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Iโ€™ve eaten loads and drunk far too much coffeeโ€ฆ I wanted to bounce on the beds and run around revolving doors (like in Home Alone) but this hotel didnโ€™t have those kinds of doors. Just this entrance with ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น, ornate, mirrors. โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น โฃ

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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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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† 

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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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Primary children see the highest learning loss from Covid-19

Primary children see the highest learning loss from Covid-19

After a long stint of remote learning, online tutoring, and self-learning, in-person learning is a new experience for many of the youngest children in the UK. We're only just beginning to uncover the extent to which the disruption of their formative years has impacted their education. Research is underway in every area from halted social skills and capacity for rule-following, to retention, and the ability to concentrate.ย  VIEW the POST

How we are coping with lockdown 3 and helpful tips

How we are coping with lockdown 3 and helpful tips

January 2021 and that dreaded news hits our ears: "schools are closing to all students". I can deal with all other restrictions but closing the schools to the children just breaks my heart. They were so sad, Isla cried herself to sleep and just knowing how much they will miss their friends and routine. I thought I would write down my feelings during lockdown 3 and some helpful tips on what we are doing to overcome some of these feelings. VIEW the POST

Things I need for lockdown with school children

Lockdown 3 is a lot different to the first lockdown. I know I am not the only one to think that. In the Spring it was bright, sunny, dry and getting out in the garden was easy. We also had lots of space to use for quiet office space, our conservatory for example. This time around we are all trying to use the same spaces and we are not getting out into the garden as much. We also do not have the luxury of being a pretend teacher this time as we have so much work to do! Here’s what we need for lockdown with school children:

Ways to make homeschooling UK more fun

Ways to make homeschooling UK more fun

When we talk of homeschooling, it doesn't necessarily have to mean endless flashcards and workbooks. Remember that it's a homeschool, so it doesn't have to handle like a private or public school. Homeschool fun begins when you start to relax. If a thing is not working for you or your kids, it's okay to change it. Here are some ways you can make homeschooling more fun for your kids. This is a post relating to homeschooling UK. VIEW the POST

Enter to win this fantastic bundle of new SMASH lunchboxes

Enter to win this fantastic bundle of new SMASH lunchboxes

With Back to School (hopefully) around the corner I teamed up with SMASH to offer one lucky reader the chance to win this fab bundle of lunch bags and water bottles. They are fashionable, functional and affordable products that are perfect for the little ones this September. These are an exclusive range only available at Asda this August! VIEW the POST

We trusted that caretaker! He fooled us all.

On the 9th June 2020 we found out that the former caretaker at the children’s first primary school had been charged with 21 offences in relation to children. I have not been able to write anything as I didn’t want to hinder the court case, but today he was sentenced; he only got 5 years! No parent should have to go through this; the guilt, the anger, the disgust. He fooled us all. I am grateful I got to hug them tight throughout homeschooling, it comforted me for that period of time to know they were safe at home.