Two eternal questions about motherhood: Why is it so hard to leave the house with small children? (Here is my previous exploration of the topic) And… Is school – where you to have your child there on time, every day, for the rest of your foreseeable life, *sob* – a feat of impossible endurance sent…
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Colouring heaven with Cartoonito Club
Read moreSometime last year we bought a printer, and since then not a day has gone by without me printing off at least one colouring sheet. In fact, that’s the only thing we’ve printed with it (apart from old-school work contracts…followed by more colouring sheets). OK, so that’s a slight exaggeration, but my children love colouring,…
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We Visit Down House, The Home Of Charles Darwin
Read moreWe Pay A Visit To Down House, The Historical Home Of Charles Darwin Here’s What We Thought Of Down House – And A Tip For All Parents (Based On My Terrifying Experience!) We paid a visit to Down House, which is the historical home of Bromley ‘celeb’ Charles Darwin. The house – and beautiful gardens…
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The Cinema With Children: How to avoid it becoming a parenting disaster movie
Read moreWould You Take Your Children To The Cinema? We weight up the cinematic odds of taking young children to the cinema… When’s the best time to go to the cinema with children? In a dramatic turn of events; we went to the cinema last week. Together, as in me and Alex together together, shock horror.…
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20 Disneyland Paris Tips – For Your First Trip
Read moreHere Are 20 Tips For Your First Disneyland Paris Trip Thinking of booking your first Disneyland Paris trip, and looking for some Disneyland Paris tips that will really help make your holiday? Over Easter we headed over for our first family trip to the French theme park, so here are 20 Disneyland Paris tips that…
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Reading the small print…the hidden perils of your child learning to read
Read moreYour child learning to read is one of the most magical moments of motherhood. It’s a major milestone, right up there with the first steps, them saying your name and the giddy wonder of when they actually sleep longer than five hours in a row. It’s a gift for life, it’s independence, it’s a whole…
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Home styling tips for spring, with Amara
Read moreIs it actually spring yet? I know it technically is, but what with the extremes of both the bleakest winter AND the hottest summer in the space of a few weeks, the weather, like everyone else, seems confused. However, in our house we are *definitely* coming to the end of four years of building work,…