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Build Your Own Volcano {STEM at home}

Posted on June 30, 2019January 19, 2021 by jenny

We’ve been working with Bandai to review some of their fun STEM kits. My children love the STEM subjects and I’m always keen to encourage them at home. We were recently #gifted the Build Your Own Volcano National Geographic STEM kit to try. Build Your Own Volcano {STEM at home} The Build Your Own Volcano…

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Roald Dahl's Billy and the Minpins

Roald Dahl’s Billy and the Minpins

Posted on August 19, 2017August 11, 2019 by jenny

Children’s books are so special. I read with my children every night and I enjoy choosing books as much as they do. My 7 year old loves Roald Dahl so we were delighted to receive a copy of Billy and the Minpins, which we had never read before. Billy and the Minpins is a new…

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Reindeer nose ornaments for kids to make

Reindeer nose ornaments for kids to make

Posted on November 8, 2016November 8, 2016 by jenny

My children have all kinds of fun ideas for Christmas crafts at the moment. I am trying to rein them back a little as we still have a few weeks to go but I love the fact they are excited for Christmas (I am too!). We picked up some really fun fillable baubles from our…

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Draw Your Way to a Younger Brain by Anastasia Catris

Posted on January 29, 2016February 6, 2016 by jenny

Adult colouring books were definitely the big thing in 2015. I have a shelf of them myself and a lovely collection of colouring pens, which the children know they are not allowed to touch! It looks like the trend will be continuing this year and I’m excited to share three new books and a new…

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Monday happy things

Posted on July 27, 2015 by jenny

I’m a little late with my weekly Monday happy things due to the Summer holidays. Anyone else feel as exhausted as I do already? I had a wonderful child-free weekend in Europe with my husband. We stayed in Antwerp and enjoyed sampling Belgian beers, waffles, and admiring lots of paintings by Reubens. We also caught…

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Monday happy things

Posted on July 20, 2015February 27, 2025 by jenny

Happy Monday everyone, hope you had a great weekend. Our weekend started with a trip to the cinema to see the new Thomas and Friends film and ended with another classmates birthday party for my son. It was a busy weekend but luckily there are only 3 days left of school before the holidays start…

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Monday happy things

Posted on February 2, 2015 by jenny

Monday again, where did the weekend go? – I’ve been having a huge de-clutter and tidy which is ongoing and never ending. During the week I finished tidying our bedroom. You can finally see the floor and it feels like a lovely place to fall asleep – the Tempur mattress probably helps 🙂 Over the…

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Little Sis turns 3

Posted on November 30, 2014August 23, 2018 by jenny

On Friday my beautiful daughter turned 3. The day went by in a bit of a whizz, that’s an understatement, I didn’t sit down til about 8pm. I wanted to document her day as my blog is as much about my children as it is about me any more! After a small lie-in she woke…

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Heart inside a cupcake

Posted on February 8, 2013February 25, 2025 by jenny

I’ve tried to make something a little different this week with Whitworths sugars – I’ve baked a heart inside a cupcake. I used a favourite recipe to make a chocolate cake batter which I cooked in a square tin. When it had baked and cooled I cut out small hearts using a cookie cutter. I…

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