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What I have found however, is that there is a type of meal that also promotes casual dining (think zero cutlery), is a lot healthier, fits within the budget and my kids love it, perhaps even more than take-away! To be fair, it doesn’t 100% give me the night off, but it does limit my food preparation time and I do find that there is a lot less “finish this” “eat that” “one more” discussions at the table, which is refreshing in itself.Read now
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10 Simple Rainy-Day Ideas To Entertain Your Kids
To keep the kids busy when it is raining and to stop them from bickering at each other, I find that I generally need to go old school and get creative!
Here are my 10 favourite rainy-day activities, that you can do from the comfort of your home. All 10 are low cost and are perfect for keeping the rainy-day boredom and bickering at bay.
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Why Family Traditions Are Important
Those nostalgic family moments are a lot more significant than you might realise. You see, family traditions play an important role in childhood. Much more than just a fond memory, as a child they are like your favourite warm fluffy blanket on a cold winter’s night, comforting, reliable and best of all, familiar.Read now -
What to ask instead of “How was your day?”
Whilst it is perhaps the most common question asked, it is also one of the most ineffective questions you can ask too, it just doesn’t give you any of the answers the question implies. Why?Read now -
Mum I'm Bored!
I thought I would share with everyone my mum hack that helps to manage your child's time when they are struggling to entertain themselves. Plus, it provides you with some structure so that you don’t get the mum (or parent) guilts because you aren’t physically able to entertain them 24/7 for the next 5 weeks.
It just takes 2 dice, and two pieces of paper...
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5 Things Our Dog Has Taught Our Kids
So, our kids have never known life without Charlotte and as we have recently had a few scares (she is on as much medication as the average 100 year old), and many tear filled discussions about the circle of life with the kids, I have begun to reflect what Charlotte has added to our children’s lives.
So, here are 5 little life lessons from Lotte: