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Butlins | Are we nearly there yet? 🙄

Before I begin our account of our holiday, I should perhaps mention that we did actually have a super time – and also that the holiday...

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Review | CODENAMES

What a morning. Tom’s been away working in London for the last couple of days which means that the boys’ good behaviour benchmark has...

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We don't do Halloween!

Beware. This blog update might cause a slight ripple among readers and I do apologise if I come across like a miserable middle-class snob...

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Cheese slices

The barbers that we go to in town charge £3.50 per haircut (I know, cheap right?) and do a satisfactory job for the ridiculous 1980 price...

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Review | Carcassonne

Once a month, the marvellous people at the Board Game Blogger’s Club send our family a new game to play and review. This month, it’s the...

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Rude words lucky dip

It’s official. Our eldest (Lyall, 7) is obsessed with rude words. Not swear words, mind, just irritating body-parts and toilet function...

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Kitchen disco

Welcome back. Hands up whose had a busy month? Ours was berserk. We’ve had our family’s first birthday, celebrated in style with a jolly...

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Family night out

Problem. It’s too soon for us to leave the boys at home with a babysitter (all of our house rules would go straight out of an upstairs...