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I think there is something lovely about growing produce with children. It’s wonderful for them to plant something and see it grow, developing into something that they can eat. I have aspirations about growing veggies in the garden, but realistically I would probably forget they were out there and kill them off; Charley Dimmock I am not! Planting herbs, ours were from …
On the hottest day in July on record, more than 250 youngsters from Warwickshire schools were ‘running free’ in Royal Leamington Spa, as part of a Bridgestone sponsored charity event to promote healthy lifestyles amongst children. Edmondscote Athletics Stadium in Leamington was packed with pupils of all ages to take part in the Kids Run Free organisation’s second-ever Festival of Running and …
Going camping as a family for the first time is quite daunting. It can be worrying trying to figure out how your new routine will pan out and whether the kids will turn feral! How will you all fit into the tent? Will the kids sleep at all? Or simply will there be room in the tent for you at all …
Last Sunday we were invited the Leicester Square Odeon for the Premiere of the new Thomas the Tank Engine movie. When we eventually arrived, after a bit of a disastrous journey, the excitement was building outside; with a huge Thomas in pride of place on the special blue carpet. Baby was quite overwhelmed by her first ‘blue’ carpet experience and needed lots of mummy …
Baby has always loved eating/drinking fruit from pouches. Ever since weaning she would prefer to do it herself from a pouch rather than eat it from a tub. She wouldn’t dream of eating ‘actual’ fruit in whole pieces, but she has never been able to get enough of the pureed variety! Cuckooland asked if we would like to review their Smoothpack Station, …
I was recently introduced to Izabela Peters, an award-winning UK designer, producing exclusive products for the home, children, early years and more. Based in the North West of England, their boutique workshops produce a fabulous range of high quality products. Refreshingly Izabela Peters have a completely hands-on, in-house policy, meaning none of the design or production is outsourced. I chose this gorgeous round Bean …
The Dogs Trust has recently launched a dog safety campaign. The campaign was the result of a survey, which shockingly revealed that a third of parents would let their child approach a dog they don’t know and one in three children were scared of dogs. The safety of children around dogs is something I feel very strongly about. I am …
A new charity campaign was launched this week, which caught my attention. From 8th April (until 5th May) each time you purchase a Proctor & Gamble product at Superdrug or online at Superdrug.com, P&G will make a donation to Marie Curie. If you aren’t familiar with Marie Curie, it is an amazing charity that helps people living with terminal illness. …
We all love books and we love reading to Baby. As members of the Parragon Book Buddies team, we get sent a lovely book to review each month. We are always excited to see what will pop through the letterbox. This month we were sent a very exciting book, Glitterbelle: The Sparkliest Princess Ever. ‘Glitterbelle’ is a series of creative children’s books with …
Welcome back to my new series, ‘5 Things’, which I hope will be a nice easy Sunday read. This week I am sharing I will teach our daughter I hope that I will teach Baby many things in her life, but I wanted to share five important things with you, that are important for me to teach her. That she is beautiful, …
Welcome to the 12th Day of Christmas! our final day, and we’ve a fantastic prize bundle on offer! Our final giveaway comes from Organic Babies from Green People who have kindly given us a brilliant bundle containing one of each of the products from their Organic Babies range, seven products worth over £65 to treat your little ones! Ang (one …
I have been overweight for almost 20 years. Wow, that is a long time! I cannot actually remember a time when I wasn’t dieting or just about to go on a diet. I think fat genes must run in my family, as we all struggle to lose weight. I am now on a roll with the amazing support of Diet …
I am linking up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence to share my Word of the Week #WotW. This week my word is… This week has been a struggle at times. I have felt clouded by PND, which I have found difficult to shake off. It still frustrates me, that I feel like this at all. Baby has …
It is time for me to link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence to share my Word of the Week #WotW. This week my word is Our week had a bit of a bleugh start. Our TV broke a couple of weeks ago, this week our oven and Baby’s pram broke! Unfortunately, we are not in a …
Us usual I am linking up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence to share my Word of the Week #WotW. This week my word is A couple of annoying things have taken too much of my time this week. I won’t bore you with the details, I will just say Asda and Vodafone grrrr. Both necessitated making daily …
It’s ‘Word of the Week’ time with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence. The word which sums up our week is, Baby and I had no plans this week. No play dates, no days out, just the two of us bimbling around, with only each other for company. We have popped to the shops, been swimming, played in the …
It is time to link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence to share my Word of the Week #WotW. This week my word is In contrast to a few difficult weeks with Baby, this week she has been a pure joy! There have been a couple of brief grumbles about one thing or another, but generally she …
It is time to think about our week and link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence, to share my Word of the Week #WotW This week my word is Tomorrow Baby is seventeen months old. Our little girl is almost a year and a half old. No longer a baby, but a live-wire who is full of …
I am a day late with linking up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence to share my Word of the Week #WotW, as I am hosting Mums’ List for Hannah over at Mums’ Days and that goes live on Friday’s. Come and list up any post in list format! This week my word is I don’t like being …
I am a day late with linking up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence to share my Word of the Week #WotW, as I am hosting Mums’ List for Hannah over at Mums’ Days and that goes live on Friday’s. This week my word is Yesterday was my blogs first anniversary! Slightly surreal and I have a mix …
It’s Friday, so it’s time to link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence and decide on my Word of the Week #WotW. This week has been a bit strange, apart from some bad teething moments, it has been quite good and yet I have felt quite low at times. In an attempt to shake off the blues …
We were recently sent an Ingenuity Baby Base 2 in 1 seat to review and I was really looking forward to finding out what made it so ingenious! My first impressions of the seat were really good. I liked the sleek design and the bright white colour, with a lovely Aqua padded insert. I could see straight away that the …
It’s Friday, so it’s time to link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence and decide on my Word of the Week #WotW. This week the word that has been on my mind most of all is; We have been lucky enough to spend time with a few of our friends this week. I love relaxing with friends …
Although Baby is too young to be on her summer holiday from school, we still want to have a summer to remember. So, I thought we could collect together all the things we want to do this summer, so we have a hit list. Otherwise, we may find the nights are drawing in, before we have got the most of …
It’s Friday, so it’s time to link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence and decide on my Word of the Week #WotW. This week has been pretty average, we haven’t done masses, as we have been trying to get lots of house jobs done. One thing that has over ridden the week is; Mr Hubby was recently …
Saturday is ‘Caption Day’! Here is my picture and all you have to do is caption it, simples!. This week Sat Cap is being hosted by Helen over at Kiddycharts. Why not pop over and have a go at some others. If you enjoy my posts. Why not
It’s Friday, so it’s time to link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence and decide on my Word of the Week #WotW. The word of our week has been; This week we have been blessed everyday with the most glorious weather! It makes such a difference, doesn’t it? So we have been getting out into the great …
Saturday is ‘Caption Day’! Here is my picture and all you have to do is caption it, simples!. This week Sat Cap is being hosted by Mary over at Keynko. Why not pop over and have a go at some others. If you enjoy my posts. Why not
It’s Friday, so it’s time to link up with the lovely Jocelyn from The Reading Residence and decide on my Word of the Week #WotW. This week has been a steady week, Mr Hubby has been in France and my sister in law has been keeping me company. I have ‘Accomplished‘ quite a few things that were on my to …
Saturday is ‘Caption Day’! Here is my picture and all you have to do is caption it. This week Sat Cap is being hosted by Sonya over at The Ramblings of a Formerly Rock’n’Roll Mum Why not pop over and have a go at some others. If you enjoy my posts. Why not …
