Welcome to this month’s book readalong. As you know, I absolutely love the book readalong, it’s always one of my favourite #BringBackPaper activities. If you’ve yet to join in with one of these readalongs, let me tell you a little more about it and tempt you to join us. The book readalong is an easy …
Now that my kids are 14 and 11, the festive fun that we have has shifted a little from what we did when they were younger. They are too old for booking Santa visits, yet still too young to be out there celebrating with friends in the pub! It’s a fun time and these are …
This is a collaborative post I love working with Books2Door as they have so many books on offer at great prices. Now, add Black Friday Book Deals on top of that and they’re irresistible! My kids will be receiving some books for Christmas, they always do, and my own wish list includes a fair few …
Busy season is coming, I can feel it, it’s in the air. This is the time when we run ourselves into the ground trying to do everything that we always do with a whole other layer on top. Today I wanted to share a few tips to help you through and ensure you still make …
It’s that time when we’re starting to get festive and if we’re getting festive in our real lives, we probably want to be festive in our happy mail lives too! Now’s the time to start putting together Christmas happy mail to give it time to arrive with your friends, especially if they’re overseas. Today I’m …
When the weather turns darker and colder, the urge to hibernate strikes! I know it, I understand it, I have been there. We all know we need to keep fit, it can just be so hard to do when you’re busy, the evenings are dark when you finish work or perhaps you’re struggling to find …
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Today, I’m giving you free winter writing paper, so download it and get writing! It’s fun to theme your happy mail seasonally, so this should help with this month’s letters. Previously I have shared flowery writing paper, autumn writing paper, Halloween paper, spring paper, Valentine paper, Bunting paper, Easter Chicks paper and Christmas paper and …
Is it too early to mention Christmas? I bet for some of you it’s too soon and then some of you have already finished your Christmas shopping! I’m falling somewhere in between these two camps. It’s on my radar now. I’ve booked my Christmas grocery shopping slot, I’ve bought a couple of stocking fillers for …
Welcome to this month’s Bring Back Paper activity, it’s a lovely book swap. You must know by now that I adore a book swap! Books are the best, so sharing them around always makes me smile. If you haven’t tried this activity before, the idea behind the book swap is really simple and easy for …
Are grammar schools always the best option? It’s that time of year when we’re visiting school open evenings and applying for secondary school places. I’m going through this with my son now, having done all of this with my daughter a few years ago. Siblings rules don’t apply to my two as Boo goes to …
Welcome to this month’s book readalong. As you know, I absolutely love the book readalong, it’s always one of my favourite #BringBackPaper activities. If you’ve yet to join in with one of these readalongs, let me tell you a little more about it and tempt you to join us. The book readalong is an easy …
The Husband and I went away for a night last week, so my mum came over and stayed at ours. When I was arranging this, I realised how much has changed, how much older the kids are now. In days gone by, I’d have popped to see my mum to run through everything, or left …
Stickers or washi tape? Which one’s better? They are both fun to browse, to choose and to use, but if you had to choose just one, which one would you go for? They each have their merits, I can see that. Stickers are easily available, and the chances are you’ve been using them since you …
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month, what can you do? Have you considered this? I’m sure you’ve spotted pink things popping up more and hopefully you’ll have seen some shared awareness messages on social media. I am sure most of you reading this will know someone who has had breast cancer or is currently in treatment …
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This is a collaborative post Middle and high school students are under more stress than ever before. The number of U.S. high school students who experience academic pressure increased by 62 percent over seven years, even though performance improved modestly. The number of students who spend more than 10 hours per week doing homework rose …
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This is a collaborative post The spooky season is upon us, so we’re planning to get a few Halloween reads together to get us all in the mood. Halloween is a funny one here in the UK, as when I was little it really wasn’t a big thing at all, but these days that’s all …
