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A spring afternoon at Osterley Park

Since getting National Trust membership at the beginning of the year, we’ve been looking at different places to visit.  Osterley Park has been on my list for a while and…

The Friday Focus – 20/05/16

It’s been another week of flying solo for me – hubby’s away working on an event this week and next week so just me and the girls for a couple…

Parenting Pep Talk #14 – Emily and Indiana

Parenting Pep Talk is a weekly series of guest posts all about encouraging other parents by sharing some of our happy moments, the advice that has worked for us and…

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Parenting bloggers: there’s room for all of us

There are a lot of parenting blogs out there. Over 8000 active parenting blogs on the Tots100 index alone.  Sometimes it might seem that the internet is a little saturated…

From the mouths of babes #71

From the mouths of babes is a weekly linky which invites you to share a post, old or new, about something your children have said. Those adorable mispronounced words, the…

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#366daysofgratitude – Week 19

Throughout 2016 I will be posting a photo on Instagram each day, sharing something that I am grateful for each day as part of my #366daysofgratitude project.  Here are the…

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Heart to Heart – May 2016

Heart to Heart linky was set up to help other heart families share their stories and experiences in order to help support each other as a community.  It opens on…

My Sunday Photo – 15/05/16

Siblings – May 2016

May is a significant month for us as a family – it was the month when we first found out about Jessica’s heart condition and is a time when I…

Creating fairytale magic in the Temple Gardens at Langley Park

Langley Park is one of our favourite places to go for a walk.  The Temple Gardens is especially beautiful at this time of year with all the rhododendrons in bloom…