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  • Read 52 – books for children from Templar books

    The background: I’ve challenged Big to read 52 books this year. She will probably be mentioning them over here on her blog. I’m also going to have a crack at reading at least 52 books myself, and more importantly, I’m going to keep track of what books I’m reading to the little ones. I’m going…

  • Read 52 This is what happy looks like review with voucher giveaway.

    The background: I’ve challenged Big to read 52 books this year. She will probably be mentioning them over here on her blog. I’m also going to have a crack at reading at least 52 books myself, and more importantly, I’m going to keep track of what books I’m reading to the little ones. I’m going…

  • Meet BOB.

    Bob isn’t a person. He’s a bag. My new Briiliant Outdoor Bag in fact. He’s rather cool, and kind of the next step on from a changing bag. He comes with a changing mat, in this case in orange to match his funky interior, but he also has a padded pocket for your laptop or…

  • The last audiology appointment ever?

    This is a hearing aid. It doesn’t belong to any of my children, thankfully. Instead it’s mine. Those in the know will realise it’s an old style analogue aid, not a digital. This is actually my second one, I stopped wearing my original one when Big was born, then lost it in a house move.…

  • Read 52 Divergent and a voucher giveaway.

    The background: I’ve challenged Big to read 52 books this year. She will probably be mentioning them over here on her blog. I’m also going to have a crack at reading at least 52 books myself, and more importantly, I’m going to keep track of what books I’m reading to the little ones. I’m going…

  • Emma Bridgewater and comic relief

    Isn’t this just gorgeous? It’s the new Emma Bridgewater range for Comic Relief, and you can get it exclusively from Homesense and TKMaxx. I’m very happy to be reviewing the double oven glove (£7.99 with at least £4 going to comic relief) and the Bag for Life (£9.99 with another £4 donation). There also mugs,…

  • History with added flowers.

    It was history etc today. Slightly odd in that Big didn’t come with us, she was at a Kentwell friend’s birthday party. Shame the dates clashed as there were several extra participants in history she’d have loved to see, but that’s the way it goes. There’s apparently something coming up about tulips in the chapters…

  • How we home ed a toddler

    With books for pre writing skills And fabulous solid poster paints Which were so good Small had to get in on the act (It should be pointed out I drew the heart. ) Shared reading books. And a sleeping babe. He won’t fit in there much longer. And that was our morning. There was some…

  • #RWNepal Renewable World on BBC Lifeline with Gethin Jones

    With four children and a startup business, it often feels like I don’t have time to turn around and there can be days when I get to the end of it and don’t know what I’ve done in the hours I’ve had. But my life is easy compared to that of so many around the…

  • Highs and lows.

    New question at the dinner table tonight, tell me how your day has been. Mine has had highs and lows. The highs have been very high, the lows disgustingly low. So I managed to do my yoga this morning and ran at lunchtime, knocking another 20 seconds off my best time this year for 1.2…