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  • Win a Trip of a Lifetime by Geocaching #mwgeotrail

    Win a Trip of a Lifetime by Geocaching #mwgeotrail

    I’m all up for an opportunity to win a FREE trip courtesy of Mountain Warehouse.  I love travelling and my daughter is turning into quite the intrepid traveller.  I have no idea where we would go if we won.  Anyhow, the task was simple really and involved one of our favourite activities Geocaching.  We had…

  • Kids have no idea where food comes from

    Kids have no idea where food comes from

    Too many children grow up thinking vegetables come from the supermarket rather than from the ground’ Alan Titchmarsh Why it’s important to teach kids gardening I was doing a bit of research for this post I wanted to write about the fantastic things the Gardening Club is doing at my daughter’s school and became distracted and…

  • Trampoline for a Small Garden

    Trampoline for a Small Garden

    I don’t know what possessed me to agree to an 8ft Trampoline from Asda.  Our garden is tiny, at most measuring approximately 20 x 30 feet.  The look on my husband’s face when the trampoline arrived said it all really as I hadn’t told him it was coming.  It took a bit of persuading to…

  • 7 Recommended iPad apps for 7 year olds

    7 Recommended iPad apps for 7 year olds

    With Summer holidays looming I thought it may be an idea to share a few of our favourite iPad apps.  Finding new apps can be a bit of a minefield.  I’ve lost count of the number of iPad apps we have downloaded and it turns out they were rubbish. You can’t always trust online reviews…

  • Could you give a REAL Fairy a Home?

    Could you give a REAL Fairy a Home?

    My Own Fairy Door – Review “Everything you can imagine is real.” – Picasso I absolutely love these Fairy Doors, put them inside our outside and invite a fairy to come and live with you.  I’m all up for anything that stimulates imagination, encourages creative play and promotes writing. I’ve just survived the school holidays…

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