Autumn Days Out - Feeding the kid's curiosity!
I love Autumn, it has so much character and unpredictability. The other day number 1 son and I went with friends down to our local...
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- Jun 24
- 2 min
Beautiful, useful and free family days out - Cider Apple picking
Cider Apple Picking – what’s your picking personality? What could be more quintessentially English, quintessentially West Country than a...
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- Nov 11, 2020
- 1 min
National Vanilla Cupcake Day
What a brilliant idea! Cupcakes are always wonderful, and vanilla is an unsung hero of the kitchen so here is my favourite super-simple...
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- Oct 7, 2020
- 2 min
Dyslexia Week - A super-power uncovered
This week is Dyslexia Week, an annual event to help people become more aware of dyslexia and how it affects others. According to the...
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- Sep 28, 2020
- 1 min
When our kids start growing up- what about us?
A Yesterday was such a day, off he went with a friend to a skate park for the afternoon and there was I left to do what I wanted to do....
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- May 17, 2019
- 2 min
Our children's mental health - #mentalhealthawarenessweek
Number 1 son loves being outdoors. We are very fortunate to live in a small, rural village where I feel confident enough to allow him to...
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- May 9, 2019
- 2 min
Children shut out of playground
Churchyard and Playground: closed due to vandalism Are our children failing us or are we failing them? My grandpa, always fond of a...
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- Mar 5, 2019
- 2 min
Are our children part of a very large digital experiment?
Do you feel like you and your children are part of a very large digital experiment? An experiment that you won’t know the results of...
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- Oct 11, 2018
- 2 min
Parenting - Breaking news: Today I had a bath!
Breaking news: Today I had a bath. How is this news? I hear you cry. I love baths, I love mellowing out in some slightly too hot water...
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- Sep 25, 2018
- 2 min
Analog world v digital world - time to go retro?
My grandma often used to chuckle “if you hold on to something long enough, it’ll come back in fashion”. I’m not sure I fully appreciated...
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- Sep 17, 2018
- 2 min
Same old, same old - Is it positive to get back to the routine of daily life
Same old, same old... Is it just me or have you also found it really hard to get back into things since the summer holiday? The Swiss...
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- Jul 12, 2018
- 1 min
The England team�??s coming home but every cloud�?�.
Number one son had his first taste of football five years ago in his reception class where it transpired that his understanding was that...
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- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
The Birds - evil or misunderstood?
I realise that number one sone and I are incredibly fortunate to live in an idyllic setting like Cornwall. It is every bit the ‘Poldark’...
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- Jun 27, 2018
- 3 min
Our kids and the game Fortnite!
Once upon a time fortnite was a mis-spelt word meaning 14 days. Now it’s a computer game on the tip of the tongue of both children and...
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- Jun 12, 2018
- 1 min
Get the kids out and geocache the world!
Number one son excitedly searched through the undergrowth alongside his German cousin, eleven years his senior. They turned over stones...
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- May 16, 2018
- 2 min
Pod-tastic Play... kid's Royal Wedding fever in the playground
Number one son’s school has a new feature in the playground. The kids are incredibly excited about it; number one son has talked about...
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- Apr 6, 2018
- 1 min
Has Spring sprung? Hear the birds.
Has Spring sprung? I am an eternal optimist and would like to say yes it has. What are the signs? Well, in our lovely rural part of South...
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- Mar 24, 2018
- 2 min
Where have all the NHS children's dentists gone?
So….number one son has broken his two front teeth! Yes they are his big teeth. It all happened the moment after I made the classic risk...
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- Mar 6, 2018
- 1 min
Mother�??s day is coming�?� the gift is the giver.
I am a single parent so there's no help available when number one son wants to buy me a gift. Knowing that he wanted to buy me a present...
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- Nov 15, 2017
- 1 min
Remembrance and Story-telling - Lest we Forget
Story-telling in our culture is often left to the ‘professionals’, we take our children along to story time at the library or get excited...
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