Dance like no-one’s watching – the buzz of dance
I mentioned back in October that I’d started dancing again. I love to dance. As a child, I did ballet from the age of 4 to 16 when I had to give up due to having school on Saturdays, a…
Health and fitness
The freedom of dance – digging out my modern jive dancing shoes
I mentioned a few weeks ago that friends had dragged me along to their zumba classes. Much as I loved the class, when I spotted last week that there was a new modern jive class starting up only 15 minutes…
Starting Zumba classes to ease back into dance
I’ve not exercised properly for a while and really need to. Before having N, and before getting married, I used to exercise lots. I swam, went to the gym and played a lot of squash. Then I got married, and…
Introducing children to sports – a tennis open day
I’m a big tennis fan. Well, not as much as I once was, but racket sports are my thing. At school I used to pretty much play everything in a team being tennis and squash captain at 6th form. Once…
Healing power of Natrasan First aid spray – giveaway
Generally I’m quite relaxed about medical treatment for bumps and bruises. We get a lot of bruises. I think it’s genetic (plus I’m on warfarin so bruise more easily now), because as a child my mum always worried about all…
How to teach kids to ride a bike the easy and no tumble way
Bike Week 2022 is 6-12 June, so get your children cycling and out and about as a family. Way back in 2015 there was a proud mummy moments. N learnt to ride a pedal bike, and took to it straight…
My health, hair and beauty essentials from Chemist Direct
I’m a bit of a creature of habit when it comes to hair and beauty essentials. No, that’s not quite true, with shampoo I do tend to switch between a few brands, and try out some new ranges when they’re…
Getting fitter – scooter in the park while kids cycle
First time out on my (adult) scooter, and I decided that we’d go to the park – me on the scooter and N on his bike. Great way to start getting fit.
Supporting knee niggles with Shock Doctor and a giveaway
Note to self…never assume the OH will play ball with timings for the purpose of review! I was offered the chance to review a Shock Doctor knee support and as the OH at the time had had a dodgy knee…
Tongue tied toddler – tongue tie symptoms and solutions
I wrote previously about N being a tongue tied toddler, not knowing he had it until he was 2.5 years old, and then the faff and worry of whether it was affecting him. Luckily by the time we got him…
Food for thought on healthy eating and pregnancy diet with Aptaclub
When I fell pregnant I’d been on a diet – lots of healthy eating and exercise, and was at my ideal weight. Unfortunately, however much I wanted to eat well, my body was just craving food. No savoury or sweet…just…