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Summer Holidays are Here!

Posted on July 20, 2016 by katese11

We’re one day in and I’m sporting one motherhecker of a sunburn, thanks to a 4.5 hr session in Myatt’s Fields this afternoon. The water was on intermittently – I think it was between 12:30 and 2 then again 3-5 … Continue reading →

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Things We’ve Done in July

Posted on July 17, 2016 by katese11

I’ve got so far behind in blogging and the summer holidays are coming up so fast that I’m throwing the towel in slightly and just doing a giant round up post. I still have a summer preview to write and … Continue reading →

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GIVEAWAY! – Q Pootle 5 Event with Nick Butterworth

Posted on July 14, 2016 by katese11

The summer holidays are approaching fast but I have a few ideas that’ll keep your kids happy. Like this event – renowned children’s author and illustrator Nick Butterworth is coming to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich  on 26th July for … Continue reading →

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Mudchute Farm – 08/07/16

Posted on July 13, 2016 by katese11

I’ll start with some big news – Nathan won a pub quiz last week. He stored up a question to ask me at home because he thought I would find it nicely challenging, TfL geek that I am. It was … Continue reading →

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LWAT is 5! A Disappointing Post

Posted on July 13, 2016 by katese11

This is Roo and Nathan two years and a month ago, on Reuben’s 5th birthday. I prepped hard for that party, baking a special cake, setting a dinosaur hunt and filling party bags with dino-related goodies. Now my second child, … Continue reading →

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#MoreinCommon Picnic to Discuss Brexit -09/07/16

Posted on July 10, 2016 by katese11

Now, I’ve been trying to keep politics off the blog as much as possible – that’s fodder for my HuffPost posts – but this was a bona fide London event where toddlers were welcome. I’ve never taken the kids on … Continue reading →

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Baby Broadway – 25/06/16

Posted on June 27, 2016 by katese11

There’s no denying that life has been a little gloomy these past few days. And I’m not saying that singing Broadway tunes for 45 minutes will make the pain all go away but well, it’ll help. So Saturday morning saw … Continue reading →

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Big Fish Little Fish – 12/06/16

Posted on June 18, 2016 by katese11

This has taken a while to write up because I was trying to get that epic Legoland post out of the way first. And if you’ve read that 2000-word monster, you’ll understand how tired we were when, the very next … Continue reading →

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Legoland – 11/06/16

Posted on June 17, 2016 by katese11

Reuben is almost 7 – I know, I can barely believe it either. And he’s not having a party this year. We started Project No Party early on in the year, sowing seeds in his mind about going to Legoland … Continue reading →

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Millfields Park – 27/05/16

Posted on June 4, 2016 by katese11

I almost forgot to blog about this day, which would have been a pity because it was one of those rare days when Eva was in a good mood pretty much all the time. Except one breakdown, but that was … Continue reading →

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