I have been trying to start getting some clothes together for the new baby, but because we don’t know the sex it has been really hard. There is very little neutral stuff out there, and what I can find is all Winnie the Pooh and teddies, which just isn’t my…

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I have posted before about my ideas and wish list for the decoration of our living room and although some of the actual painting and dressing ideas have been put on hold until the baby is born (we don’t want to make it all lovely only for a crawling baby to…

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Gemma and Jacob love to bake cakes, and traditional cupcakes are always a winner. We like to experiment with flavours – quite often this means vanilla or chocolate, but this weekend we decided to try something a bit different. Inspired by the spring sunshine, we went for lemon cupcakes. The…

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  My children are not big enough to be thinking about university and careers yet, but I often wonder about what the future will hold for them. What job will they choose, where will they live, will they have their own families? You never really think about all the life…

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Photo Credit: maclufus via Compfight cc Savings. They can be tough to come by at the moment – there are so many other things that need your cash more urgently, right? Nursery bills, car tax, food shopping and clothes for the children who keep growing like beansprouts, not to mention…

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