We are ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด this oneโ€ฆ Islaโ€™s gone on her first residential with school and sheโ€™s not home until Weds evening. Itโ€™s very quiet without her in the house.โฃ
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Amazing how much ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† she brings to the place and you can really feel it missing when sheโ€™s not here.โฃ
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I know sheโ€™s having a fab time, theyโ€™ve ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด (under supervision of course).โฃ
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I canโ€™t wait to hear all about their ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ when our little lady returns home.โฃ
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Have your kiddies been on a school residential yet?โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

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โ€œ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด. โฃ
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I love this quote. And itโ€™s something Iโ€™ve been thinking about over the last couple of months. I ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ a bit of ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ back in my life.โฃ
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Iโ€™ve been putting off things and felt too depleted to even consider exercise recently. But I know in order to fix myself, ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† and ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†, I need to get back on track and take no shortcuts.โฃ
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I want to ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ in breathtaking landscapes, do fun ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ and I want to pick up ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด again. Iโ€™ll have lots of happy memories of my pups whilst Iโ€™m doing them, which will be my motivation.โฃ
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Iโ€™m going to start by trying to go for a ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ at least once a day. For the past few weeks Iโ€™ve barely done 2000 steps in a day & I know I need to get back out there.โฃ
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๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€โ€ฆ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒโฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ walk

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#bethankfuleveryday #inspireothers #positivity #happinessisaninsidejob #focused #positivemindset #happinessisachoice #thinkpositive #focusonthegood #mindsetiseverything #changestartswithyou #inspiration #changeisgood #youcandoanything #change #me #changetheworld #staytruetoyourself #changemaker #quotes #motivation #photography #changeiscoming #goodvibes #changeyourself #focusonyourgoals #changemakers  #mummyfitness #mentalhealth
A bit late to the party, but happy ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€™๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† to all the wonderful Mums I know. Mums of humans & Mums of furbabiesโ€ฆโฃ
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๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† is so important. It gets you through the tough times, brings the happy times and makes you feel safe.โฃ
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We are all still struggling after losing both of our furbabiesโ€ฆ but ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ & weโ€™re doing it ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.โฃ
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This photo makes me smile. The last time we went to the beach together, to give Snoopy some sea air through his ears.โฃ
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๐— ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†. My memories. I am so ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ to have this lot & have my sacred memories of the furbabies.โฃ
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๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ?โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ Motherโ€™s Day

#family #mothersday #mothersday2023 #motheringsunday #uktradition #mums #mumma #mothers #familytime #familyfirst #beachday #beachvibes #winterbeachdays #wellsnextthesea #norfolk #visitnorfolk #furbabies #dogslife #puppys #doggies #loveislove #memories #reminiscing #missmydogs #grievingdogs #grievingprocess
Quornยฎ๏ธ challenged me to make a quick, delicious & meat free meal. ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ are perfect for lunchtimes whilst working from home. They are also perfect for family lunchtimes on a Saturday as we have little time after clubs.โฃ
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I used some ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ to make a quick and tasty meal (since recording this I now use the ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ which is even quicker than the conventional oven).โฃ
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Being vegetarian is definitely made easier with Quorn products. They are tasty, usually quick to cook & versatile. Isla & Noah love these nuggets too, they prefer them to meat. A family bag of Crispy Nuggets lasts a long time, so they are ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ.โฃ
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My lunch is a Quorn Crispy Nugget roll. So easyโ€ฆ so tasty & perfect for a quick family meal too.โฃ
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Quorn have an ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ on their website now: Quorn Crispy Nuggets take ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ to cook ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป I will put the link to the guide in my stories. โฃ
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What do you cook for a quick lunchtime treat? โฃ
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#mummyphotoaday ~ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ตโฃ
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Music: Back to 1987โฃ
Musician: EnjoyMusicโฃ
Site: https://enjoymusic.aiโฃ
Happy International Womenโ€™s Dayโ€ฆ Iโ€™m lucky enough to have grown up with independent & strong women all around me. Itโ€™s where I get my resilience & determination from.

Itโ€™s something that I want to ensure Isla has too: to be resilient is to have patience and strength. To keep a smile, even if deep down itโ€™s painful. Determination is to have focus and passion. To keep going even if the end is not quite in sight.

I can see a lot of this in her alreadyโ€ฆ she is far more confident than I ever was at 10 and she knows her own mind. Which I love.

Now I need to make sure she has self confidence, self awareness and self love. So she can endure all that life throws at her and she can listen to her body & mind to guide her. 

I love that Iโ€™m still learning things about myself on this motherhood journey: some of those things Iโ€™m learning from Isla.

Iโ€™m very proud of my baby girl ๐Ÿฅฐ

#mummyphotoaday ~ listen 

#mummyanddaughter #daughter #listen #love #parenthood #motherhood #internationalwomensday #womensday #nationalwomensday #sunsetphotos #sunsetsilhouette #iwd2023 #iwd #strongwomen #celebratewomen #familylife #daughterlove #daughterappreciation #gratitude
Get cleaning the air fryer with meโ€ฆ ๐Ÿงผ A slightly different post from me tonight: a handy little tip for cleaning your air fryer.โฃ
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Thereโ€™s something about a cleaning tip that makes cleaning that bit ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. We use the air fryer everyday, we love it. Keeping it clean is important.โฃ
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So: โฃ
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โ–ช๏ธ add ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ to the traysโฃ
โ–ช๏ธ add water to ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ the plates inside the trayโฃ
โ–ช๏ธ air fry for ๐Ÿฏ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€โฃ
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If youโ€™ve only been cooking vegetables and things like that then this is ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต to clean the trays. Simply rinse and dry. โฃ
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If youโ€™ve cooked meats or food that sticks to the trays, like cheese, then give it a good wash afterwards. The air frying will have helped to release those foods!โฃ
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The perfect wooden toys for kids this Christmas

The perfect wooden toys for kids this Christmas

We love wooden toys in the Constant household and were honoured when asked to review Jaques of London wooden toys. Having the right toys is essential for child development and ensuring they learn in the right way. Stimulating imagination and also helping with development of key motor skills. They make perfect presents for Christmas this year, or birthdays throughout the year. VIEW the POST

BRIO fire and rescue wooden toys

BRIO fire and rescue wooden toys

Noah and Isla recieved a wonderful, classic, collection of wooden toys from BRIO, including the firefighter set and rescue boat. They are fabulous wooden toys that can be joined up to many other sets. You can build a huge wooden city out of the tracks and vehicles. The limit is just imagination!  VIEW the POST

Bigjigs Top 10 Wooden Christmas Toys

Each year it gets harder and harder to choose from the hundreds of favourites we have available! This list has been compiled by you the general public, our retailers, toy industry experts and by us, the wooden toy experts. All of the toys that have made the top 10 have been selected on the following criteria: Fun Factor Play Value Developmental Properties Value for Money So without further or do, in reverse order, here are our Bigjigs Top 10 Xmas Toys for 2013:

TOY WEEK: Toys Naturally

TOY WEEK: Toys Naturally

Toys Naturally are a great company, with a fab website, that do fabulous toys for all ages: we were sent a Wooden Fun Stacker to review & Noah has really enjoyed stacking and learning with it. The fun wooden stacker develops motor skills and hand eye coordination, which take time to develop in the early years. Stacking toys are a great way of developing the motor skills required, while simultaneously developing organisational and problem solving skills as toddlers play. Not only this but we can learn colours and sizes with the stacking pieces and this helps to deal with Noah's frustration as he learns how to do it properly. The wooden fun stacker has a guide of 2yrs+ but Noah has been fine with using this toy, he can be a bit brutal with the wooden pole but we only let him play with it under supervision due to the age guide ...

TOY WEEK: PlayMerrily Toys

TOY WEEK: PlayMerrily Toys

Noah has been lucky enough to have a great chance to play with some fab wooden toys from PlayMerrily Toys; they sent us over a Wooden Fruit Cutting Set and Wooden Cake Box Play Food from BigJigs Toys. The Wooden Fruit Cutting Set is such a great idea, we play with this together as the age recommendation is 3+ years (Noah has not had any problems playing with the wooden toys and there is nothing too small that he can choke on). I think its a fantastic product; not only does it look great, the paintwork on the wooden fruit is fantastic. Itโ€™s such a great concept: teaching little ones how to control cutting foods โ€“ ideal for understanding meal times, teaching little ones how to half and in some cases section into 3 โ€“ when Noah gets a little older it will help me teach Noah to understand a little ...