1) Go up in the cable car and be absolutely fascinated by the view and the tiny people, goats and cars below 2) At the top of the mountain, watch the people sledging, take a brief look at the gardens, but most enjoy happily running up and down the steps, over and over again 3)…
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Cruise holidays for parents
Read moreI wrote my tips for cruise holidays with children…but what about for parents? So covering booze, boobs and bad attempts at cupcake making; here’s some things to think about for day…and night:
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Cruise holidays with children
Read moreGoing on a cruise and looking for tips on taking children? As I think I might have mentioned once or twice, we’re just back from our family holiday. We went with Royal Caribbean on the Independence of the Seas, for an 11 day cruise around the Canary Islands and Spain. It is not the sort…
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19 pieces of advice to my formerly pregnant self, on the eve of giving birth
Read moreWhat would you go back and tell yourself on the night before you gave birth, armed with what you know now? I was watching the BBC2 Midwives programme – responsible for a recent attack of the broods – and started thinking about both Eliza’s birth story and how the actual birth process is such a big focus…
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Up in the air
Read moreThings are all up in the air at the moment; both metaphorically and literally. We spent the last weekend of August by the sea, and Eliza learned to say ‘airplane!’ (not unprompted – it was the local air show, where planes fly over the part of the beach you can see from my parent’s house).…
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On borrowed time in the baby room
Read moreMums are obsessed with time, aren’t we? All those conversations about ages and stages, the count down and up to birthdays and milestones, the constant surprise that you now have a child who is that old. But if you think about it, it’s easy to see why – every minute of pregnancy, even from pre-conception,…
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Fisher Price Vintage Toys: Here’s Where You Can Buy Them From
Read moreLooking For Fisher Price Vintage Toys? Here’s Where You Can Buy Them From Did you have any Fisher Prince vintage toys as a child? We’ve recently discovered our vintage Fisher Price toys from my childhood. I’ve been looking into the history of old Fisher Price toys and the Fisher Price classic toys from our childhoods.…
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