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Taking the Boredom Challenge with #PetitsFilousPlayFree

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‘I’m bored’ it’s the phrase we all dread, the one that makes us roll our eyes and remind our kids about all the toys they got for Christmas, the books stuffed into their bookcase and paints, paper and mountain of shiny things in the craft drawer. ‘I’m bored.’ Sometimes it seems like no matter how much stuff your kids have it’s never going to be enough to keep them entertained, I know I do a lot of raised eyebrows at this one! Petits Filous new Play Free campaign is all about letting your kids be bored and instead of trying to entertain them, letting them find their own solutions instead and it’s something I’m super excited to be involved in.

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Pines and Needles Review: A Great Tree For A Great Christmas

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The same as with most homes at this time of year, Christmas is a very big deal around here. Birthday’s are great but Christmas is the day when everyone gets something and everyone is cheerful, not just your immediate family but friends and other family you see on the day or even the strangers you wish Merry Christmas to when you pass them in the street. The thing that for us really signifies the start of the Christmas build up is when we get and decorate our Christmas tree – once that’s there there’s no denying it’s nearly Christmas and so we were all super excited when Pines and Needles asked if we’d like to review one of their Christmas trees.

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Cool Christmas Gifts for Kids

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Last week I shared my recommendations for things you might like to ask for for yourself this Christmas and today I’m sharing my gift guide for kids with some of the coolest things to pop under the Christmas tree this year. I always like to get my kids a mixture of the things they’ve told me they really, really want as well as the things I actually know they’ll use. I don’t do the four gift rule but I do like to try and find things that I think my kids will really get some use out of! There’s affiliate links in this post and some of these items were gifted to me so that I could check them out and review them but I’ve only included stuff I’d genuinely give my children as well as stuff that I know they already love.

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5 Things your kids room needs to help them get a good nights sleep

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I like to think that I’m pretty good at getting a good nights sleep. I don’t go to bed too late, I relax beforehand, try not to check things on my phone last thing, but there’s one thing that’s been known to ruin my sleep on way more than one occasion, my kids. I’m a great believer that all kids are different – my first child slept through the night from six weeks while my second? Well health issues and other stuff meant that took two years. Ouch. Over the very long time I’ve had to try and sort out my kids sleep issues there are loads of things I’ve tried and tested and so I’ve some up with 5 things your kids room needs to help them get a good nights sleep, which of course means you finally get a good nights sleep too!

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Creating Christmas Eve Traditions with Marks and Spencers

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In someways I think that Christmas Eve is possibly an even more exciting day than Christmas. No, there isn’t the excited waking up early to open presents but that’s not necessarily a bad thing – last year my two made it to the grand hour of 11pm before they work up desperate to open their gifts and actually I’d like Santa to finally gift us with a lie in. So there isn’t the early wake up call but instead Christmas Eve is a day filled with excitement, of doing things together, of traditions, making memories and having a good time. Marks and Spencers asked us if we would share our Christmas Eve traditions and I was more than happy to help.

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