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Drop the take away...nothing beats homemade pizza

Drop the take away…nothing beats homemade pizza

And before you say but it’s sooooo hard, NO! Shrug off that attitude and grab your mixing bowl because whipping up homemade pizzas are the best!

Ok there is one little annoying bit (the kneading) but think of it as a bit of a work out and then you can have more pizza! Winner 🎉

Now first step get a good flour! These days you can get pizza flour head straight for that for 2 reasons – 1. It’s got…

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Please...don’t judge a Mum in the supermarket!

Please…don’t judge a Mum in the supermarket!

Oh god yes…To the people in the supermarket rolling their eyes over the crazy out of control kids, they were mine!! To the sighs and the subtle groans, well yes those twins are mine. But please…never judge a mother in the supermarket

Yes it’s true, it was MY two year old twin boys who both nearly took out 2 ladies as they pelted towards the entrance, keen as mustard to pick the trolley, and I did…

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The realistic toddler version of the baby McCafe ad! If you haven't seen it already there is a cute as video doing the rounds of a dad trying to get his coffee from McCafe with out waking a sleeping baby!

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Breastfeeding isn’t for everyone...even if you give it your best shot!

Breastfeeding isn’t for everyone…even if you give it your best shot!

As National breastfeeding week wraps up for another year it has made me reflect on my time breastfeeding the boys and it has reminded me that while I am totally for breastfeeding, sometimes it doesn’t work out the way you hope and that can be hard for Mums.

Whether you try and it’s great, it doesn’t work out or it’s simply just not for you it should be ok for each mum to make their choice. Just…

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Top tip for winter whingers... top tips for surviving the cold season!

Top tip for winter whingers… top tips for surviving the cold season!

Winter is here folks! Baton down the hatches, hold on to your head scarfs and brace yourself because winter has hit much like a white walker ice dragon hitting the northern wall! If you’re like me then you have rapidly found yourself turning into some kind of withdrawn hermit crab. When people round the office jovially mention a trivia night you immediately shudder at the though of being out on a…

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Parents, ask yourself…do kids really need social media? As we approach world anti-bullying day, the focus for another year is firmly set on the landscape of cyber bullying.

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Hey Valentine's Day...I owe you and apology!

Hey Valentine’s Day…I owe you and apology!

Ah Valentine’s Day…you’re here again! I can’t quite explain why but somewhere along the line I managed to build some sort of grudge against Val day! Perhaps it stems back to that fateful year 5 class when I got a seemingly underwhelming number of class valentine letters or perhaps it’s the fact the it lies uncomfortably close to my birthday and takes over my pre-birthday build up, deviating the…

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