Listening to and loving stories with Puffin Audio books….
We love reading, and my children still love being read to, and we encourage them to enjoy reading by trying to read to them as often as we can, usually at bedtime. When I was a child, I used to love listening to stories on my cassette player or Walkman (yes, I am THAT old!) […]
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Summer Holiday Bucket List (guest post)
This is a great guest post on things to do in the long summer holiday from Karen over at BubbaBabble you can also find her on Twitter and Facebook too… Our Summer Holiday Bucket List We are fairly new to the whole Summer Holiday fun as it’s the first year that my daughter has been attending […]
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5 Simple Ways to reduce your child’s sugar intake…
With the governments new health advice to reduce the amount of sugar adults and children consume by half the previous recommended amount, lots of parents now must be thinking about how this can be achieved. I know, personally that I am looking at what we eat as a family and trying hard to reduced our […]
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I will never be thin but I need to be healthy…
Before I continue, this post is NOT about fat shaming, or thin shaming, or whatever the current favourite buzz words are. This post is not saying you need to be thin to be attractive, or healthy. This post is about MY journey, MY body and about getting it to a better place, for my own […]
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Kids Company to close…
It’s rare for me to post about news or current events, and it’s even rarer for me to post about what I do in my other job, when I am not blogging or trying to parent. I haven’t really watched much news this week, or read what is happening in the world, because I […]
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Diabetes and Feeding my Family – A guest post
Diabetes and feeding my family – Germaine Waters (SunTempleFood.com) There is no such thing as a “diabetic diet”!!! We should all eat high fibre, low fat, balanced glycemic index and calories to suit our lifestyle! I know that’s a contentious statement. It was meant to be, but it is also the way I live despite […]
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5 Things Never to say to an Adoptive Parent
I am not brave. I am not special. I am not unique. I am a mother. I am a mother who loves her children unconditionally. I am a mother who didn’t give birth to her children. I am a mother who can honestly say her children are beautiful, cute, gorgeous in fact insert any superlative […]
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My phone isn’t coming on holiday with me…
We are off on our much needed holiday, this weekend. Long Suffering Grandad will be cat, hamster & snail sitting, the bags are almost packed, the car is clean, passports are ready, now where did I put my phone charger to pack..? Oh wait, I won’t need my phone charger. Why not? Because I’m […]
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In the Buff Mineral Make Up
I don’t tend to wear a lot of make up, but I do like to find a brand that works when I am. I love the idea of mineral make up, but some of the brands I’ve tried have been very drying on my skin, and not applied that well, so when In The Buff […]
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Fun at Kidzania London
Kidzania has arrived in London. Take a trip to Westfield, in Shepherds Bush to come and join the fun. We were delighted to be asked by MumsNet to go and visit and see what it was all about. Kidzania is a new concept, for children aged 4-14. What is it about? Here is what they say: “Imagine a […]
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