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Review: Dinosaurs in SPace Zu3D Animation Kit

December 1, 2013 by

We’ve reviewed a Zu3D animation kit before and had an absolute ball with it; it has remained a popular piece of kit, even though time to actually do animating seems to have dwindled to nothing these days. 🙁 Maddy absolutely adored it then and Josie, who is the most inclined to spend time on such […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Dinosaurs in Space, kids animation set, learn to animation, plasticine stop go animation, ZU3D

Lax Toddler Parenting #7: late nights and rubbish routines.

November 30, 2013 by

Fran and Maddy used to have a bedtime. Once we got Fran past the ‘I can stay awake all night’ toddler phase, the two of them used to conk out at 7pm every night. It was a short period of bliss. Them we did a few house moves, had a baby, got a bit slack […]

Filed Under: Toddler Play Tagged With: routines, slack parenting, sleep

Review: Top CashBack Shopping Bonus Website.

November 30, 2013 by

When you lead an insanely busy life, which we do, you can be guilty of not taking the time to find out more about some of the things that people tell you about; I’ve seen people refer to Top CashBack an awful lot over the years but somehow I’ve never quite found the time to […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Uncategorized Tagged With: cash back, earning cash back online, review, shopping website review, topcashback

Got ya.

November 28, 2013 by

This will be our fourth Christmas without him. I’m quite practiced at this now. I’ve learned what to do and what not to do. I know I’ll cry when I see 5 stocking put out, but not as hard as I cried at 4 and when it felt like there was no hope of there […]

Filed Under: Freddie, Grief, Thinking Tagged With: #glowinthewoods, change, grief, life after loss

Sponsored Video: Project Sunlight #brightfuture

November 27, 2013 by

It’s not like the old days. In the old days the air sparkled and was full of birds. Tweeting meant a noise, a natural noise, heard with ears, not eyes. We played in mud and out in the street and illness was proper, wholesome illness and broken arms didn’t mean a week off school while […]

Filed Under: Charity, Uncategorized Tagged With: #brightfuture, Project Sunlight, small changes, sustainable future, Unilever

Education the other way.

November 27, 2013 by

After years of being the ‘slightly not in a box’ home ed group on visits and trips out, I experienced being a ‘mum on a school trip’ this week. Josie’s year went on a trip to the Egyptian area of the British Museum and I decided to go too. This was partly because I was […]

Filed Under: Josie, Trips Out

Review: Rosie Flo Pool Party Craft Kit

November 23, 2013 by

It won’t come as any surprise to you to find that I love craft kits – all crafting – and I particularly love businesses that does as ours has done, grow out of an idea and enthusiasm. I’ve been an admirer of Rosie Flo and her fabulous colouring books for a long time, we’ve had […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: colouring, craft kits, crafting, pool party review, review, rosie flo

Penguin Cake.

November 22, 2013 by

Josie still loves penguins and so her Fimo penguin cake toppers have come out for a third trip. I’m pretty proud of this one though. One more cake to make this year; Fran missed out so I have promised to make a Christmas cake themed to Fran-ness 🙂 Here is Josie’s though, all ready for […]

Filed Under: Cookery Tagged With: cake, cake decirating, fimo, fondant, icing, penguin cake, penguins

Lax Toddler Parenting #6: Scissors Equals Felt Fun

November 21, 2013 by

Bene has very, very nearly mastered the word scissors, an odd one to acquire before some of the more basic ones. Or biscuit, which in my experience is usually right up there. I think it is probably due to his sisters leaving them around a lot, resulting in someone suddenly shrieking ‘scissors!!!!’ A short wrestling […]

Filed Under: Benedict, Toddler Play Tagged With: colours, felt, home made toys, play, shapes, toddlers

Review: Rakuten's Play.com Online Shopping Experience

November 21, 2013 by

I’m sort of quite a big fan of Rakuten’s Play.com. I say sort of, because I never really remember to actually use it which is annoying because as well as being a fan, I approve of them too. I approve of any selling platform which attempts to find its feet against the world dominating corporations […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: buy DVDs, buying books, buying clothing online, buying dancewear, buying gadgets, buying toys, online loyalty points, play.com, review, tech

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