The aim of these interviews is to show how AMAZING us working single parents are. I want to highlight how hard, but also how rewarding being a working single parent is, and to hear how other people in my position handle the tougher times, in the hopes I learn how to be the best parent I can…
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Our Blaze & The Monster Machines Party
Read moreWe had a Blaze and The Machines party yesterday which included four fabulous STEM activities that got their little brains working! STEM is learning through Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths and has become a really popular way to engage young children in learning recently. We had a group of six preschoolers and (age 3 and…
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My Plight to Save Our Local Park
Read moreOur local park is an absolute state and rather than sit and moan about it I’m trying to do something about it! Chunk and I do our best to avoid the small, run down park as out of the nine pieces of equipment it has, three are broken and the rest (bar one) are for…
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Preparing for our Blaze & The Monster Machines Party!
Read moreI’ll be taking part in a Blaze and the Monster Machines Twitter Party this week and you’re invited! Grab a pen/phone and put the following into your diary: Blaze Party takes place Wednesday 16th March 2016, 1- 3pm. Blaze and the Monster Machines is a series for pre-school children featuring Blaze, the world’s most amazing…
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Mud Painting with The Outdoors Project
Read moreChunk and I have had a really fun week going back to basics outdoors! We signed up to attend a session with The Outdoors Project who run various sessions for children of all ages during term time and holidays. The Outdoors Project As their name suggests it’s all outside activities including nerf games, bouldering, climbing,…
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Easter Gift Ideas (and not all Chocolate!)
Read moreEaster is quite early this year so in an attempt to be vaguely prepared I have started to look for presents for various people in my family. Eggs Kids love chocolate (and so do most adults) and it feels wrong not to give a yummy gift for Easter. I’ve got the boys some Cadbury’s eggs,…
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Giveaway: Beatrix Potter DVD Collection
Read moreTo celebrate 150 years since the birth of Beatrix Potter, there is now a special DVD box set coming out on March 7th and I have one copy to give away to one of you lucky readers! The Beatrix Potter Collection – The World Of Peter Rabbit & Friends [DVD] contains 9 classic episodes from Peter…
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Single Parent Spotlight 28: Fran
Read moreThe aim of these interviews is to show how AMAZING us working single parents are. I want to highlight how hard, but also how rewarding being a working single parent is, and to hear how other people in my position handle the tougher times, in the hopes I learn how to be the best parent I can…
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Mother’s Day Gift Ideas 2016
Read moreMother’s Day Gift Ideas Mother’s Day has come up on me shockingly fast this year and that’s partly because it seems so much earlier than usual this year! If, like me, you are also panicking because you didn’t realise it was that close and you have no idea what to get your mother, then fear…