Back to books – February update
It’s taken me a while to get round to publishing my February books round up. I only read 4 books after a busy January, but am still on track for my 52 book challenge this year. I’ve got a few…
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Mother’s Day gifts and jewellery at Notonthehighstreet.com
*Ad – gifted We all know it’s Mother’s Day coming up, and either hope for a lie in, breakfast in bed, a gift and card, or a combination of all 3. Thankfully N comes home from both nurseries with Mother’s…
Learning and exploring with Lego
Who doesn’t love Lego? It’s usually a part of everyone’s childhood, and N’s just progressing from Duplo to proper Lego. Unlike when we were children, there’s now massive ranges of Lego, and more options for different age ranges. I’m all…
Book review: A chilling novel – The Ice Twins by SK Tremayne
When I was chosen to review this book, I was really excited. The blurb sounded haunting, and after feeling a bit meh over the last book I read, I wanted to get back to one I really got into. The…
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Garden planning – giving butterflies a home
I’ve been saying for years we need to do something with the garden. The wall needs a bit more compost or soil in so the flowers will be higher up and seen rather than sunken in the bottom of the…
Learn to fasten with Zip It by Patricia Hegarty
I was looking forward to receiving this Zip It hardback book from Little Tiger Press, written by Patricia Hegarty and illustrated by Fhiona Galloway. While it looks like a book for younger children, it’s aimed at 3-6 year olds, with…
Getting creative – designing and painting t shirts
I’ve had a stash of fabric paints for ages, and meant to get round to decorating some bags and tops, but needless to say we never got round to it. But recently buytshirtsonline.co.uk sent us a t-shirt design kit to let N…
The ideal book for a farmer’s son? Good little bad little pig
Our latest Book Buddy read from Parragon Books is Good little bad little Pig by Margaret Wise Brown, and illustrated by Loretta Schauer. I thought this book would appeal to N given the subject matter. The story is about a…
An introduction to Flashsticks – learning Spanish
I’d love to be fluent in another language. After 7 years of French at school (at GCSE I found it easy, but A level traumatised me forever!), and a fleeting couple of years doing Spanish, my verbal language skills are…
Going organic with Green People Age Defy+ skincare
I have to admit to being a bit slack on the skincare front. I always cleanse, but I prefer a water based cleanser which is more like a toner (morning face wash in the shower is fine, but I still…
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Personalised books with Penwizard
I remember being bought a personalised book when I was a child and loved reading how I and my friend helped Snow White and the 7 Dwarves save the day. I always thought it was magical being in a book…
