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No Resolutions… Just positive actions!

I am sure you have read thousands of peoples ‘ I will be doing this and that’ posts already today. I won’t be saying that I vow to do all of these amazing things because let’s face it- everything is impossible to stick to. There are a few things that I do attempt to do …

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Thanks Another year! Our Christmas has been a good one!

It’s done, gone again, another 363 days until the next one! 2016 as a year has been pretty good. Christmas 2016 has also been great. I have learnt so many things this Christmas that I wont be making the same mistakes again. Mistake 1- Not completely prepping myself for vlogmas! Ok it was the first …

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The parent divide… Elf on the shelf! 

Last year I got on the elf on the shelf bandwagon! It was not something I had thought about but was offered the chance to review one. The Divide- This year I have seen a huge divide between parents who do Elf on the Shelf and parents who don’t. I don’t take the whole thing …

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The night owls…

I work part time 5 days a week 9.30-3.00pm. I am lucky to be able to strictly do those hours. Unless I want to make flexi time. My work is really understanding and helpful towards my parenting responsibility. This has got me thinking… My partner works for a large company and has big projects on at work, …

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Christmas A***hole syndrome…queue the threats!

Christmas….No matter who you are as a parent unless your child is golden… queue the perfect mums judging me! Your child becomes the devil from December 1st… yep it’s a real thing- Christmas A***hole Syndrome. I haven’t had the name officially confirmed with doctors but it’s got to be a real thing surely!! Erin has …

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It’s ONLY 6.44am..

It’s 6.44am… I have already had to send Erin to her room.  Saturday night I battled with my own thoughts and took her out past her bedtime. I knew it was a bad idea. I shouldn’t have done it. It’s left me with 4 days of hell so far. Monday-was put on the “sad square” …

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Hair for kids- 7 day of style! 

When Erin started school it excites me as I now get to play “hair” every morning!  Many people think I spend far too much time messing with Erin’s hair (yes Matthew I’m looking at you!) but I love it and she loves having “princess hair”. I always try to do a new style every day …

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We got there! Half term is upon us! 

Well guys after a lonngggg time to what seemed like it was going to be an agonising start- with crying every day, letters coming home and general worry, we have finally got there! The first half term- at first I wondered what would happen when we arrived at this milestone, would I have gone into …

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#Brightfuture Britmums Challenge with Unilever

Keeping your family safe and sound is a top priority for me and so many others out there. So when we were asked to take part in the Unilever #brightfuture challenge with Britmums, we jumped at the chance, so this post is an entry for BritMums #brightFuture Challenge, sponsored by Unilever http://www.brightfuture.unilever.com. The world is …