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Reviews – books, toys, games

Fresh Gourmet – a new take on croutons and toppings

I’m always one to try something new, although I’m certainly no Masterchef in the making!  I received a parcel a couple of weeks ago with some products from Fresh Gourmet – the number one brand of croutons and toppings in … Continue reading

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Any one for a curry tonight?

I don’t know about you but I love a good Indian curry, luckily Monkey seems to like them too.  Once a month some of my girl friends come over for the evening and we order an Indian delivery service – … Continue reading

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Sunshine and Snowballs / Goodnight Little One – Book Buddies Review for Parragon Books

We are thrilled to be a part of the Book Buddies team working with Parragon Books. Yes, I think you all know by now that Monkey and I have a slight obsession for books, I’m seriously thinking that our spare … Continue reading

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Jump Up and Join In – Reading, Music, Singing and soon to be an App

Earlier this week Monkey and I were invited to London by Egmont to meet Carrie and David Grant, and to hear about Jump Up and Join In – otherwise known as #juji. Based on six energetic picture books, JUJI is … Continue reading

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Discovery Foods are on Instagram – join their competition

I am not alone in joining Instagram this month. I’ve been joined by Discovery Foods who are celebrating all this month (July 2013) by offering us all to get creative in the kitchen with their products – what do you … Continue reading

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Tractor Ted – Book Review – Activity Book 1

We’ve been reviewing a number of Tractor Ted DVD’s and books over the last few weeks and the final review is for the Tractor Ted’s Activity Book 1. As with the other Tractor Ted books we’ve reviewed this book is … Continue reading

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My own beautiful Butterfly Print thanks to Little Pea and Bertie

Any reader of my blog will know by now that I love nature.  I especially love butterflies and dragonflies – takes me back to my youth and chasing after them with my butterfly net. Have you heard of Little Pea … Continue reading

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I’ve joined the Hygiene Revolution

I live in a house with Monkey, a typical 3 and half-year old muck attracting little boy, a one year old cat who insists on walking all over my kitchen work tops with his muddy paws and Daddy P who … Continue reading

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Tractor Ted – Book reviews – Meets the Animals and Big Machines

As you know we love all things Tractor Ted so when we received some of the Tractor Ted books to review I was very interested to see what Monkey thought to them. The first one we read was Tractor Ted … Continue reading

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Big Picture Press – a pre-publication review

As you know, I love books with a passion and luckily Monkey seems to love them too – so I do everything I can, to keep that enthusiasm going. I also love maps, be it my map postcard obsession or … Continue reading

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