How to survive when your kid has exams…
It’s that time of year, almost the end of the academic year, for many, and for us, it’s a new challenge. The tween is facing her first proper set of school exams. She is coming to the end of year 7 and over the next two weeks has 10 exams in various subjects. The exams […]
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Project 365. A photo a day. Roses when it’s raining
Project 365. A photo a day, every day of the year. Summer has vanished. The weather is miserable. It’s June. It’s not right. Have some roses. I have nothing else to say, unless someone wants to send me to a warm beach somewhere for a week?
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How to Train Your Dragon 3 – The Hidden World. Out now on DVD and Blu Ray & A Giveaway
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent a DVD to review and share about* We are BIG fans of How to Train Your Dragon here, and have faithfully read all the books and watched all the movies, ahem, more than once. So we were VERY excited when a new movie, continuing the story […]
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Because geeky Dads like tech for Father’s Day… Neos Smartcam
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent an item to review* Father’s Day is on its way. We have been plotting and planning to treat the Husband (both our own Dads are abroad, so we won’t be seeing them in person, sadly) to breakfast in bed, and then a day trip to somewhere […]
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Our week in photos 01/06/19 – 08/06/19 Short and sweet
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. I haven’t taken many photos this week, mainly because we have been very busy and sometimes life just doesn’t need a […]
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Because Dad loves tech – Snowball iCE Microphone
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent an item to review* Father’s Day is on its way. We have been plotting and planning to treat the Husband (both our own Dads are abroad, so we won’t be seeing them in person, sadly) to breakfast in bed, and then a day trip to somewhere […]
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Project 365 – a photo a day. Tweens can be useful…
Project 365, a photo a day. Tweens are mysterious creatures. They swing from being lovely and interesting to stroppy and toddler like. They keep us on our toes and parenting one is a somewhat bewildering experience. However they are useful, because if well trained they can be persuaded to manifest themselves into the kitchen when […]
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What Wesley Wore – A beautiful book to help talk about bullying with your kids.
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent a book to read and review* Bullying is a sensitive topic. You may have experienced being bullied either as a child or an adult, or you may be a parent who’s child/children have been bullied. Until it happens to you, it feels like something everyone talks […]
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Because Dad loves a good gin and this is a good gin…
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent an item to review and share* Father’s Day is coming in the UK, and in many other parts of the world, and if you are like us, you might be working on treating the dad or dads in your life, or the person who is dad […]
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Project 365 – a photo a day. Poppies
Project 365, a photo a day, every day of the year. We have been watching the D Day commemorations on TV. A poppy seemed appropriate for today.
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