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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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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This is a guest post by FCA registered brokerage;ย Reassured. Joint life insurance is a policy taken out by a couple, which protects both parties simultaneously.ย You pay one monthly premium, thereโ€™s a single policy document and the terms and conditions cover both named parties.ย But is joint life insurance cover always the best option?ย From our experience, those in long-term relationships, often choose joint life insurance without considering the alternatives. After all, they probably already share the household bills, a bank account and/or a mortgage with their partner. VIEW the POST

Setting up a shared bedroom with ReallySpruce

Setting up a shared bedroom with ReallySpruce

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Will you two stop fighting!!

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#SilentSunday 26 June 2016

#SilentSunday 26 June 2016

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#SilentSunday 19 June 2016

#SilentSunday 19 June 2016

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5 tips to understand the new shared parental leave legislation

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