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Little Loves: September 2017

I sit writing this in a hotel room in Denver, Colorado.  It’s Friday morning here, though if you’re reading this back home in England it’ll already be the afternoon.  It still doesn’t quite feel real, even though I spent the whole of yesterday – 19 hours in total – travelling to get here, leaving the house at…

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Little Loves: August 2017

We’re currently coming to the end of Week Five of the summer holidays and it’s certainly been a month to remember for all sorts of reasons. Here are all the little things I’ve been loving lately throughout August… READ I’ve not read very much this month at all.  We’ve either been out and about having fun or I’ve…

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When Ella’s Dream Came True: Meeting Jacqueline Wilson at The Foundling Museum

I’ve been blogging for about 18 months now and, whilst I’ve not earned a single penny for my work (yet), I have been able to create some fun experiences for my girls to take part in.  They may not pay the bills but they are teaching my daughters many valuable lessons: to say “yes” to having adventures; to grab opportunities with both hands; to…

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Little Loves: July 2017

Time is a funny old thing isn’t it.  All of the other months so far this year have absolutely whizzed by and yet July has felt like the longest month on record to me.  I think it’s because we’ve all been on our knees with exhaustion, just willing it to be the end of the term so…

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Little Loves: June 2017

Well, that was June (I think!) – I feel like I’ve blinked and missed it because it’s gone so quickly.  How are we half way through the year already?!  June has been a bit of an emotional month, full of lovely things and important milestones as well as a couple of less-lovely and unexpected things that popped…

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