*we were kindly sent a product to review to help with tangled curly hair problems but all opinions are our own* The tween and I have wavy, long, thick hair. We are lucky, we know that. Unfortunately, whilst thick, long, wavy hair may be something others envy, for us, it can be a lot of […]
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This girl went off to Secondary school today. She was cool, calm and only a teeny bit nervous. Her parents managed to hold it together until she was well out of sight, and then a tear or two was shed. Where on earth did our tiny baby go? The verdict after her first day? “Secondary […]
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To my daughter. Today is a big day. It’s a big day for you and a big day for us, and me. You are going off on a new adventure. Growing up. I’m sure it was only yesterday I dropped you off for your first day at nursery school and cried my heart out as […]
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Summer is almost over. I say that because I am hoping for a few more weeks of warm and sunshine, as the children go back to school and the summer holiday ends, before we start to feel autumn arrives and we have to accept that winter is on it’s way. Winter means cold and wet, […]
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Your children are now at an age where they will be able to take in and remember a vacation, so, naturally, you want to take them on their very first getaway. You are, however, very apprehensive about how they will take to flying for the first time. This is only natural too, but you should […]
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So if you follow our blog, you will know that I am taking part in Project Linus and creating a quilt, with the tween’s help, to be part of a very worthy cause. My mum taught me how to do some basic quilting when I was a child, and I made quilts for my children […]
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*This is a collaborative post, but all opinions and images are our own* We are a family who loves technology and using what it has to offer, for learning, for having fun, and also for making life function. Our children have access to some amazing technology that we didn’t have, and the advantages and skills […]
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*We were kindly sent an item to review, but all opinions are my own* In our house, I do a lot of the DIY and fixing things. I also do a lot of small DIY jobs at work, mending broken toys, putting toys together (changing the batteries in toys – with those annoying screws that […]
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*This is a collaborative post with Anthisan, all opinions are our own* Bug bites and stings have to be one of my most hated things. I have lived in and grown up around the world in all sorts of places, with insects and biting bugs and I have scratched many a bug bite in my […]
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If you follow us on social media, you will possibly know that we are trying to add a much wanted number 3 to our household. Unfortunately for us, this has proved much harder than we had hoped and I have shared parts of our journey and some of the things we have tried to help […]
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