A Month of #ScreenFree Prompts and Activities for Under 10’s | Fun and Creative Ideas
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Putting Christmas Into Perspective: It’s About Presence, Not Presents
It has been something of a challenging couple of weeks here in The Mad House. I was not very well up on returning from our fantastic holiday in Florida (more on that to follow) and have had to spend some time in hospital. Christmas and my 40th Birthday have really had to take a back
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Day 12 of the Center Parcs #CPGift Christmas Competition
We are delighted to be Center Parcs family bloggers here at the Mad House and cannot wait to start planning our trip to Whinfell Forest and enjoy our first family Center Parcs holiday. Center Parcs are currently running a fantastic competition to win a stocking full of goodies OR a family break at Center Parcs. Below is the stocking full
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Breakfast Basics for Kids | Easy and Nutritious Morning Meals
As adults, we’ll often rush out of the house in a flurry – if we’re lucky – with a slice of toast in hand. As role models to our children, it’s important to envision a healthy and balanced diet and one that involves sitting down to breakfast on a daily basis. Why is breakfast so
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Our favorite Christmas Movies
We are an eclectic bunch in the Mad House, but one thing we all love is Christmas Movies and snuggling up on the couch watching them together. Now thanks to Laura Ashley we have a new throw to snuggle under and watch our movies and the Tartan Cranberry Check Cotton Mix Throw is perfect in colour to
How to Figure Out Exactly What Your Friends and Family Want for Christmas
Despite being a holiday, Christmas can be pretty stressful, and with so much to arrange it can be easy to overestimate just how much time we have left to get those all-important presents. Friends fans will remember The One with Phoebe’s Dad, which saw Chandler and Joey buying their friends’ gifts from a garage, and while your
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Kid Made Christmas Decoration’s – Cotton Reels
I love this time of year, It makes me feel all crafty so the boys and I decided to make some vintage spool christmas decorations to combine my love of sewing and their of making things for Christmas. They love looking back at the decorations they have made in previous years.
Giving extra this Christmas with Mum in the Mad House and Halifax
I am a huge fan of making Christmas memorable and one of the ways I do this is by giving gifts that we have made. So I am delighted to be working in partnership with Halifax the bank who give you extra to inspire more of you to give extra this Christmas by taking the time
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This Year’s Gingerbread House | Creative Decorating Ideas and Tips
One of our advent traditions is to make and decorate a gingerbread house. With being out of the country this year we accepted a pre cooked one from Sykes Cottages to build and decorate. Unfortunately ours came a little damaged (hence the silver foil bottom), but I managed to get it stuck together and then provided
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