Beautiful wall prints from The Princess and the Pickle
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent prints to review and share about* Over the past few months we have slowly been working on revamping bedrooms in our house. We played musical bedrooms and moved everyone around. So of course that means a lot of room redecorating has been happening, and we are […]
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Keeping the kids busy with Lucky Gecko boxes
We have found using Lucky Gecko boxes a useful weapon against boredom, frustration, and parental despair. There are days in the summer break when you may not be out and about or the weather is vile (ahem, we live in the UK, it’s currently raining hard as I write this) so keeping the kiddos occupied […]
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Migraines and what works to help me cope
*This is a collaborative post sharing some things that help me manage my migraines* All of my adult life, I have struggled with migraines. After investigations, tests, visits to various doctors it seems they are mostly due to hormone fluctuations and can be triggered by tiredness. I can go for weeks and sometimes months without one, […]
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Project 365. A photo a day. The face we make…
Project 365. A photo a day, every day of the year. Jasper and I make the same face. Why? Because the tween isn’t paying him any attention, due to the fact that she’s busy shopping for clothes online, and I make that face because that’s my laptop she has commandeered to do the shopping on […]
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Our week in photos 20/07/19 – 27/07/19 haircuts, cats, winding down for the holiday…
Welcome to Our Week in Photos. Our way of sharing our week and what we get up to with our family abroad and grandparents who like to keep up with our life and antics. We are winding down for the holidays and the next Week in Photos post will be after we come back from […]
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Creative messy play with Little Brian Paint sticks
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent some Little Brian Paint Sticks to review* As a mum, and someone who works with children and families, I am very pro messy play. Kids being able to explore and create using all sorts of mediums and tools, is an important part of their learning. I […]
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Trying to sell stuff on Facebook. Why do I bother?
Trying to sell stuff on Facebook Marketplace is making me lose my mind. Image by Gerd Altmann I am on a bit of a summer declutter mission, and clearing out a lot of junk, tat, things my kids don’t wear anymore, or play with anymore and random stuff we don’t use or need. Most of […]
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Measure Mate – a handy learning tool from Learning Resources UK
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent a Measure Mate to try out and review* As a home school parent, this year, I have been somewhat overwhelmed by what is actually available in terms of resources and equipment available to us. Working out what we need, and don’t need, what is worth investing […]
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18 summers? Nah, not here…
In the past few years, I have seen posts doing the rounds about only having “18 Summers” with our children. The point of these posts being that we only have 18 summer holidays with our kids, and that somehow we need to make sure these summers are magical, perfect, and special, because when our kids […]
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Project 365. A photo a day. Back to this view
Project 365. A photo a day, every day of the year. Looking forward to this view again. Two weeks today we will be back in Issoire for our two week summer break. Leaving my phone, deleting the gram for two weeks, logging out of Facebook and e mail. I have a private twitter account that […]
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