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BEN’S ZONE: Transformers Battlegrounds Review

Transformers Battlegrounds Review *Advertisement Feature This week, Transformers Battlegrounds was released, and Logan (9) and I were lucky enough to be able to try it out.  Battlegrounds is a turn based strategy game built in the Transformers universe.  Players take on the role of a human who must guide the Autobots in their fight against…

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*Advertisement Feature I don’t think I ever appreciated photos as much as I did after I had children. Before Children, I didn’t have many pictures up in our house, just a few of our wedding really. But since becoming a mother, I love photos. I love the moments they capture, the little snapshots of life,…

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To Logan on his 9th Birthday

Dear Logan, Before I started to write this letter, I had a look at the photos on last year’s post and you have grown up massively. Your face has lost a lot of its childish roundness, you have lots more grown up teeth and the big things of course if you now have very long…

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Kids Love To Read #58 & Giveaway

Kids Love To Read #58 Welcome to the 58th monthly linky of Kids Love to Read, I hope you all well and coping as best you can during lockdown? This linky is one that I co-host with Book Bairn. Thanks so much for stopping by and linking up! This month has totally ran away with…

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Transformers Battlegrounds Review

BEN’S ZONE: Transformers Battlegrounds Review

Transformers Battlegrounds Review *Advertisement Feature This week, Transformers Battlegrounds was released, and Logan (9) and I were lucky enough to…

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My-picture-co-uk Review

My-Picture-co-uk Review and Discount Code | AD

*Advertisement Feature I don’t think I ever appreciated photos as much as I did after I had children. Before Children,…

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To Logan on his 9th Birthday

To Logan on his 9th Birthday

Dear Logan, Before I started to write this letter, I had a look at the photos on last year’s post…

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Kids Love To Read #58 & Giveaway

Kids Love To Read #58 Welcome to the 58th monthly linky of Kids Love to Read, I hope you all…

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BEN’S ZONE: Finding Style in my 40s

Finding Style in my 40s *Advertisement Feature 40 is a funny age really. Most people dread it on the run up…

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Hey Duggee Smart Tablet and Flip Phone Review | AD

*Advertisement Feature I have the biggest Hey Duggee fan in my house. For his birthday in June, Bo got the…

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The Coronavirus Diaries - 13th October 2020

The Coronavirus Diaries – 13th October 2020

I have decided to write a weekly diary of our time through the Coronavirus pandemic. To keep for the future.…

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How the Government are Still Failing Women During this Pandemic. The increasing impact of covid on women, from maternity services, maternity leave, redundancy and childcare. How it is disproportionately impacting women and we need to see more support from the government.

How the Government are Still Failing Women During this Pandemic

During lockdown, I wrote about the impact it was having on women disproportionately. Where in the majority of households women…

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The Coronavirus Diaries - 6th October 2020

The Coronavirus Diaries – 6th October 2020

I have decided to write a weekly diary of our time through the Coronavirus pandemic. To keep for the future.…

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  • AD Gifted Today is the first day of half term and it's great to have the children off (and to not be home schooling them). I love the little adventures we have together in the holidays. We were invited to @vue today to try out their cinema and see how safe it is during the pandemic. We haven't been for ages and the children were so excited to go. We went to see Pixar's Onward - which is really awesome if you haven't seen it already. Probably the best film I have seen in a while actually! There is definitely something more special seeing the film at the cinema. The sound, the affects, switching your phone off and just getting submerged into the story. And of course the popcorn... It was so good to be back and I was really impressed with their covid precautions. Hand sanitisers everywhere, spaced out seats which are sanitised between performances, before the trailers an assistant came in and disinfected all of the handrails. Simple things like lids for your popcorn. The cinema was pretty quiet - only us and about 4 other families, so it was almost like having the cinema to ourselves. Adults and children under 11 do have to wear facemasks (except when eating). I wasn't sure how that would be, because let's face it none of us really like wearing them do we? But I usually wear them when walking and moving around so actually it is much better wearing one sitting down and I could periodically take it off to eat and drink giving me a bit of a break too. Would I go again during the pandemic? Definitely. I find going back and doing normal things like this in as safe a way as possible really good for mental health too and the kids had a blast. Vue did some research too: New research from Vue has revealed over two thirds (69%) of children rank the cinema as the top family activity this half term More than half (58%) of parents feel safe and happy taking their children to the cinema under current safety guidelines Hopefully this will make people feel more reassured to go back to the cinema this half term. Especially when the weather is predicted to be so grotty! We've been really cautious during the pandemic due to being asthmatic and I felt perfectly safe.
  • AD I don't think I ever appreciated photos as much as I did after I had children. Before Children, I didn't have many pictures up in our house, just a few of our wedding really. But since becoming a mother, I love photos. I love the moments they capture, the little snapshots of life, the memories that you want to stay with you forever. So it was lovely to be able to review some items from @my_picture_co_uk . During lockdown we had a doorstep photoshoot with @andthensheclicked (you have probably seen some of these photos on my feed already). But I had never got around to printing them. So I used My-Picture.co.uk printing and framing service. Their site was easy to use, quick and really lovely quality. Great for photos prints, but also gifts too. 15% off for Blog Readers Use LOVELYLAURA15 to be able to get an additional 15 % off to all canvas as seen on the @my_picture_co_uk website. #myhome #myfamily #ukparentbloggers #ukparentblogger #pbloggers #pbloggersuk #rememberthesedays #parentsinthepicture #documentyourdays #documentyourlife #thismamaloves
  • AD GIFTED You may have seen on my grid last night that Logan has been diagnosed with autism this week. So it was with great interest that I received @moodbears.co.uk for review. They are bears that have been lovingly created to improve children's mental health. And I think after lockdown this year, this is on a lot of parent's minds. The bears are designed to help children to talk about how they are feeling. >> Swipe to see all of the photos, they are all in wonderful different colours and have symbols embroidered on their paws. What you cannot see on the photos is how incredibly tactile and soft they are. You just want to stroke them. We have a yellow bear who is happy, to show if a child is feeling bright and happy. Silly - we all need a bit of fun and silly in our lives, red is for love, or maybe you just need a hug. Green for nervous or if you're feeling out of sorts. Blue for sad, a bear for soothing and always there for little one. We have also been sent the very special rainbow bear - a symbol of hope. These bears are a lovely way to get children talking and helping them with their mental health. If you don't need them for your child, you can also donate a bear to a children's hospital to help a child in need. We have decided to donate this lovely collection to the SEN department at my son's school who have been so supportive with his diagnosis, so they can help lots of children. I think in current times these are such a lovely idea to help children. #MoodBears #moodbear #ukparentbloggers #autism #mentalhealth #childrensmentalhealth #lifeupclose #littlefierceones #documentyourdays #documentyourlife #mentalhealthawareness #childrensanxiety #itsgoodtotalk
  • It’s been an intense couple of weeks here. A lot of you will know we have been waiting on assessments for Logan. At the beginning of September we were given the opportunity to use a system called @healios_uk - which is diagnosis all by video appointments. With CAMHS having a 22 month waiting list we leapt at the chance. They have been brilliant and I would definitely recommend. Yesterday we were told Logan has autism, as we suspected. (We didn’t tell him yesterday as it was his birthday). We don't care that Logan has it, the diagnosis was to get him the support that he needs. Especially as he gets older and gets to secondary school age. We love Logan just as he is. If a magic fairy were to arrive and tell me they could make Logan no longer autistic I would say no, as it is what makes Logan, Logan and I think the person he is is pretty awesome. Cat loving obsessions, super facts and all. But I'm glad to have a diagnosis and can move on to give any support Logan requires ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 #autism #autismmum #asd #proudmum #autismawareness #ukparentblogger #ukparentbloggers #mumlife #lifeupclose #documentyourdays #documentyourlife
  • My wonderfully complex, caring and cat obsessed Logan turns 9 today!⁠ ⁠ 1 year off double figures! His face has changed so much in the past year, gone is the roundish face young children have. In the last year he has grown his hair long and very much developed his own sense of style. ⁠ ⁠ He's has a crazy love for his guitar, if you follow my stories you may have seen him play. And practises every day. He loves to read, so much so I struggle to keep up. He also loves dinosaurs, greek mythology and volcanoes at the moment. When he grows up he wants to be a guitarist and volcanologist. ⁠ ⁠ We went to Go Ape for his birthday (see last post) and today he loves @gymfinity (we're currently working with them - see 4 posts back) so much he's chosen to go on his birthday and come home for birthday cake after. Which means we were up at 6am to fit in opening birthday presents before school! But everyone sang to him at school and he's had a great day 🧡⁠ ⁠ #birthdayboy #9thbirthday #rememberthesedays #proudmum #birthday #ukparentbloggers #lifeupclose #mumswithcameras #documentyourdays #documentyourlife #mumlife #thisparentlife #littlefierceones
  • My husband cracks me up 🤣⁠⠀ Tuesday is Logan's birthday. Of course, we can't have parties at the moment, and as a family of 5 our choices are limited with the rule of 6. ⁠⠀ So yesterday, we took Logan and a friend to @goapebracknell for his birthday, followed by pizza after. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ On the zip wire down, my husband set a challenge of who could strike the silliest post going down. I think it's fair to say he won! I should also say my husband did really well as he didn't tell the children, but he's rather afraid of heights (and I was designated Bo watcher and camera lady!) so I think he did really well. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ All of the children had a great time and all want to go back again. In terms of covid, everything was well organised and safe. It was something completely different to do and lots of fun as well. We were also lucky with the weather. It was lovely to have a day out too. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #goape #goapebracknell #daysoutwithkids #wheremywelliestakeme #takethemoutdoors #ukparentbloggers #bracknell #welovebracknell #rememberthesedays #documetnyourdays #documentyourlife

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