Image courtesy of marin/freedigitalphotos.net Creating an exciting and engaging environment for your children to play in is no doubt the ideal that all parents strive for. The reality for most, though, is that it can be quite difficult to achieve. Toys have a habit of spreading across a house and mums and dads are often…
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It's Spooky Time
Read moreImage courtesy of sujinjetkasettakorn/freedigitalimages.net Halloween also known as All Hallows’ Eve is celebrated on October 31st every year. You may be wondering why it’s celebrated on this date. Well it’s because it’s the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows and the day initiating the triduum of Hallowmas, the time in the liturgical year…
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Garden Designs all Children will Love
Read moreAll homes can benefit immensely from a garden, but for a family, it is worth its weight in gold. Rather than hopping about on the furniture or sitting goggle-eyed in front of the TV, having a garden that children want to go out and play in is immensely rewarding – for them as well as…
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The Future
Read moreImage courtesy of Simon Howden/Freedigitalphotos/net I often wonder about what the future holds. I love to think about what R and M will be when they’re older. Will they go to college? University even? Will they one day get married and have children of their own? We all want the best for our children, so…
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Protecting Your Children Online
Read morePhoto courtesy of tungphoto/freedigitalphotos.net I recently read an article online about how photos of newborns now appear on social media sites within ONE HOUR of their birth. Apparantly two-thirds of parents post pictures of baby less than 60 minutes after birth and 62% of parents post images themselves, whilst other family member post 22%. The…
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The Perfect Age to Have Children
Read moreEver since I can remember I have always known that I wanted to have children. The thought of becoming a mum and having one or two children has always been something that has appealed to me. When I was a teenager I was a bit of a worrier. I would worry about silly things like…
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Giggle Giggle Beach Robe Review
Read moreThe lovely Sue at Giggle Giggle kindly sent us two fabulous beach robes for R and M. Perfect timing because we were about to jet off on our first holiday to Spain! The beach robes we were sent are 100% cotton towelling robes, with a front pouch pocket and slide slits. They are quite heavy…
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Our Twins First Holiday
Read moreWe have not long returned from our twins first holiday. We went to Menorca. Well, eight of us went! There was Twin Daddy and his three children (my step children), my mother-in-law, the twins and of course myself! We were up at 6am and after we all had some breakfast, we did some last minute packing and…