I LOVE roast potatoes. Crispy on the outside, fluffy in the middle. But I am also very lazy and whilst I do make proper, peeled, boiled then roasted potatoes for special occasions, I mostly make them in a cheat way that satisfies the roast potato need but is way less effort. This cheat version makes […]
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Project 365. A photo a day, every day of the year. This is a very grainy photo because Daddy swan was getting pretty tetchy the closer I got to his babies, but we are really chuffed and impressed that the swans on our local pond have hatched 6 cygnets. That’s a big brood. We have […]
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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, 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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*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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*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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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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*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 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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*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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