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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Getting to grips with the Microsoft Surface Pro and Go Imagine
*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 […]
READ MOREThis drill is the business, and it’s pink
*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 […]
READ MOREBug bites and itchy stings? Anthisan to the rescue…
*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 […]
READ MOREEasy and convenient cycle tracking with The Ava Fertility Tracker
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 […]
READ MORECoding for kids, using technology to be creative with Three…
*this is a collaborative post with Three UK, we were kindly asked to try a class and review it* As a parent, I am always on the look out for creative activities that my kids can do, that they will enjoy. If those activities are educational then that’s even better. So when Three UK kindly […]
READ MOREAfter school fashion shopping, tween style…
There’s a lot of “back to school” talk going on. To be fair, the weeks of the summer holidays are slowly coming to an end and parents up and down the UK are either sending their kids back to school or preparing to (our Scottish cousins are back at school this week) so there is […]
READ MOREI don’t want to breathe in other people’s vaping fumes!!
I strongly believe that vaping is unhealthy and bad for people and that at some point we are going to realise as we did with actual smoking that it’s unhealthy and dangerous. Apparently, even though vaping hasn’t really been around long enough to actually say for sure, it’s considered less harmful than smoking and should […]
READ MORELocal hidden gems to explore are the best kind of finds!
*this piece is written as a collaboration, we were not paid to share, but were treated to a tour of a venue. All opinions are our own* As a mum of two kids, I am always on the look out for places to explore and take the kids to, particularly in the holidays or at […]
READ MOREBack to school, the checklist – bags
*We were kindly gifted a product to review, but all opinions are our own* As much as I have been in denial, back to school planning and preparation has to happen, because September may be a few weeks away, but it will come fast, and I don’t like to be caught on the hop with […]
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