Have you heard of Mardles? We recently thoroughly enjoyed exploring them and getting creative with their app, making characters come to life and hiding rocks decorated with the special stickers that come alive when you use the app, for other people to find. Mardles are Kids’ Favourites with a 21st Century twist! Now Stickers, Colouring, Stories […]
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There are quite a few different reasons your teen might be preparing for a trip abroad. Even young teens often have the opportunity to participate in international travel experiences without their parents. These trips can be organized through school, church or an organization. They can be private group travel tours as well. Regardless of the […]
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The summer holidays will soon be upon us, and many of us will be heading off on holiday. Some people fly, or travel by train and some people opt to use their cars to get them to their holiday destination. We are travelling to the South of France this summer, for our much anticipated break. […]
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If you don’t want to read my mini rant about the stomach bug, and where we are at with trying to get pregnant, then skip this post. Last week, early on Tuesday morning, very early, I woke up feeling like I had a very bad bout of indigestion. The husband and I had celebrated his […]
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When 2017 ended, it had been another tough year. Job stress (which has eased) health stress (miscarriages, knee surgery, small boy’s surgery) and other things, the husband and I looked at each other and said “2018 HAS to be better, we need better, we need to do better”. We were hopeful. He’s an eternal optimist, […]
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The summer is coming, and the weather has finally started to show us the promise of sunshine. This means we can get outside in the garden and play. Good news for us, we love being outside, as I think most families with kids do and it’s so nice to be able to get out and […]
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Not everyone realises it, but sleeping well keeps you healthier for longer. It also improves your mental health and makes you feel generally more alive during the day, even when you have a lot on your plate. That’s why you should look for ways to improve the quality of sleep everyone in your family is […]
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Spending time in the sun makes most of us feel better within ourselves. Although we are cautioned about protecting our skin, the vitamin D sunshine creates in our skin is vital for our wellbeing. But it isn’t just the sunshine that helps us, being outdoors in the fresh air, surrounded by nature are perfect antidotes […]
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This last weekend, we had a fun Sunday afternoon. My small son tripped and fell and managed to gash his head. When he came running towards me and I saw blood pouring from under his hand, covering the gash, I knew we probably needed to seek medical help. When I examined the cut, that was […]
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Admittedly, parenting can be an arduous task for anyone to undertake. There’s just too much happening all the time, thus, it can be hard to keep track of everything all at once. With each passing day, children seem to grow by a couple of inches, with that, comes the added responsibility of ensuring that the […]
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