Yearly Archives: 2011

Christmas 2011

Blog Christmas Eve

After all the planning, present buying, food listing, and managing of hyper children’s expectations, the big day came and went in a flash. One of the best things we had in the run up to Christmas this year was a toy advent calendar which built each day to a rather spectacular festive scene, the little more »

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Finished it Friday – It’s nearly Christmas edition

Zebra 4 blog

Finished it Friday has been missing in action over the past weeks, as everything I’ve been making has been for Christmas gifts and I didn’t want to spoil any surprises. This little zebra from Debbie Bliss Knits to Give (which would be a great gift for a knitter you know) is for my 2YO and as more »

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Are you ready for the big day? Or, how has Christmas come round so fast?

Hugo Father Christmas10

I know we say it all the time, but where has this year gone? It seems like only yesterday the children had just returned to school only for it to shut the next day due to all the snow again! I’m sure the summer holiday was only a couple of weekends ago? But no, as more »

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What inspires me to blog?

Little boy putting decorations on the Christmas tree

Tara asks this very question. In summer along with 100′s of other parent bloggers I went to London for an inspirational day. We had great speakers like Sarah Brown, Rachel Johnson, representatives from media, charities and also fellow amazing bloggers all telling us about their lives and why they write about them. My blog is more »

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The Gallery: Something I’m Proud Of

Kids23 blog

Joining in with Tara’s The Gallery and the theme this week is Something I’m Proud of. Tara says: At a time when there is an awful lot of bad news emitting from whatever media you choose to watch/read, it’s time to look closer to home and appreciate the things we have. So show us all what more »

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