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Tag: lockdown2020

A Touch Of The Bake-Offs

Anyone else feel a little Leith at this time of year? Have you got your Prue on? Is your soggy … More

Activities, bake-off, baking, cooking with kids, dairy-free, Food, GBBO, Halloween, happiness, lockdown2020, Parenting, party food, positivity, recipes, seasonal

All The Guilt. All Of It!

Four years ago I gave up a career of twenty years. For twenty years I’d relentlessly educated. I’d spent Sunday … More

challenges, child development, Family, Freedom, gratitude, health, learning, learning opportunities, lockdown2020, mum guilt, Parenting, phases, positivity, potty training, toilet training

Review: The Wonderful World was Waiting

“With fondness I remembered all the magic of mundane.” Never has a sentence resonated more. As we have begun to … More

bedtime, book review, children’s literature, children’s stories, coronavirus, COVID-19, covid19, early reading, EYFS, Familylife, Freedom, gratitude, happiness, health, lockdown, lockdown2020, lockdown2021, mental health, MumChallenges, owlet press, positivity, publishing, social-distancing

Review: My Name Is Covid by Tammy Brandon

A Children’s Guide to Understanding the Coronavirus I’ve spent my twenty year career trying to break down concepts to children, … More

book review, child development, coronavirus, COVID-19, covid19, education, EYFS, Family, Familylife, gifted, health, isolation, lockdown, lockdown2020, lockdown2021, MumChallenges, parenthood, Parenting, parentingworries, Preschool, social-distancing

Turn Down The Volume

What’s the soundtrack to your days? As I circumnavigated the forest this morning I tried to unpick why I had … More

family life, goals, lockdown2020, new year, Noom, personal growth, self development, self reflection, silence

Day 26 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

Today saw the end of Lockdown Version 2.0. Will there be a V3.0? Chances are high for January I’d say … More

COVID-19, Family, Familylife, Freedom, gratitude, health, isolation, lockdown2020, marriage, mindfulness, motherhood, MumChallenges, Parenting, positivity, relationships, toddler, ToddlerLife, weightloss

Day 19 – Daily Lockdown-wins Diary

Old Me, New Me… Just Me. The old Karen could run 12 kilometres home, after a day at work. Old … More

aspirations, big picture, COVID-19, Family, Freedom, future, gratitude, happiness, health, lockdown2020, mindfulness, motherhood, past, positivity, present, reflection, self reflection, self-care

Day 17 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

We are in lockdown but today we celebrated freedom. Locked-down freedom. Does that still count? Semi-freedom? Frockdown? Lockdom? Whatever you … More

Coffee, COVID-19, Family, Freedom, gratitude, happiness, health, isolation, lockdown, lockdown2020, mental health, motherhood, mumblogger, Parenting, positivity, self-care, social-distancing, toddler, ToddlerLife

Day 13 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

All in the Context Phonics. Feel the fear? I’ve seen a lot of changes in the curriculum over the years. … More

early reading, education, gratitude, lockdown2020, Parenting, phonics, positivity, reading skills, synthetic phonics, teaching, toddler, ToddlerLife

Day 10 – Lockdown Daily-Wins Diary

The upside of losing naps Having naps snatched away from us was brutal and unforgiving. Admittedly I did damn well … More

COVID-19, Family, Freedom, gratitude, happiness, lockdown2020, motherhood, mumblogger, mumlife, naptime, Parenting, positivity, self-care, sleep, toddler, ToddlerLife

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