• Keeping the family entertained with the NOW TV Smart Stick
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    Keeping the family entertained with the NOW TV Smart Stick

    August 6, 2018 - By 

    We’re now at the start of our third week of the school holidays. They are going far too quickly – SLOW DOWN TIME please! I’m really enjoying spending time with my children and we are having lots of good quality time together and making some fun memories. We can’t be busy all the time though and I made sure to build in some down time to our holidays. I make sure my children read books, play outside and fill in their summer scrapbooks but I know they really love their screen time. They can’t wait to switch off and watch…

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    Family Life - mindfulness

    Monday mindfulness – Summer holidays {Week 2}

    August 6, 2018 - By 

    Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend and are enjoying the school summer holidays. The weather has been a little too hot for us but that hasn’t stopped us from having fun during the second week of the holidays. Each week I start off by writing my Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things blog post. It’s a great chance to reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures – it’s a post I always enjoy writing. Monday mindfulness – Summer holidays (Week 2) We started off…

  • Keeping the kids busy at Legoland Windsor
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    Keeping the kids busy at Legoland Windsor

    August 5, 2018 - By 

    It’s one of our family traditions that during the Summer holidays we’ll have a trip to Legoland Windsor. This year 365 Tickets kindly gifted us a family ticket so we could visit this weekend. I was a bit worried about spending all day outdoors but we packed water, hats, more water and sun tan lotion and set off bright and early. Keeping the kids busy at Legoland Windsor Legoland Windsor actually opens at 9.30 which gives you half an hour to park, get through the bag check and have a quick loo break before any of the rides open. We…

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    Crafts for adults - mindfulness - sewing

    A little slow sewing

    August 4, 2018 - By 

    This year is all about finishing things. I write that because I am so terrible at starting projects but not finishing them. For Christmas my mum bought me the cutest little sewing kit to make a sloth. I adore sloths, they are my favourite animal. Unfortunately it took me a while to start stitching this little kit. The DIY embroidered doll kit from kiriki embroidery was to make a little sloth. There were a few different animals to choose from but I couldn’t resist the little sloth. I was surprised how small the box was but it contained a printed fabric…

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    The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton

    August 3, 2018 - By 

    I love a good book and was so excited to receive an early copy of The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton to read from NetGalley. From the bestselling author of The House at Riverton, The Lake House and The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton brings us her dazzling sixth novel, The Clockmaker’s Daughter. The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton My real name, no one remembers. The truth about that summer, no one else knows. In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Upper Thames. Their plan: to…

  • Family fun with our Incredible super powers
    Family Life - playing - toy review

    Celebrating our Incredible family {with the Disney Store}

    August 3, 2018 - By 

    I don’t know about you but I’m beginning to feel that I really need to draw on my supermum powers over the holidays. I love spending time with my children whilst they are young, and am so happy to have found a job which fits round their holidays. However, it can be pretty tiring planning days out in London, organising play dates, clearing up after their playing time as well as keeping on top of my blog. Yesterday was another hot day. We’re keeping little lists of all the things we want to do (to make sure we do them!)…

  • Say It With Paper by Hattie Newman
    Crafts for adults

    Say It With Paper by Hattie Newman

    August 2, 2018 - By 

    I’ve been sent some lovely craft books to read over the holidays. I love a new craft book and can’t wait to share them with you. Today I wanted to tell you about Say It With Paper by Hattie Newman. There are many things you can do with paper, but what can paper do for you? Say It With Paper by Hattie Newman Discover paper’s true potential with this book full of exciting projects that enable you to discover new paper arts, such as pop ups, papercuts and 3-D shapes. Learn how paper can be used to communicate ideas, how it…

  • Win 3 x John Adams travel games
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    Win 3 x John Adams travel games

    August 1, 2018 - By 

    Are you surviving the school holidays so far? They are flying by for us and we have been having lots of adventures. We recently had a few nights away so I made sure to pack a selection of travel games to keep the children busy. Our little family loves board games so we were delighted to be sent a selection of John Adam travel games to try out. We have a few favourite travel games. We don’t use them just for holidays though, I usually slip one in my handbag when we go out for dinner, to the pub, or…

  • Smooshy Mushy toys from Bandai
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    Smooshy Mushy toys from Bandai {Series 3 Creamery}

    August 1, 2018 - By 

    If your children love the latest crazy of squishies then you’ve probably heard of Smooshy Mushy. Girls simply can’t get enough of Bandai’s Smooshy Mushy collection and this month sees Series 3 take the Smooshies and their Bestie friends to the Creamery, where all new characters with their ice-cream cone packaging are ready to be discovered. Smooshy Mushy toys from Bandai During the day, the town of Smooshyville is a lot like other towns, there are people, cars — everything you’d expect in a town like yours. When the town goes to sleep, however, the Pets from the local animal…