So today is D day for Primary School places and the first day back at school for most of us with older children. The chatter in the playground tomorrow will undoubtedly be filled with ‘did you hear so and so didn’t get a place’ ‘gasp, no really?!’ My eldest littles attend a very oversubscribed school […]
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Tomorrow is back to school day after the holidays and apart from not jumping for joy at the thought of getting 4 littles up and out by 8:40am for the school run. I have often said that I love the school holidays and now that they are coming to an end I feel a bit
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This post contains an affiliate link. If you make a purchase after clicking on an affiliate link I will be compensated. It will not affect the price that you pay.  Today a friend of mine was unable to go to Alien’s Love Underpants at the Underbelly Festival on the Southbank and very kindly gave
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OK the rain over the Easter holidays has been killing me and despite having planned lots of activities for the littles to do I did not plan for soooooo much rain. This ultimately led to me attempting baking bread with kids. Well honestly there is only so much Lego anyone can reasonably enjoy. It rained
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This easy homemade bread recipe can be done completely by hand so very little equipment is needed. It just requires a bowl, the ingredients, a wooden spoon, a warm place and a tea towel. Scroll down for the recipe itself… Perfect Activity to do with kids The ease of this recipe and lack of equipment
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So it seems to me that every day is international or national something day and so I generally don’t pay a huge amount of attention, but the other day I saw that this month is International Cesarean Awareness month and as I have had 3 C Sections I felt like I wanted to throw my
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This time 5 years ago I was sat in a hospital nervously preparing to meet our number two and preparing to go from doting mummy of one to the unknown – mummy of two. Yes it’s birthday time for one of our littles and this weekend marks the start of crazy birthday season in our
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OK I have cracked it! I have got the only parenting tip you will ever need! If you have this in your parenting arsenal you are all set. Your sanity can be saved so what is this amazing parenting tip? Drum roll please…………………………………. What? I hear you cry… I am serious excuses are your best
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Before I start this one I just want to make it clear that I don’t write this to brag about how fast my running is or the weight I have lost. I write it only to say it can be done. Even if you have just had a baby and you think you will never
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So the Easter Holidays are upon us! I have said before that I love the school holidays but I know that for many the thought of entertaining littles all day for several weeks is daunting. Honestly that part is a bit of a source stress for me too, but that is outweighed by the sheer joy
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