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Crafting with Colour | We Tried Tie Dying T-Shirts

March 14, 2021

We spent a rainy day thinking about the sunny days to come by tie dying t-shirts. If you want to try this super fun craft too, here’s how the boy and I made our unique and cheerful tees. Show me someone who doesn’t love a […]

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Family Life

My Mindful Lockdown Hobby: Sea Glass (& How to Find it)

January 14, 2021

TWENTY-TWENTY was a good year for hobbies. The huge amount of time we spent locked down at home meant I found solace in revisiting long forgotten hobbies (like my cross stitch) and when we were permitted outdoors again, I discovered a love for something new: […]

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Spooky Sea Fun at Sea Life’s Ascarium

October 25, 2020

We visited Sea Life to see what they’re getting up to this half term, and there’s an underwater world of the seriously strange (and amazing!) DISCLOSURE: AD / This post was made possible by the provision of tickets from SEA LIFE. All wording, images & […]

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Create Your Best Special Occasion – Moonpig style!

August 7, 2020

If you like your birthdays with a bang, cocktails and flowers may be your answer. With the help of leading online greeting card and gift merchant, Moonpig, I recently got to grips with cocktail making and flower arranging on a very celebratory press event. DISCLOSURE: […]

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Crafting with the Kid | How to Make the Easiest [Bubbliest] Chocolate Activity

June 22, 2020

DISCLOSURE: AD / This post contains gifted product from Viking Direct. All wording, images & opinion are my own, except where expressed. Crafting with the kids is one of the things we think we should excel at as parents. As if a rite of passage […]

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Homeschool & Self Care | 12 Activities To Help You Stay Home Well

May 19, 2020

Disclaimer: This post contains some PR gifted material, denoted by an * and marked appropriately. I have not been paid to share this content. All wording and images are my own. You’re probably fed up with seeing Coronavirus this and Covid19 that. And if you’re […]

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Introducing Little Ones to The Orchestra: Peppa Pig My First Concert [Preview]

February 5, 2020

DISCLOSURE: AD / This post was paid in gifted tickets from PEPPA PIG/ENTERTAINMENT ONE UK LTD. All words & opinion expressed are my own. Images copyright of Dan Tsantilis. What child doesn’t love music? Whether making music or listening to it, you’ll be hard pushed […]

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Christmas, Family Life

NOW [IT’S] CHRISTMAS! How we’re doing Christmas with a Toddler

December 16, 2019

DISCLOSURE: AD / This post contains gifted product from NOW MUSIC. and affiliate link placement. All words, images & opinion expressed is my own. Christmas is a time for family traditions and nostalgic experiences, and childhoods are where the festive feels are nurtured. I have a […]

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Baby & Toddler, Christmas, Family Life

12 Reasons Why I’m So Much More Excited For My Child’s Second Christmas

November 25, 2018

Last Christmas was our first as a family. It was a big deal. Being a huge Christmas fan, it was the one time of year I was most looking forward to seeing Reuben experience – and it was as magical as I’d hoped. Last Christmas […]

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Family Life

A COUNTRY DAY OUT | The Countryside Live Show

October 31, 2018

If you’re familiar with The Yorkshire Vet TV show, you’ll have a idea what my childhood was like.  Growing up in a small North Yorkshire town nestled between the Moors and the Dales, my life was contained within a rural bubble.  Even though I lived […]

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AUTUMN DAYS | A Family Visit to Yorkshire Pumpkins

October 24, 2018

Autumn is a magical time of year.  Despite the shortening days creeping toward long chilly nights, the sweet scent of fallen leaves on frostbitten air announces harvest time, promising forthcoming seasonal holidays and a time to retreat with simple home comforts.  And nothing says Autumn celebration quite […]

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A GRAND OLDE DAY OUT | Beamish Museum Review

October 7, 2018

[PR GIFTED VISIT] Entertaining toddlers can be tricky the best of times.  So when your little one is actively on their feet, your options can be quite limited.  If you’ve done the soft play more times than you can bear or you’re stuck in a […]

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I was so excited to find black elder growing in th I was so excited to find black elder growing in the garden when we moved here. It’s a dark shrub that flowers pink blossoms which turn to elderberries in the autumn. It’s not as common as the white flowering elder you see in the countryside everywhere. Now that’s lovely stuff to make elderflower cordial with but let me tell you, pink elderflower is something else! 

I made this myself last week. Picked the flowers Wednesday morning, let them steep in the sugary lemon syrup then filtered and bottled it Saturday morning.  So now I have just shy of four litres of this concentrated fruity-floral gorgeousness to sip through the rest of the summer. 😋 It’s lovely just with water and ice but it’s so good with lemonade too - might also try it with a shot of vodka. 😉 

Has anyone tried this before? Would you have a drink of it? 

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E A R L Y S U M M E R R R 🍓 This is the best E A R L Y  S U M M E R R R 🍓 

This is the best time of year. Flowers in bloom. Strawberries. Daylight hours still increasing. Hot sun. Okay I live in my sunglasses because sunshine gives me headaches and heat makes me nap but it’s all good. ☀️ 😎
Saw The Corrs at Scarborough Open Air Theatre last Saw The Corrs at Scarborough Open Air Theatre last night thanks to winning tickets from TK Maxx. They were SO GOOD! 🥁🎤 It was great hearing them play all their instruments and sing so effortlessly.  Runaway and Breathless were *chefs kiss* 👌🏻Dreams makes me think of being 16 again in the 90s, well, before the crap part. 
Awesome night. Teeth chatteringly cold in my little dress but brill experience.  Now I have a dehydration headache cos I was too anxious to drink. 😆 

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Oh how I WISH this was today 😂😂😂 Actually Oh how I WISH this was today 😂😂😂 Actually went to the beach the other week, just never posted about it. I’m layered up with a knitted jumper and cardi over the top while I wait in hope of this week’s *warmer* forecast. But right now, I AM FREEZING MY TITS OFF! 🤣

AD - post featuring @lovepanache Bette Posy bikini 👙 

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I’m not good at getting myself out in my car. La I’m not good at getting myself out in my car. Last week was half term and I went out once. 😂 Went to Mum’s though which is a big trip for me. I find anxiety and hypermobility pains a bit of a mix behind the wheel, and I’m hoping the painful knee I have right now isn’t a result of driving cos that’d suck. But I’m soldiering on. 😅  I’m fine with tootling about to the shops and doing the school run. 🌸

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Sunday afternoon mooch. ⛅️ #bankholidaysunda Sunday afternoon mooch. ⛅️ 

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