๐ŸŽ„ This is the perfect way to start the festive seasonโ€ฆ this ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น at National Trust Wimpole Hall is absolutely breathtaking. โฃ
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I love the combination of beautiful landscape, mesmerising ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ and music that just fills your heart with happy, festive, memories. โฃ
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This is the second time weโ€™ve been and it is definitely going to be our new Christmas ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. We love it!โฃ
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This is an hour walk snipped into 90 seconds. It really doesnโ€™t do it justice, but hopefully given you enough of a clue to want to go and make your own traditions. โฃ
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๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต? โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ โฃ
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๐Ÿ’ป Guess whoโ€™s got a ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ? Oh yes, that is me. Over 3 years of hard work has led me to this and I feel so proud of myself. Starting a degree during Covid and homeschooling children and working is just insane when I think back.โฃ
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All that study time means I have a BSc Hons in ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. I love that this is a universal degree, it means I can use it whatever my future holds. โฃ
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As itโ€™s an apprenticeship, through my employer, I still have some work to do to finish off. But my certificate is en routeโ€ฆ the hard work is done. I wouldnโ€™t have been able to do this if it wasnโ€™t for my employer giving me time to study and Hubby for giving me the space to work into the evenings and weekends. Itโ€™s a lot of time. And I will be forever grateful. โฃ
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I love learning and itโ€™s something Iโ€™ve always wanted to do, as I left uni at 20 without my ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜„ degree. It was my biggest regret leaving so close to the end. But Iโ€™ve done it now and thatโ€™s the main thing. โฃ
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๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ? โฃ
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๐ŸŽ† Anyone else think ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ are super pretty but also just too loud? Itโ€™s a shame they come with such a bang! ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต? ๐Ÿคฃ โฃ
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Rambo was terrified of them, he would shake and not eat for days around this time of year. I often made him a den somewhere, so he could hide. Itโ€™s not nice seeing your ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ go through that. So weโ€™ve never really embraced this occasion by going to a firework event. โฃ
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Instead we sit and watch them from the glass windows, where weโ€™re warm and safe. I raised a glass of ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐˜‡ to my furbabies up in heaven tonight. The night sky was deep blue and clear so I could see the beautiful stars inbetween the fireworks. โฃ
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๐˜‹๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด? โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ โฃ
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๐ŸŽƒ โ€ฆ and thatโ€™s a wrap! Happy ๐—› ๐—” ๐—Ÿ ๐—Ÿ ๐—ข ๐—ช ๐—˜ ๐—˜ ๐—ก. โฃ
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Weโ€™ve been trick or treating, playing Halloween songs, dressing up and being ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜† tonight. Itโ€™s been fun. We put a speaker on the front door playing Halloween songs. It made it lots of fun for the children who knocked on the door this evening. โฃ
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๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข spooky day? โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ปโฃ
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๐Ÿฉ What a super special treat from @krispykremeuk . We got to try their ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Krispy Kreme box & the ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜. Krispy Kreme have launched 4 eerie-sistible doughnuts to bring joy and frights this Halloween. โฃ
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The Limited Edition box includes: โฃ
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๐Ÿ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ~ ring doughnut with apple covered icing โฃ
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๐Ÿบ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„๐—นโ€™ ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ~ ring doughnut with chocolate frosting โฃ
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๐ŸŽƒ ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ~ toffee apple filled doughnut (these are the same in the DIY kit) โฃ
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๐Ÿง›โ€โ™€๏ธ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ โ€˜๐—ป ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ~ raspberry filled doughnut โฃ
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We have a new favourite ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜ in Casa Constant: Pumpkin Patch. The toffee apple filling is absolutely delicious. โฃ
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The kids had lots of fun decorating their ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€. ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ? โฃ
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๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐Ÿ‘ป 

#krispykremedoughnuts #krispykremeuk #pumpkindoughnuts #pumpkindecorating #sweettreats #trickortreat #halloweenfun #halloweendecorations #familyfun #octoberchallenge #funchallenge #halloweenfoods #halloweeninspo๐ŸŽƒ #thisishalloween #spooktacular #howloween #toffeeapple  #networkbloggers 

#prreview We received these treats in exchange for Halloween fun.
๐Ÿ‘ป We absolutely love ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป and thought weโ€™d embrace a little family fun scare on holidayโ€ฆ โฃ
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Noah loved being a ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—š๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ and Isla embraced the ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† costume! They both played their parts perfectlyโ€ฆ โฃ
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These costumes are from @costumesdotcomuk . They have a super arrange of Halloween outfits for adults and kids, so you can have the best ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป this October. โฃ
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They are great ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† and ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€. Noahโ€™s included the cape, mask and gloves. Islaโ€™s included the dress, which is all in one and the wig came separately. We used the adult wig as I thought it would get more use. โฃ
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๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ?โฃ
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Weโ€™ve started our half term week with a bang and I think weโ€™re going to have a lot of fun. Mostly because Iโ€™ll be in the ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฏ for the entire week! Well near enough. โฃ
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We are staying in this ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ - itโ€™s pretty cool and compact. It looked a bit different than the lodges on the site. Iโ€™ll show you around in my stories over the week. โฃ
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Weโ€™ve been swimming, for a ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ around the site and we are busy planning the rest of our half term. โฃ
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Weโ€™ve never stayed in the south of Devon before, so weโ€™re looking forward to exploring and finding new places. Ps it took us 6 hours to ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น down here! Iโ€™m hoping the trip home is a bit quickerโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿคฃโฃ
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5 Reasons to be thankful for family

5 Reasons to be thankful for family

No matter what, we all have a family. From our parents, grandparents, siblings and extended family right through to our partners, children and grandchildren of our own in later life, family plays an important role throughout the course of life. Our family is a vital support network, one which provides us with all-important love, care, sympathy and words of kindness. Families should be there to help you out in your time of need โ€“ after all, who else will know you better than your close family!VIEW the POST

My top tips for camping with small children

My top tips for camping with small children

The usual sounds of an English campsite: air pumps filling up the inflatable mattresses, small children giggling, screaming and crying (the crying is normally our children). As I sit here in the campsite, the sun is setting, I started to think about the essentials and wondered what my essential and top tips for other families would be. Before I knew it, I had a list:  VIEW the POST

Travelling with Children my top 10 tips

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Helping someone with hearing loss

Helping someone with hearing loss

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Toddler Talk: Noah’s prompt book

Toddler Talk: Noah’s prompt book

To help with Noah's talking and learning words I thought it would be a good idea to start a prompt book with pictures and the associated word to help him along. The reason I decided to make my own book for him is because other books that you can buy don't have the words together that Noah has learnt so far. So I figured if I made him a book of his own, I can add words & drawings as and when he learns new words. So we can practice the words he's learnt and also as he is starting to say new words I can add them to help him learn these words. Like bus, he can say "bu" but isn't pronouncing the S so I've drawn it all up to help him learn. It seems to be working, he's certainly trying! Noah's new word of the week is ...