Tweensplaining”. Hi Emily here. My mum says that I have an annoying habit. She calls it tweensplaining.. Tweensplaining is something all tweens/teens will do sometime between the age of 10 to 19 – hence the name Tweensplaining. It is an act of […]
READ MOREBeing able to see clearly with multifocal contact lenses
*This is a promotional featured post, written in collaboration with 1-Day Acuvue Moist Multifocal contact lenses* I recently shared my story about being trialing multifocal contact lenses. It turns out that whilst I may be in denial, about my age, unfortunately, my eyes are not. I have started to develop presbyopia. This means that even […]
READ MORECat approved, gluten free cat food from Scrumbles
*this is a review post. We were kindly sent some items for the cats to give their opinion on* This is a post about cat food. We have two cats, and their food and what we feed them is important. Both cats would, if allowed eat human food, but as we all know, most human […]
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