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☕️ Come and make a delicious 𝗚𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 and enjoy the cosy season creeping in…⁣
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𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲𝗮 have launched the limited edition and premium seasonal spiced flavours for Autumn and one of them is this Gingerbread hot chocolate. Our favourite!⁣
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3 heaped teaspoons of hot chocolate is all you need per serving. We used our 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 oat milk and vegan squirty cream to make this hot chocolate. ⁣
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The kids love this after a 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 day at school and now the season is starting to turn it is perfect for an afternoon drink after a nice walk in nature.⁣
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Check out the rest of the Autumn range from @whittardofchelsea1886. They have 𝗰𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗲 and 𝘁𝗲𝗮 flavoured for the upcoming season too. Yummy!⁣

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#prgifted ⁣We received these new products to test and share with my followers.
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ᵃᵈ The other week we went to 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮 for a yummy family meal. We love it here as it’s by the marina, so we can enjoy a walk and play in the park before dinner. They have a fab garden space too, it’s perfect for the Summer evenings and for the upcoming Autumn weekends.⁣
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The new ‘𝟳𝟰 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 is absolutely awesome for families, there is so much choice and plenty of vegetarian options. We all got to choose something that we loved, so everyone was happy.⁣
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Isla loved the new 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗴𝗮𝗿 mocktail. It came with a frozen watermelon in the drink, she said it was absolutely delicious. We’re going to try and make that at home!⁣
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The staff are super 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆, the delicious food is served quickly and it is great value for money. ⁣
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𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢 @beefeateruk? ⁣
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#prgifted We received a voucher towards this meal in exchange for our review.⁣
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🐾💔 My beautiful fluffbag, 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘆. You were the best cat and we are going to miss you so very much.⁣
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Rocky was a surprise, Hubby came home from work one day (about 15 and a half years ago) with his hands behind his back & I heard a little 𝘀𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗮𝗸. He became Rambo’s best friend & watching them grow up together was magic!⁣
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I’m sure he was part dog, as he had very dog like traits: He would go out with the dogs and come back in after he’d had a wee. He would sit when I gave him a treat. You would always find him 𝘀𝗻𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 up with his furbrothers.⁣
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I’m going to miss our 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 moments like when he would snuggle under the duvet & tuck himself in by my tummy, with his head resting on my arm. Or when he’d dribble all over my notepad whilst I’m on a teams call. He was a very chatty cat, always talking to me… if I told him he was a good boy he would squint his eyes at me with content.⁣
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Our house will never be the same. We are all 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 & I’m really struggling with the notion I haven’t got my work buddy tomorrow. But what’s making it bearable is imagining Rocky is up there with his furbrothers. Together again.⁣
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I can’t believe we’ve lost all of our pets within the last 𝟵 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀. My heart is broken into 3… I will miss him so much. 😣

#riprocky #petloss #petlossgrief #grievingprocess #petlovers #petgrief #familypet #familypetloss #familyfirst #catsofinstagram #catoftheday #petstagram #petsofinstagram #petoftheday #rockymycat #ripcat #thingswillneverbethesame #networkbloggers #themumedition

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🍂 The leaves are starting to scatter… it can only mean one thing: Autumn is on the way!

I handed my assignment in… now the waiting of whether I passed or not. It was my final one and so it’s worth 50% of the year. As you can imagine it’s pretty nerve wracking.

A degree apprenticeship is harder than it looked. Not only do you study the academic aspects of a degree, you also do the apprenticeship side of things. Both have learning and assignments. That’s 8 a year!

On top of working full time and being a parent, oh and a blogger. Yes, it’s been a hard few years. But if we can all just cross fingers that I’ve got more than 40% on this last assignment - I’ll be so happy! 🤣

Now it’s done I can start looking forward to Autumn. It’s my favourite season and makes me so happy. I’ve got lots of exciting things to share with you over the next few weeks… an Autumnal themed competition for one!

What do you love about Autumn? 🍂

#mummyphotoaday ~ leaves

#autumn #autumniscoming #autumnal #autumnsun #reflection #uni #studymotivation #university #openuniversity #cmda #degreeapprenticeship #challenging #photoaday #photooftheday #themumedition #networkbloggers #photochallenge2023 #makethemostoflife

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✏️ What a week…These 2 threw themselves back into 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 without any issues and completely smashed it! Isla has joined her big brother again as she started secondary school. She is still a bit nervous, it must be daunting having so many people in the year and it’s such a big school. Noah seems to have seamlessly transitioned into year 8.⁣
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They’ve been told they can leave their blazers at home, due to the 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲, but they’ve both worn them all day. 🥵 I don’t know how they’ve done it.⁣
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I thought it would be 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 already, not sweaty weather! Clearly chose the wrong photo prompt for mummyphotoaday! ⁣
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On another note I’ve been head down studying for my very final assignment for 𝘂𝗻𝗶. Deadline is Tuesday, so forgive me if you do not hear from me for a few days. I am so excited to finish, it will be one of my biggest achievements. ⁣
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How has your transition back to school/work or uni life been this week? ⁣
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#mummyphotoaday ~ 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹

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🤸🏻‍♀️ Come and see a 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 of a gymnast by Isla! She wanted to show you the kinds of things they get up to in class and hopefully inspire some new, budding, gymnasts.⁣
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𝗚𝘆𝗺𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 is a brilliant club for children to learn a new skill. Not only has Isla been learning gymnastics but also confidence. She is a different girl to what started a few years ago, she loves going to class and absolutely loves the girls in her group.⁣
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I’m hoping Isla has got her level 6, which she is currently working towards. 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 week are every quarter where we get to see how close Isla is to the next level up. The girls love working towards the star of the week each class too! ⁣
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If you’re interested in Gymfinity then please use my code 𝗠𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗬𝟭𝟬𝟬 to get a waiver off the joining fee, which saves you £15.⁣
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Let me know if you get 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 from seeing Isla, it would make her day… 🤸🏻‍♀️ ⁣

Thank you @gymfinitykids for helping Isla with her confidence and gymnastics skills.
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#prgifted Isla gets her lessons partially funded in exchange for us showing you what she gets up to.

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We had a chilled weekend, the last of the Summer Holidays, no plans and just us. The kids still have a few days at home this week but we wanted to start getting in a good 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲: bedtime and waking up!⁣
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Saturday we went for a lovely walk after stuffing our faces at the Pizza Hut all you can eat buffet. The walk around the marina is so lovely, look at that 𝘀𝗸𝘆? ⁣
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Sunday we spent most of the day chilling at the side of another lake, Grafham. It felt very hot with little wind, the sun was 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁. We had a mini badminton tournament & the kids bounced on the pillow. They love it there. I finally got to take Isla to see Barbie last night too: I was gutted the Barbie box had been taken down.⁣
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I do love weekends like this when it’s just chilled and there’s no rushing to get places. Now we have a couple of days to get back into a routine and prepare for 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝘆 school. 😱 ⁣
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Are you ready for the early mornings and rushing around again? ⁣
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#mummyphotoaday ~ 𝗦𝗸𝘆 & 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 ⁣
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🍂 My favourite season is incoming… ooh it’s that month full of 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘯, 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘗𝘶𝘮𝘱𝘬𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦, 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘥𝘢𝘺 & 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺: 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿. ⁣
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The September 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 prompts for #MummyPhotoADay are in the image above. Please 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 & save this post!⁣ ⁣
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Join in on any day you like… or 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘆. ⁣
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I have loved seeing the August photos. Such beautiful photos. Here are my favourite 9:⁣
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📸⁣ ⁣ @thimbleandtwig ⁣
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📸⁣ ⁣ @life.with.the.holmes ⁣
📸⁣ ⁣ @kerri.andherkids ⁣
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📸⁣ ⁣ @elba_mummypic ⁣
📸⁣ ⁣ @theclarkesfamilyadventures
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Use the hashtag #MummyPhotoADay, we will all 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 and 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞.⁣ 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯! ⁣
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I’d love to spread this photo challenge to many more people. It’s good fun and gives you something positive to focus on.⁣
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Now, here’s your part: Tag your 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 friends who you think would enjoy this challenge...📸⁣ Go Go Go!!! ⁣
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This is the 4th year of my photo challenge & there are over 𝟸𝟽,𝟶𝟶𝟶 photos.⁣
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It’s not everyday you get to explore such beautiful scenery. So we made the most out of our trip to the 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁. ⁣
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This was our second walk. We parked up in 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 and did a loop out to the Stepping Stones, along the river and up the hill on the other side of the village. ⁣
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These 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 were huge and the gaps between them were equally ginormous. Some of them I had to leap over and I had to help the kiddies do the same. But, because it wasn’t an easy crossing it made it much more fun. ⁣
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The river is 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 because it has a lot of peat in it… fun fact from my husband! ⁣
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𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴?⁣
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#mummyphotoaday ~ 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗱𝗮𝘆 ⁣
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🥿 How are you getting on with your Back to School to do list? We ticked one job of our list today, the children’s school shoes. They look so smart and ready for secondary school, thanks to Start-Rite. ⁣
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Noah is going into year 8, he is very excited about going back to school. He is very studious and sporty, he wanted some smart shoes that he could get off quickly to play football at lunch. He chose the 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗿 shoe, it’s a smart lace up design and with breathability. ⁣
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Isla is starting secondary school and is feeling quite nervous. She’s spent the last 6 months bending the rules with her uniform and so wanted something that is comfortable, looked cool and was still within the new schools uniform rules. She chose the 𝗦𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵 shoe, it’s a patent slip on loafer. They look so lovely and are made with Air-Rite technology that allows air to flow around the shoe. ⁣
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Saturday 14th December 2013 “Homemade Grotto” (348/365)

By MummyConstantDecember 14, 20131 Comment

Today all the Grottos around our area were fully booked, you can’t spontaneously go to see Father Christmas these days. So instead I made a grotto in the playroom and grandad was Father Christmas. The kids had no idea, I loved it.

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Eve
December 16, 2016

A simple and ineeillgtnt point, well made. Thanks!

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