*we were very kindly sent some products to try. All opinions are our own* The tween and I love milkshakes, but we don’t make them very often, at home, because the husband and the small boy have a cows milk allergy (not life threatening, but enough that they avoid all cows milk products) and so […]
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Then you probably need to take my advice. Yees, you. You’re young enough that I actually could have given birth to you. When you were in nappies, I was already changing them. When you were at school I was taking kids to school. When you were at university I’d already had a baby. You’ve got […]
READ MOREI keep meaning to do these daily snippets and then life gets in the way. But they’re back, for now, because I like to offload the contents of my own head, and what better place to do it than my own blog? I asked social media today, this question: is it wisdom or ignorance to […]
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Ah, the tween years. Leading into the teenage years. When I had smaller children, who were toddlers who threw spectacular tantrums and were prone to dramatic fits over irrational things like not being allowed to wear their wellies to bed, and having their sandwiches cut up into the wrong shapes, and being made to sit […]
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We all know it’s important to be keeping track of your health, and we see enough news and media information about all the things we should be thinking about, worrying about, working on and taking care of, to keep ourselves healthy and in good shape, to hopefully live long lives. However, sometimes it can be […]
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I love fun and quirky things and I love giving and recieving unique gifts and finding special and fun things for family and friends as well as for my own home. If you read this blog, you will be familliar with our older cat, Layla, and her story. She’s the reason for part of our […]
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The lovely Hayley from Life as A Butterfly has kindly shared this post with us, with some helpful tips on flying with a baby. Travel with little ones can be very challenging, and it’s helpful to be prepared so you can try and keep things as smooth as possible. I have learned a lot in […]
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British winter is trying to kill me. British winters are not crisp, snowy, pretty and cold but enjoyable. British winters are damp, wet, miserable and germ filled. This last winter has been long, what feels ridiculously long, and I honestly sometimes feel like the winters are trying to kill me. I think this last one […]
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Have you heard about Premier League Primary Stars? I had, because I know some schools local to me have taken part, and that it was about helping kids to read, but that was about as much as I knew. However, I was recently able to attend their One Year On event to celebrate and share […]
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This is a raw, thrown together whilst my kids eat their breakfast, and I drink my second coffee, it’s the usual crazy morning routine, kind of post. A jumble of my thoughts, trying to get them into some sort of order. I have to go and vote today. We have local elections. I can’t not […]
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