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  • Meal Plan Week 1 | Slimming World Sunday
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    Meal Plan Week 1 | Slimming World Sunday

    After straying off plan a couple number of times over the last few months due to my lack of planning I’ve decided to meal plan for the week.  If it’s written down then I’m more likely to stick to it…well that’s my thinking on it anyway!!  There’s nothing worse than coming home from work or…

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  • How To Celebrate Halloween With A Toddler
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    How To Celebrate Halloween With A Toddler

    I am a huge fan of Halloween and I’m hoping that Noah will share my love for it too!  Normally quite a few people on our street decorate outside their homes in anticipation of the Trick or Treaters that come round.  On Halloween our street is usually bustling with kids knocking on our doors and…

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  • Toddler’s Halloween Basket 2020
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    Toddler’s Halloween Basket 2020

    Last year I made up a Halloween Basket for Noah.  While he was impressed with the chocolate and the projector torch, he couldn’t really care less about the other items.  As he was 20 months old last Halloween, I don’t really think he understood the concept of it but he definitely will this year.  Plus…

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  • How To Update Your Living Room On A Budget

    How To Update Your Living Room On A Budget

    This is a sponsored post in collaboration with DotComBlinds.     At the beginning of the year blissfully unaware of how 2020 was going to turn out we decided that we were going to move house.  However COVID-19 and being furloughed has meant that idea is being shelved until next year instead.  I say hopefully!…

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  • Cheeseburger Pasta | Slimming World Sunday
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    Cheeseburger Pasta | Slimming World Sunday

    This cheeseburger pasta is a filling recipe of  beef mince and pasta covered in a tomato sauce and topped with melted cheese, bacon and gherkins. All the flavours of a bacon cheeseburger in a pasta dish! If you love cheeseburgers and also happen to love pasta I think you will definitely love this Cheeseburger Pasta…

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  • Halloween Books For Toddlers
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    Halloween Books For Toddlers

    Last year I shared a post on my Autumn books for toddlers and as promised here’s my Halloween version.  I think that encouraging toddlers to learn about seasons and festivities is really important.  It helps them understand what’s happening all around them throughout the year.  Books are a really good way of doing this as…

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