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Happy New Year! I hope that you had a fantastic time over the festive period with your friends and family. How was your Christmas? What was your favourite gift? Having spent most of December in a house full of ill people we all started to feel better by Christmas Day. Hurray!! Except while visiting our…

As Noah is beginning to understand more about the festive period it’s time to start some new Christmas traditions. On our list is a having a North Pole Breakfast, visiting Santa, donating toys to other children and one that I’m probably going to regret ever starting; Elf on the sodding Shelf! What Christmas traditions do you…

I love Christmas! Like reaalllllly love Christmas! It’s definitely my favourite time of the year, especially now that we have Noah in our lives. While Christmas is fun for adults with parties, trips to Christmas Markets and lots of tasty food. Seeing it through the eyes of a child makes it even more magical. I’ve…

Disclosure: I received this product for the purpose of this post. However all thoughts and opinions are 100% my own. Does your little one enjoy making a lot of noise playing musical instruments? Have they got the potential to be the next Elton John or Alicia Keys? Then this Halilit Toddler Music Orchestra Set…

Its that time of year where Michael Bublé’s songs are constantly being played, mince pies are being consumed by the truckload and gift sets galore are being bought! For most people Christmas is an expensive time of year with gifts, decorations and food to buy. According to The Telegraph ‘UK households usually splurge an average of…

Some bloggers have come together to offer a UK Bloggers Christmas Giveaway. 5 lucky winners will win a hamper delivered to them before Christmas. Read on to find out how to enter. Now that November is here I think it is perfectly acceptable to mention the C word. I know that some folk hate…
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