Tween Takeover Tuesday – S.W.A.K Key rings
*this is a review post, we were kindly sent an item to review and share about* Welcome to Tween Takeover Tuesday, the day in the week when the tween takes over the blog and social media. Mum should be scared… Hi there. Emily here. I have banished my mum and taken over, as usual, because […]
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Project 365 – a photo a day 11/02/19 Have I gone right off milk chocolate?
I gave up milk chocolate in January, for #veganuary and tried it again for the first time this weekend and it didn’t taste nice at all, and it was some nice chocolate I was eating… Have I gone off milk chocolate forever? I will fill you in a bit more when I share about Veganuary, […]
READ MORESpoil Mum (or yourself) for Mother’s Day
*this is a review post. We were kindly sent an item to review and share about* If you read our blog, you know that the loves in my life are my cats, my kids, coffee and chocolate. In no particular order. I am very fortunate that the husband loves good coffee and takes serious pride […]
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Tea with cats? Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium does that!
*This is not a paid review post. We visited Lady Dinah’s Cat Emporium as part of a birthday treat, and we loved it so much we decided to share about it* If you read our blog you will know we LOVE cats. It’s pretty obvious, we think. The tween had a birthday recently. As part […]
READ MOREIt’s a Kid’s Life by Kerry Gibb – book review and giveaway
*This is a review post. We were kindly sent a book to read and share about* We are always on the look out for fun children’s books for both kids, and we have wide and eclectic tastes. My small son loves books he can relate to with characters that make him feel he is part […]
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Project 365 a photo a day – who’s watching who?
The boy took this photo, at Ham Pond, whilst feeding the local ducks (and geese, and seagulls and pigeons) Who is watching who??
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Easy & delicious allergy-friendly chocolate cupcakes
I have adapted this allergy-friendly chocolate cupcakes recipe, it’s actually a cake recipe, but can be used for cupcakes or for a normal layered chocolate cake. This recipe makes about 24 cupcakes or enough for a normal sponge cake if you prefer that way. I’ve also tweaked it so that it is dairy and gluten-free, […]
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Our week in photos 2/02/19 – 9/02/19 house of vomit plague…
Welcome to our week in photos. This is our weekly catch up for both sets of grandparents who live abroad and don’t get to be as much a part of the daily madness of our lives as much as we and they would like. So we share here for them to get at least a […]
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When your kid’s friends find your social media…
So the tween and I have had a chat. It’s come to that point where my social media and the blog, have met her world. She has friends who have social media. One or two of their parents know I blog. One of her friends, somehow, came across one of my instagram photos, and realised […]
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Project 365 – a photo a day: drinking charcoal and fighting the struggle…
Yup, that’s charcoal. In a drink. I drank that today. Charcoal is supposed to help your stomach deal with toxins, and allegedly is helpful after a stomach bug. I figured it couldn’t hurt to try it. It didn’t taste like BBQ fuel. This stomach bug and this winter? Meh, I am over it. The husband […]
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