Visiting Fishmore Hall last weekend was a treat in itself. Shropshire is a county that I am ashamed to say I haven’t really explored but en route to Fishmore Hall, I drove through beautiful towns and villages and the Shropshire…
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Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing one’s awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one’s feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique. I have been reading a lot recently about mindfulness lately…
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There is a small selection of toys that have been played with and loved by all of the children and one of them is a marble run. There is something fascinating about constructing the twists and drops and then being…
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Receiving a bouquet is such a special treat but these days, with so many of us working, it can make it difficult to have them delivered. So, imagine if you could send a bouquet and guarantee that it would be…
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Now we do love baking in this house but there just never seems to be the time and then when I do have some time, I often don’t have the correct ingredients to hand, which is really frustrating. So I…
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I have been doing this parenting thing for a while now (nearly 21 years to be exact) and over those years, I have certainly seen a fair few toys pass through the house. Some good, some not so good but…
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This month, we were sent the Aquabeads 3D Animals Set which is a little bit different to the usual Aquabeads sets as it comes with a clever little 3D layout tray so that you can create the 3D part of…
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One of the highlights of our recent trip to Walt Disney World was when my daughter was able to meet Ariel. She loves the Little Mermaid and ever since she was very small, she has been mesmerised by the films….
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Yes, I know that it really should be for ‘men’ but even though my very nearly twenty-one-year-old son is now very much a man, he will always be my little boy and I am still coming to term with the…
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Hello and welcome to my blog. I'm Nikki, mum of four, wife, teacher, writer and drinker of many cups of tea. This blog is pretty much anything that pops into my head, an eclectic mix of family life and lots more. Grab a cuppa and have a read.
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