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Navigating various children age groups and TV shows.
This year we reached a precarious stage when it came to TV and kids. Our little ones range in age from 1o to 2. There are lots of different tastes in what they like watching, they also have lots of common interests which means that when it comes to limiting TV time we can usually…
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Grey’s Anatomy Season 19 episode 7… Goodbye Mer.
Mild spoilers, read at your own risk. I still remember the very first time my little sister and I sat down to watch Grey’s Anatomy. It was a brand new series and we were there right from the start. I have grown as a teenager and adult alongside this series. I have cried when so…
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Setting healthy expectations on children in the cold
If you are currently living in the UK like our family is you might have been struggling with the weather and the cost of energy. I am not going to lie I have felt very disheartened by the ever rising costs despite limited use. There is just something that breaks your soul not being able…
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Seven Simple Ideas to bring Magic to the Season
There is not long till Christmas. We are all looking forward to it this year though it does feel a little different. I am grateful I was able to purchase presents for my kids, I am only too aware of how many families are not this lucky. We have had to drastically go without heating…
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It’s beginning to look a lot like…
Oh my goodness I can’t believe it is already December! I am so excited! Now don’t get me wrong, I know this year has been and is a struggle for many including us but I am grateful it has been full of good moments and I love the run up to Christmas, so I am…
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Magic Number 2
Last night I went to bed with butterflies in my stomach. This was the last night Peyton had as a one year old and I was remembering that wonderful night two years ago when I finally got to meet her. Today will be a quiet simple day at home, we have a little chocolate cake,…
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Of the Rings of Power show… opinion from a lifelong Tolkien fan.
I have waited to write this to make sure I had given this show a good chance to prove itself. I am a very big Tolkien fan, the type who wore LOTR jewellery on a daily basis and dabbled in Elvish, who read everything she could find written by Tolkien. So it is needless to…
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Roe vs Wade
My heart is broken. But this is not an article that is going to go into the depths of how wrong what is happening in the US is. I feel too raw right now to express this. This article is going to share my personal insight in why the right to abortion is important to…
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Activities to keep children entertained while you are unwell (or need a break)
This last week I have found myself in one of my most disliked scenario. Picture this: five kids, a mega cold, countless symptoms ranging from fever to vomiting, stopping by cough land and conjunctivitis stadium. It has been hard, we of course rounded all our poor little people to get PCR tested to know if…
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How to help children cope when the world feels unsafe.
Today, Thursday the 24th of February 2022 is a day that will go down in the History books. It is a scary day and there is a lot of uncertainty ahead. I don’t know how many people around the world feel it yet but I fear that we are about to see something far worse…
The Little Mermaid Now 