The summer holidays will soon be upon us, and many of us will be heading off on holiday. Some people fly, or travel by train and some people opt to use their cars to get them to their holiday destination. We are travelling to the South of France this summer, for our much anticipated break. […]
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If you don’t want to read my mini rant about the stomach bug, and where we are at with trying to get pregnant, then skip this post. Last week, early on Tuesday morning, very early, I woke up feeling like I had a very bad bout of indigestion. The husband and I had celebrated his […]
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Father’s Day is coming. It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating it last year, but it’s almost upon us, and if like me you are starting to think about gifts (or maybe you are SUPER organised and you already have ideas and have even bought or made things, in which case I am very […]
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When 2017 ended, it had been another tough year. Job stress (which has eased) health stress (miscarriages, knee surgery, small boy’s surgery) and other things, the husband and I looked at each other and said “2018 HAS to be better, we need better, we need to do better”. We were hopeful. He’s an eternal optimist, […]
READ MOREMy of South African heritage children know what this plant is, even if my small boy can’t quite pronounce it quite right. Do you know? Taken at the Temperate House, Kew Gardens.
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The summer is coming, and the weather has finally started to show us the promise of sunshine. This means we can get outside in the garden and play. Good news for us, we love being outside, as I think most families with kids do and it’s so nice to be able to get out and […]
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Not everyone realises it, but sleeping well keeps you healthier for longer. It also improves your mental health and makes you feel generally more alive during the day, even when you have a lot on your plate. That’s why you should look for ways to improve the quality of sleep everyone in your family is […]
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*we were kindly sent some Brazilian cheese dough balls to review but all opinions are our own* I’ve heard that Brazilian cheese dough balls are yummy but I’ve never tried them. So when the lovely team at Diels Foods asked if I wanted to try some of their gluten-free Brazilian cheese yummies I wasn’t going […]
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Spending time in the sun makes most of us feel better within ourselves. Although we are cautioned about protecting our skin, the vitamin D sunshine creates in our skin is vital for our wellbeing. But it isn’t just the sunshine that helps us, being outdoors in the fresh air, surrounded by nature are perfect antidotes […]
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This last weekend, we had a fun Sunday afternoon. My small son tripped and fell and managed to gash his head. When he came running towards me and I saw blood pouring from under his hand, covering the gash, I knew we probably needed to seek medical help. When I examined the cut, that was […]
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