All of a sudden my three year old twin girls seem very grown up. They can now climb up the climbing wall in the park all by themselves. They can walk across the wobbly chain bridge without me holding onto them. They can hold pretty intelligent conversations and they ask sensible, intriguing questions. Every morning…
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Get the kids ready for school with Pisamonas!
Read morePisamonas is a brand that I’ve written about previously. They’re an online children’s shoe store, but they also sell a variety of women’s shoes as well. They specialise in high quality shoes at the best prices you can find! I’ve also been lucky enough to have the pleasure of reviewing some of their shoes and I have…
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The Cost of Nursery School
Read moreOur twins, R and M, are three years old. Starting in September they will be going to nursery school. It’s only two and a half hours a day, but it will strange not to have them home with me all the time. We received a letter a little while ago from the nursery school that…
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School Cooking
Read moreIt’s been quite a while since I was actually in school so I’m not sure how much things have changed since then, but the only thing I was ever taught to make was fruit salad and semolina! I love cooking and baking. I think it’s an important part of our daily lives and I’ll always…
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Books to help children prepare for nursery
Read moreR and M are due to start nursery in September. It’s only two and a half hours to start with, but to them that’s a very long time to be away from mummy and daddy. At present R and M are looked after in their home. On a Monday their daddy looks after them and…
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Preparing for nursery school
Read moreOur twins will soon be three and that means they’ll soon be starting nursery school. They were meant to start in April, but both of our local schools were full so this means they won’t start until September now. In hindsight this is a good thing. They weren’t due to be born until April, which means had they have been born on…
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Starting nursery school. Things you need to know.
Read moreBefore your child starts nursery there are some things that you’ll need to know. If you read my last post, you’ll know that our twins are due to start in September. As such, I’ve been looking for ways to help prepare them for school. It’s important that your child is independent. Being able to put their own coats…
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Return to the school gates: The good, the bad and the ugly!
Read moreIt’s official – half term is well and truly over! Image courtesy of digitalart/freedigitalphotos.net Schools are back and with it some normality can (hopefully) be regained! But, what does the return to school mean for you and your family? For most it means forking out for new school uniforms, pencils, pens and that awful sticky stuff…
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Irrational mum fears – Is it just me?
Read moreThe world seemed a much safer place when it was just me and my husband. We would walk anywhere, at any time, not taking much notice of those who passed us in the street. Care free, even oblivious some may say to the world we live in. In truth it wasn’t that I was oblivious,…