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17/10/201322/02/2015
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News About Your Ticket!

by mentalparentals, in category Lifestyle

A and I, like many other adults, play the lottery every week.  we have an online account where we have the same numbers play each wednesday and saturday in the hope of winning something big. last week, we received an email from the national lottery with the subject “News about your ticket!”… well, we got… Read More

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16/10/201322/02/2015
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Wednesday Words

by mentalparentals, in category Lifestyle

on 12th october, my mum got married to the love of her life. i, S, was asked to sing this song during their signing of the register. i just hope i didn’t murder it. Songbird, by Eva Cassidy For you, there’ll be no crying For you, the sun will be shining Cos I feel that… Read More

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09/10/201322/02/2015
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Shredtober, week one…

by mentalparentals, in category Lifestyle

Day one – Tuesday 01/09/13 Naptime.  Using unopened bottles of Ribena as dumbbells and after downing two cocodamol to numb the pain of a dodgy tooth, I knuckled down to my first day of Level 1 of ‘the Shred’.  I can’t do the full amount of easy push ups and God help me with the bicycle crunches!!… Read More

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07/10/201322/02/2015
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Am I a Bad Mum?

by mentalparentals, in category Family, Lifestyle

i started to realise something was seriously wrong when i thought i was going to drop my 4 month old baby over the landing banister and down the stairs. accidentally. let me give you some background… we had just bought our first house and moved in on my due date.  thankfully, O didn’t make an… Read More

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01/10/201316/01/2015
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Mr Motivator, eat your heart out!?

by mentalparentals, in category Lifestyle

Today is 1st October 2013. A couple of friends via the twitter medium, @mammalewis and @xkatiepetersx, said they were partaking in #shredtober.  “What is this ‘Shredtober’?” I hear you ask. Well, let me tell you. Some lovely tweeters started the hashtag #shredtober a couple of weeks ago.  Seemingly, October is the month to raise awareness… Read More

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29/09/201322/02/2015
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Too Old for Sleep?

by mentalparentals, in category Family, Lifestyle

O is 2 years old and naps for 2 hours each day.  he wakes on his own and is in a brilliant mood when he’s done napping.  he shouts over the monitor for me to get him from his cot and we spend the afternoon giggling and playing.  another bonus is that i get two… Read More

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26/09/201301/11/2016
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Christmas is coming! Our Toadstool wish list…

by mentalparentals, in category Lifestyle

We’re now into autumn and I have started to plan our third Christmas as a family of three.  O will be at that awkward age of 2 years and almost 5 months old on Christmas day this year.  It is becoming increasingly difficult to find age appropriate toys and games for him, without them being… Read More

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25/09/201322/02/2015
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Wednesday Words

by mentalparentals, in category Lifestyle

Great British Bake Offwe love you sowith your buns and your cakesand your well-proven doughSir Paul of Hollywoodwith your goatee, two tonethe king of all bakersworthy of your throneLady M. Berrywe wish you were our granwe’d never go hungryindulging your frangipaneThen we come to our jestersyoung Sue and Melour favourite odd couplewhom in love we… Read More

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24/09/201322/02/2015
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Hallowe’en

by mentalparentals, in category Family, Lifestyle

with Hallowe’en fast-approaching, it got me thinking about what Hallowe’en traditions we would like to pass on to O. i have some awesome memories of Hallowe’en growing up.  my dad would carve Jack O’ Lanterns from swedes.  my brother & i dressing up as ghouls, witches or vampires, using clothes we already had, face paints… Read More

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22/09/201322/02/2015
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Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees

by mentalparentals, in category Family, Lifestyle

our O is only a tot.  2 years old to be exact. but after finding the www.thinkmoney.co.uk website, i’m wondering how we can teach him about money in the next few years.   although it shouldn’t be, money is so important in modern day life.  there are things you can do for free, obviously, but they are… Read More

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