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Whether you have lost your Mother, your child, or both, then Mother’s Day can stir up all manner of emotions. I wish I could say that it will just be a sad day, a day to allow yourself to cry – but grief isn’t that straight forward. I would like to be able to promise … Read more
Sweet Dreams, Little One took me on an emotional ride from start to finish. Reliving the pain as I empathised with what it is like to lose a mother too soon. Following Massimo’s agonising journey into, and through, adulthood. Funny, emotional, insightful – this book had me laughing, crying, sympathising and reflecting from start to … Read more
LEGO was always a really popular toy in our house, and over thirty years later it still is. The boys have actually been interested in it even more since watching The LEGO Movie. When it came to making a costume we made a yellow LEGO brick, so it stood to reason that this Easter would … Read more
When I started Pinkoddy, I seemed to be tagged in a lot of these memes, and now I rarely have time to do them. But Kel, from Writing, Ramblings and Reviews has been a supporter of me and the Pinkoddy brand since the very start. Therefore, it would be awfully rude as to ignore the … Read more
With just over a week to go to Mother’s Day there’s not much time to get a really special gift. So I’m here to tell you about a fantastic offer on a personalised canvas. There’s 72% off a 60cm X 40cm Canvas until Sunday March 23rd 2014 – meaning they cost ONLY £14.99 each! With … Read more
One of the ways to engage someone in a subject like maths is to show how it can benefit them and their life. I love maths because it is one of the things I did at school that being good at helped. I guess it’s easy for me to say as I come from a … Read more
Berkeley’s Cattle Country Adventure Park is one of those places that we visit year after year. Cattle Country has a good mixture of indoor and outdoor activities which cater for the needs of a range of children’s ages. 2014 has seen some changes with the brand new beach barn and the interactive park map. We … Read more
This is a promotional post I had been meaning to do the Thermal Conduction Experiment with Spoons with my children but just hadn’t got around to it. So when I was sent a pair of Heat Holders Thermal socks and questions were raised about them, it seemed the perfect time to explain about thermal conduction … Read more
It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was sat on a toilet floor breastfeeding my baby. Obviously because it was such a horrid place to be I didn’t feed him for long, and rushed him through his feed. I feel terribly guilty that this was the story of his newborn life. At 4 months … Read more
Dinosaur Education We love Dinosaurs in this house (see our dinosaur Pinterest board) and so were delighted to find that Green Board Games had lots of Dinosaur products in their Brain Box Range, and we were lucky to be reviewing their BrainBox Dinosaurs Junior. I cannot express more how much I agree that children learn … Read more