Family life

Babysitting circles

ByEmma June 25, 2014

So, babysitting circles. Does anyone still have them in their area? What are they, I hear you ask? When we were kids, we lived on a commuter village housing estate full of families with school age children. It was a…

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Days out | Family life

Visiting penguins at Cotswold Wildlife Park

ByEmma March 30, 2024

Visiting penguins at Cotswold Wildlife Park for one of the last wishes for a family member

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Family life | Food & Drink | On the farm

The Red Tractor, and what it means to me

ByEmma April 25, 2016

Red Tractors…not Massey Ferguson or Case tractors but the little red tractor you see on food. I’ve been reading quite a lot recently about the Red Tractor label, and it’s definitely becoming more visible and understood especially with Alex James…

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Family life | Thoughtful discussion

Toddler dancing in the street, at home, at nursery…

ByEmma October 30, 2013

Like many toddlers, N’s likes to wiggle. I’d call it dancing, but I’m not sure it’s really that. His dad’s been encouraging him. Not to dance (because his dad’s not keen on dancing, especially for boys, so it’s going to…

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Family life | Thoughtful discussion

When the clocks go back

ByEmma September 25, 2014

Any of my readers from overseas probably wonder what all the fuss is about come Autumn and Spring when blogs and twitter feeds are full of parents muttering about the changing clocks in the UK. Yes, if you missed it,…

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Turning a paddock into a dream garden

ByEmma December 30, 2020

I was so happy to see that Activity Toys Direct had launched a competition with Tots100 to find bloggers to work with. With bloggers asked to design their dream garden, I knew this one was calling to me. We’re on…

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Family life | Family life | Health and fitness | Thoughtful discussion

Children and signs of being ill

ByEmma February 16, 2014

We’ve been fairly lurgied up the last week, although N seemed to get over his pretty quickly, and instead, mine’s the cold that’s been lingering. However, he did have a real mix hit him. Two days running I was rung…

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Family life | Family life | Health and fitness | Lifestyle | Thoughtful discussion

Appointment booking fiasco – they should be tongue tied

ByEmma June 1, 2023

Be prepared for a ranty post! I mentioned the random and surprising diagnosis of N’s tongue tie here, and it’s been a long waiting game to actually get an appointment through. I’m astounded at how inefficient and inconsistent the system…

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Family life | Sponsored

Favourite childhood holiday memories

ByEmma June 1, 2023

Favourite childhood holiday memories from childhood in 1980s-90s

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Family life | On the farm

Cousins return

ByEmma June 1, 2023

N’s been missing his cousins, more specifically his youngest cousin, while they’ve been on holiday. He’s got 5 boy cousins and 1 girl cousin from 2 families, one of whom he used to do 2 days a week with to…

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Family life | Parenting

Chain saws – over and out

ByEmma June 1, 2023

N seems to be over his chain saw incident from a couple of weeks ago. Well, I say ‘over’ the incident, obviously I expect him still to hate the sound of them if he’s close to them (similarly to public…

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