We take our children on lots of amazing holidays. Their passports include stamps from Sri Lanka and the Maldives, Jordan , Namibia and South Africa. We think they are very lucky children, as do our friends. But what do the kids think; do they appreciate these opportunities for exotic travel? The short answer is no, not really.
We...
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When our children were small, they really ate very little. It’s not that I was worried about their appetites, it’s just that they physically didn’t need much. Up until a few years ago, we could feed all 6 of us on enough food for 3-4 people. But those days are long gone. These days, they could eat a horse (...
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If Santa bypassed you on his way to your kids’ stockings, and New Year’s Eve proved to be a bit of a damp squib, then now’s your chance to even things up a bit.
How would you like to win one of Five Samsung Galaxy Note II handsets?
This is an absolutely amazing phone. A friend of mine has one and I’ve...
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DD3 skipped out of school on Friday afternoon clutching a horribly familiar grey teddy.It seemed ‘Barnaby’, the class bear, was to spend the weekend with us.
‘I didn’t know we were booked in for Barnaby’, I remarked.
‘We weren’t', replied my daughter cheerfully. ‘But no one else wanted...
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In our household, we like to have things to look forward to.
Holidays, daylight savings, the longest and shortest days, birthdays and other regular celebrations mark the passage of the year in our family. But other events are also marked on our family’s calendar; the opening dates of the kids’ favourite theme...
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