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The successes and failures, happy stories and sad.

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Plus ‘The Twinterviews’; Q&A sessions with other mamas of twins.

8th October 20199th October 2019

Introducing MX Trixx {the best trick scooter for a 6 year old}

‘This post contains gifted items’ Four years ago I wrote about the boys and their new Mini Micro Scooters. They… Read More
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7th June 2019

The British Airways i360 Experience in Brighton

As I’m typing this, the rain is hammering down on the roof of my office and the skies are an… Read More
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8th February 201920th February 2019

Boys, Cars and Toy Trains {Featuring the Ford Kuga}

‘This is a paid partnership with Vertu Motors’ What is it with boys and vehicles? Although we’ve never pushed gender… Read More
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24th March 20186th April 2018

What Type Of Mum Are You?

I did a little quiz the other day entitled ‘What Type Of Mum Are You?’. It was one of those… Read More
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20th February 201820th February 2018

Happy Feet & Individuality | Colouring in shoes by Bobux Custom

There are certain things that I love — where my own enthusiasm is definitely rubbing off on my little sons.… Read More
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18th February 2018

257 weeks and 4 days | Half Term at Cefn Gorwydd Farm {Me and Mine}

So we’re almost at the end of half term; the boys go back to school tomorrow and normal service will… Read More
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24th December 20171st November 2018

‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
{And why Lapland UK is better with friends}

‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house, Every creature was stirring, As they’d all been kept awake… Read More
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8th December 2017

Is it a bird, is it a plane? {GLTC Festival Van / Play Kitchen Review}

The first week of December has given us a bitter wind and the clearest, bluest skies. As you know, I’m… Read More
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23rd November 201723rd November 2017

An Autumn Walk in the 100 Acre Wood

I am not a fan of the cold, I think it’s fair to say. But hibernating for six months of… Read More
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  • Week 16 of our renovation!! How the devil did we get here? 😮

Today, the window fitters came back and - as we speak - are installing the last set of doors 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Mr D just said to me - ‘hey does this mean we can take all the wood, that I nailed to the back of the dining room door, off?’ And yes. 
I suppose it does 😆

Who needs locks and keys when you have 4x2 and some nails eh?! I was a bit horrified at the thought of doing it, but it’s definitely made me feel nice and safe 😊😆
  • I have shamelessly stolen this pic from my friend Karen @mini_travellers 😆

It was taken at the @insta_mingle_events do that I went to up in Chester, a couple of weekends ago. Such a fab night and proof that although social media is a great way of connecting with folk, it’s no substitute for meeting up with people in real life.

I’m so lucky to have made some wonderful new friends over the years; some through blogging, some at festivals and even on holiday (thinking of you @marisa_harmer and @blownawayorg 😊)! I think — if you meet someone — and have a connection (be it online or in person), it’s always worth taking the time to maintain those friendships.

I’m so lucky to have met Karen through my blog; she’s one of my fave people to hang out with (and best of all our husbands and children get on too!!) Winner👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks so much to @camerayard for capturing this memory ⭐️ What about you? Do you like making new friends or do you have a small, closed circle? 😊
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  • Everyone got their decorations up?

No?

We don’t either! We don’t have a tree, or any lights — hell — we don’t even have a kitchen 😆

But we do have some windows 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 This pic was from last year - when I had a house to decorate 😉- there’s a link in my bio if fancy giving it a go yourself ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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  • Such a fab day yesterday! 
The first bit of glazing was fitted in the house!! Given the delays and complications, I was half expecting it to be wrong 😱 but I shouldn’t have worried. Apart from a cracked pane (being remade and installed next week) it all went to plan.

Fingers crossed for more of the same today!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 I can’t wait to see it all finished!!!
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  • So here they are! My finished nutcracker biscuits - just in time for #nationalcookieday 🍪 
I was asked by @lauraashleyuk to create a post for their blog (unpaid and I’ve no obligation to share it); they provided the Nutcracker themed items I used to prop the pictures.

You can pop over to their website to see the recipe I created - and I’ve shared a post on my own blog too; link in bio.

Creating these bad boys was no mean feat without a kitchen, but they’ve turned out better than I’d hoped 😊

A little bit of Christmas magic too - they disappeared almost as soon as I’d made them 😉
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  • Happy happy 1st December!! One last month of 2019 - and just 24 more days until Christmas!!! 🎄🥳🎄🥳 I’ve been making cookies for a blog post over the last few days; no mean feat when you don’t have a kitchen 😝

I’ve been like the travelling baker... pitching up to friends houses and using their kitchens. 
I’ve been making these little nutcracker biscuits for @lauraashleyuk . This pic shows them in their unfinished state — I’ll share a finished pic next week for #nationalcookieday day!

As well as cookie day it’ll be week 15 of our @the_listed_home build.

If you’ve been following our progress over there, you’d know that last week was a bit of a disaster 😬😱 I’m hoping that December will be kind to us and we can get our extension watertight before the new year! 😜
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