Once upon a time …some bloggers wrote some bedtime stories for Save the Children

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I am really thrilled to share with you a litle project my children and I have been part of. I have always loved creating stories with my children and we were asked to be involved in a wonderful project for Save the Children to write a story simply beginning Once Upon a Time…we had so [...]

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Before you visit Santa and spend your money check this out…!

I have already posted this on family-budgeting. For any of you that haven’t made it over to my new site  it’s for all the familys budgeting needs including older kids. I couldn’t not post this here though too…I’d hate you to miss out. Santa’s portable north pole is one of my all time favourite things on [...]

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Have a Cuddle for Children in Need.

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Pudsey and Blush fans are able to make their  own BBC Children in Need mascot at any of 55 Build-A-Bear Workshop® stores across the UK with £5 from the sale of each Pudsey and Blush Bear going directly back to the national charity Appeal.  11.5 k were sold last year. Blush Bear who is Pudsey’s ‘BBF’, likes [...]

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Recycling your pumpkins!

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Pumpkins  If you do buy a pumpkin I would advise getting one pumpkin pretty last minute (they don’t half smell when they’ve gone off ICK!) or you will end up buying two. Kids love to see these lit even really little ones and they can be great fun. Nice to put in your hall or [...]

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Brit Mums Blog Carnival – Call for Posts!

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The Brit Mums blog carnival is being hosted here on 25th october. There is no theme but bloggers need to submit posts from the past month. The rules are one post per blogger and nocommerical or sponsored posts. Do get your posts to me by Sunday 23 at 7 pm latest to be included.Any theme [...]

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Baking Mad Birthday Cupcakes

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If you are looking for cupcake recipes you  will find some really gorgeous looking ones on the Baking Mad website. We browsed them all and I could not choose!    In the end I let Annalise have the choice  and she was particularly swayed by the birthday cupcakes recipe. I did point out it wasn’t anybody’s birthday [...]

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Autumn on a budget: fun with under 5′s ebook

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Relaunched today, packed with ideas for a fab Autumn:  click to buy & download now. £1.50

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Trick-or-treating around the world

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Chocolate skulls, beet lanterns and trunk-or-treating: how a Celtic tradition has been adopted and adapted by the rest of the world! When trick-or-treating first became popular in the US in the 1950s, children would have to explain the concept to bemused adults who opened the door.   Photo credit: Jolante So how would the children [...]

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How to save £20 on a small basket of shopping

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Does this surprise you? It’s a much bigger saving than I would have guessed from a relatively small basket of shopping. Which? Conversation – Which?’s community website (www.whichconversation.co.uk) have done some research into saving money on your weekly shop which is due out the October issue of the magazine (out on Thursday 22 September). This [...]

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Going to posh events on a budget

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I have had some lovely events to go to over the last few weeks. I celebrated being 40 !!! and my brother in law got married. I also have the MAD blog awards ceremony coming up. It’s tough when you are on a budget to find the clothes for events like these particularly when it’s [...]

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My new ebook: 50 ideas for a super summer: fun on a budget with under 5′s

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    click to buy & download now. £1.50   My ebook for the Summer has just been launched. It is full of play ideas, books, songs, crafts, recipes, nature play and art ideas for you and your children this summer. It’s been a labour of love and playtime! I do hope you enjoy it. Becky x [...]

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My Daddy Cooks : A Fabulous Fathers Day Gift Idea

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The wonderful new cook book My Daddy Cooks has just been released perfectly in time for Fathers Day. It is already a huge success in the top 200 on Amazon in it’s first 2 weeks, with 40 five star ratings…wow!  I think books are the best gift idea becuse they give hours of pleasure and can be passed [...]

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