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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Perfect toy for Christmas – the Mighty Mountain Mine

Perfect toy for Christmas – the Mighty Mountain Mine

We love Hape wooden products, they are really well made and make for great imaginative play. The wooden marble run was a favourite for Isla, this Mighty Mountain Mine is perfect for little train lovers. It kept the kiddies entertained for hours, and Mummy whilst she built it of course. VIEW the POST

Life-saving campaign #YouVsTrain – keep teenagers safe

Life-saving campaign #YouVsTrain – keep teenagers safe

Now I know my little ones are little, not teenagers for a while, but the thought of them going out and about playing near the train tracks when they get older - scares me so much! I hate the thought of them not knowing the dangers of the tracks and I will make sure they do now. Even I have learnt something with this life-saving campaign.... #YouVsTrain.  VIEW the POST

Why do kids like toy trains so much?

Why do kids like toy trains so much?

When we were kids our parents used to tell us that when they were kids they had to make their own fun. These days thereโ€™s no need. Weโ€™re months, at most a couple of years, away from affordable quality virtual reality. There are videogames that simulated galaxies that are literally bigger than our own galaxy. Kids are growing up in an age when they have access to every single book, comic, song movie, and TV show ever made, plus all of YouTube (well all of YouTube we havenโ€™t slapped a parental lock, but itโ€™s only a matter of time until they crack that). VIEW the POST

A day in history as the Flying Scotsman whooshed by

A day in history as the Flying Scotsman whooshed by

Today, as you may have seen all over the news, the Flying Scotsman took a trip from London's Kings Cross to York. It all started at 8:45am when I got a text from my Mumma saying she was waiting at the end of her road to see it whoosh by. Then as I got the children in the car, for the school trip, I asked "shall we go and see the special steam train?" and of course the reply was a big YES.  VIEW the POST

Will you help the NSPCC by running the London marathon?

The NSPCC has been announced as the official charity partner for the Virgin Money London Marathon 2016 โ€“ a year that also marks 30 years of the charityโ€™s ChildLine service. Did you know that only 3 out of 4 children that call up for help are getting it at the moment? Theyโ€™re asking our runners to raise ยฃ2.3 million to help them recruit and train more counsellors to reduce waiting times and ensure they can provide support to every child who needs them, however and whenever they choose to get in touch. Every step, every mile, will help them keep every child safe from abuse. So what are you doing in 2016?