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DIY alphabet letters for light table
1. Print the alphabet. I just typed the alphabet out on MS Word, chose a suitable font then made it to the size I wanted it. If you want to use the same as me, you can download the PDF here to print.2....
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Walking through Chipstead Common
Yesterday we accidentally stumbled upon a hidden gem.We were driving, and the satnav kept going buggy (I'm map - illiterate / direction blind :p), so as soon as I saw a car park I pulled in. As I was...
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Skittles Rainbow: Water density experiment
I found this experiment ages ago on this website and forgot all about it! Then the other day I stumbled across the same experiment on Life with Moore Babies blog, and decided to go out and buy a big...
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Bonfire night / fireworks Display 2013
Last night we went to Wimbledon fireworks display / bonfire night. It was bizarre, because I'm usually wrapped in layers of clothes, scarf, gloves etc by the time bonfire night rolls around. Yesterday...
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Planning our Christmas roadtrip around Europe!
Ok, so road trip may be an ambitious term. Let's call it our 'mini road trip'.Although we've been thinking about it since August, it is now November and a month away so I'm allowed to plan it in more...
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Exploring Wilderness Island
Yesterday we visited Wilderness Island in Carshalton. A gorgeous little nature reserve managed by The London Wildlife Trust, nestled between two arms of the river Wandle.We had never even heard of it,...
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Toys R Us disparage nature in new advert
Toys R Us recently aired a new advert. The bizarre premise for the advert consists of a minibus of kids being taken on a field trip to explore nature in a forest. Only, the twist is, the Toys R Us guys...
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A wet morning at Deen City Farm
It's pouring with rain, like, really pouring. It's so cold you're shivering indoors with the fire on - it feels like winter is well on it's way! However, you really want to get out of the house. You...
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A trial scheme is being piloted in deprived areas of Yorkshire and Derbyshire, where mothers will be rewarded with shopping vouchers if they meet certain breastfeeding goalposts. If they reach 6 weeks...
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A younger me: From teenage to mummy
The theme of the gallery over at sticky fingers blog this week is 'a younger me'.I've just got in from work, but I wanted to write something. Therefore I have to use what I have. And I don't have any...
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My favourite blog linky parties
Last month I didn't even know what a linky/link up/blog hop was. I still kinda don't... all I know is that some blogs host them every week / month / fortnight and they are a great way to read loads of...
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Richmond Park in autumn (and deer).
Friday. Forest school day. The day of the week where we drop Jakob off to frolick in a forest and have to find something fun to do with Joshua for the afternoon, as he's not quite old enough to join...
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Invisibility in the world of blogging.
I read this post by the secret blogger last week: I feel like an invisible blogger.Don't we all? Seriously, I don't mean that in a condescending way. I think 99% of bloggers have felt invisible at some...
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The perils of going to the toilet alone when you have small children
I knew I shouldn't have done it. The moment I heard the silence, I knew.I don't know why children don't like you going to the toilet alone - does anyone else know? Is it just my children?We had...
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Malteasers marble run from toilet roll tubes
This has to be the quickest, easiest thing to do with kids to keep them occupied!We were having one of those days, where everyone was tired and grumpy and the boys kept fighting. I just wanted a quick...
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Ham common & wildlife at the pond
This is a special place. You know what kind of place I mean. The ones that are actually really ordinary... but for some reason they just feel... special. That's what Ham common is.Maybe it's happened...
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The Grant Museum of Zoology, London
Wow. What a gem.The Grant museum is so completely different to the larger London museums where you can wander around the different floors getting lost for a whole day! We walked around this place in...
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Simple DIY Christmas card with washi tape
Ok, so I'm finally allowing myself to think about Christmas. This weekend we have been making some Christmas cards. This is probably the easiest one and it looks pretty too :)What we usedCardBurlap...
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