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Sensory tubs really are a delight for all the senses. Â You dont have to fill them with expensive materials or items and often you can repurpose things to make a fantastic thrifty Sensory tub. Â So I want to inspire you with these fab frugal sensory tub ideas. You really do not have to go out
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So here is part 2 of our fab new series the A-Z of cooking with kids. Â You can find A is for Apple Muffins here. Â Today is B is for Banana Muffins. Â My kids have been known to allow bananas to turn so that they can make these as they are their favourite muffins in
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Natwest Fairer Savings have asked me to share with you #MySaverStory past, present and future.  The truth is I have never really been a saver, well not until my health scare.  Before that I pretty much winged though life.  Both the husbeast and I were in great jobs and we were off the mindset that credit was fine
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We love making pieces of art that we can display seasonally in The Mad House.  Last year we made a family fingerprint heart canvas and I have been thinking about making a family fingerprint relief heart art canvas since then.  We finally got around to making it and it was so much fun to make and perfect
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You may remember we have been working with Startrite on seeing how their boys school shoes hold up. Â Well they have been wearing them for eight weeks now and I thought I would share with you how they have been wearing. I am going to preface this by saying that the boys last pair of
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We use a lot of technology in the Mad House and one thing that we have been trying to do more lately is less reliance on screens, so having the ability to print activities, colouring pages and papercrafts without even turning on the computer or tablet is amazing. For the last three months we have
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At eight and nine, my boys do not have mobile phones. Â I want to hold off on them getting them for as long as possible. Â But if they had mobile phones would I put a tracking app on them and use it as a parenting tool? Â I have to admit my first reaction is hell
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According to a recent survey by Scottish Friendly UK disposable incomes on the rise, which can only be a good things after such a period of recession. (You can find Scottish Friendly on twitter) We were listening to the news on the radio whilst in the car at the weekend, when Mini asked “what is a
Friday marked the last day of term for the minimas and I have been busy preparing for our summer. Â We are pretty freerange over the summer and I am a big believer in not over scheduling the boys or myself. But I find that the cleaning definitely takes a back seat, so I have been
