And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is up, the Santa hats are out and the first doors on our advent calendars are open.

I love this time of year. It is my favourite. And it’s one of the few times still full of magic even as an adult. I’m going to be soaking up every minute of joy the next few weeks bring and I hope December is full of moments of joy for you too.

Happy December! 🎄
AD | Christmas has arrived at @thelexiconbracknell AD | Christmas has arrived at @thelexiconbracknell and there’s so much to entertain the whole family whilst you do your Christmas shopping! 

Visit The Lexicon Glow Room for a magical light experience that will dazzle you with 20,000 LEDs. It feels like the room goes on forever! Then, take a dip in the Light Pool, a magical ball pool with golden balls to be found and prizes to be won!

If that wasn’t all, have a photo in the giant Christmas bauble ‘sparkling selfie station’ and follow the Twinkle Trail, spotting baubles in shop windows to collect the clues and enter to win fabulous prizes this Christmas. Plus, share your sparkling selfie station pictures, tagging #thelexiconbracknell or email them to marketing@thelexiconbracknell.com and you will automatically be entered in a competition for the chance to win a restaurant gift card too. 

There are also special performances from local choirs, bands and singers and even the chance to meet Bluey, Hey Duggee and Chase from Paw Patrol! You can be sure that a trip to The Lexicon will have something for everyone over the festive season this year. We loved our visit to The Lexicon last weekend and know we’ll be back again before Christmas!

Find out more on @thelexiconbracknell website.

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AD - Press Trip | What a lovely evening that was! AD - Press Trip | What a lovely evening that was! We had our first Glow Marwell experience tonight - and we loved it. It may even be the best light trail we have been to.

We spent well over two hours at @marwellzoo, enjoying the light installations, indulging in the food stalls and cafe, toasting marshmallows and even meeting Father Christmas! 

Glow Marwell was such a nice way to kick off the festive season - and it’s on all the way through December! If you’re looking for a really nice festive activity the whole family can enjoy, this could definitely be it!
AD | Are you looking for gifts for the grandparent AD | Are you looking for gifts for the grandparents this year? @famileo_uk is a wonderful gift, giving the recipient a personalised gazette of family news regularly throughout the year - and it costs from just £5.99 a month. 

Multiple family members can use the same subscription, all posting messages to be added to one gazette - and sharing the cost of the subscription too! It’s great for parents, siblings and children to all share their news with grandparents each week, fortnight or month. 

We’ve been sending my dad Family gazettes for a while now and he absolutely loves them. It means we tell him all the little things that are happening and not just the big news you remember to mention in phone calls. The children get to upload their own messages to their grandad and it’s definitely made them feel closer, building a stronger relationship despite living far apart.

Find out more about Family over on the blog - link in bio - and buy a subscription for your nearest and dearest this Christmas. It’s a gift they will definitely love to receive.
Two weeks of Fred & George! I won’t be doing the Two weeks of Fred & George! I won’t be doing these updates every week but I like having somewhere to put all these photos!

They’re now three months old, super loving and happy, making biscuits and purring constantly.

They stay in ‘their’ room overnight but explore the house during the day, getting more confident as time passes. They even got to the point of relaxing on the sofa with us last night.

Fred & George are now very much part of our family and I can’t imagine them not being there now - even at 7am when they’re miaowing at the door for breakfast!
AD | Stuck for screen-free entertainment that your AD | Stuck for screen-free entertainment that your kids will love? Claim your FREE Banjo Robinson activity pack today!
 
Reading for pleasure is a key indicator of a child’s future success, but if your child doesn’t love to read, what can you do? We know it’s not always easy keeping kids entertained and away from screens, so we’ve partnered with the award-winning @banjorobinson to gift you a FREE activity pack, worth £9.99.

Here’s a little look at the Banjo Robinson subscription - Troy loves it! Travelling to world with Banjo is so much fun! You can read our full review over on the blog and claim your free activity pack too - link in profile.
A whole week of Fred & George. We weren’t meant A whole week of Fred & George.

We weren’t meant to get more cats just yet but sometimes the universe sends you things when you don’t expect them.

These little guys needed a home and a family to love them. And we had a home and a lot of love to give. We still miss Leia but this pair are definitely helping make me feel whole again.

They are both used to us now, and love us. They’re less nervous, give us cuddles and let us pick them up. They’re still living in our spare room but starting to explore the rest of the house under supervision. 

They play fight constant. Love toys, especially a crinkly feather thing on a string attached to a stick, and love being up high. They are an awesome pair and we are so glad to have them.

Thank you @millbrook_rspca @rspca_official for trusting us with ‘Lonestar and Starfish’. We could not love them more. 

#catsofinstagram #catstagram #catsofig #catsofinsta #catlovers #adoptdontshop #rspcarescuecat #kittensofinstagram #kittens_of_instagram
[AD - Press Trip] I’ve just finished writing abo [AD - Press Trip] I’ve just finished writing about our half term break at @pottersresort and it’s over on the blog if you want to go have a read.

I wanted to put some of my favourite photos on the grid too as the kids did so many fun activities - they had THE best time. 

Giant swing, segways, climbing, archery, laser clays… there was so much to do that we couldn’t fit it all in - we need another trip!
And there ends our October half term - well, apart And there ends our October half term - well, apart from Troy who has a bonus week off!

This half term has been pretty lovely. Troy had his school residential the first weekend and then we had a really lovely few days in Norfolk before heading home and picking up two new members of our family - Fred and George. 11 week old rescue kittens who have pretty much stolen our hearts.

It’s been so nice to have a chunk of quality time with this pair and now I’m looking forward to the Christmas holidays. These two are the best company and I really do live for the school holidays. 

How has your half term been?
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Ordinary Moments · September 6, 2020

A New Normal At School {The Ordinary Moments}

Welcome back to another week of the Ordinary Moments. If you haven’t joined in before this is a weekly linky that launches every Sunday morning and is open until midnight on the following Saturday. It’s a linky that celebrates any ordinary moments in your life – or the not so ordinary some weeks too. Basically – anything goes. I’ll be sharing and commenting on the posts that are linked up during the week and there’s a badge at the bottom of the post if you’d like to add it to yours too.

This week the children went back to school. It was something I was looking forward to and that the children were both really excited about. After five and a half months at home it was about time for a change of scenery and getting back into a good routine.

Little Man has moved up to the Juniors and loves being able to go into school with his sister now. LP also loves having her little brother at the same campus. They spent two years at different campuses and we were all counting down to this year where everything got a little bit easier and much nicer for the children too.

School is much the same as they are used to. They have their friends, familiar teachers and all the lessons that they’ve come to know and love. But, there are differences too.

They can’t take their own possessions with them to school – no backpacks or reading books – and just take a water bottle, snack and hand sanitiser. They have break times and lunch times just with the children from their year groups and there are no assemblies or after school clubs.

Lunches are mainly eaten in their classrooms and they get to have lunch in the hall once a week. It’s a lot of change but I’ve come to realise children are so resilient and our two often just go along with whatever is asked of them. They’ve been absolutely fine going back.

I’m now looking forward to next week, a full week of our new routine and the start of the children’s swimming lessons too. This coming week will be a good dose of the new normal and something I’m sure the children will happily go along with too.

I’m so glad that the children are back at school. It’s one of their favourite places, it makes them happy and they always have so much to tell us after every day. It’s so nice that they’ve been able to go back and are enjoying it too.

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  1. Emna T says

    September 6, 2020 at 7:45 am

    All the schools seem to be so different. Ours can only take essentials and they keep their stuff with them at all times in class (no use of cloakroom), they can take in fountain pen for those that prefer that to the school pens but other than that just PE kit, water, snack and lunch if not having in school. Homework pack comes home each day along with their bag daily. Our do have morning club and after school clubs are back on. But no school swimming (and no out of school swimming lessons at the moment, as they usually go to a nearby private school which isn’t having external lessons. As you say, the kids just learn what the new is and get on with it.

    Glad its gone well with Troy moving up.

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  2. anne says

    September 6, 2020 at 11:29 am

    I’m glad they are both happy to be back. I think a lot of schools are taking the virus very seriously and making safe environments for our children.

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  3. Colette says

    September 6, 2020 at 10:16 pm

    It’s a shame they can’t see each other at playtimes etc to really feel the benefit of being on the same site but it must make life so much easier for you to be only dropping off in one place again! I’ve got one more year of split school runs (though only one more year after that of Chloe being at primary anyway!)

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  4. soma @ inktorrents.com says

    September 7, 2020 at 6:21 am

    It is nice to be back amongst friends even with restrictions. I wish them a wonderful school year.

    -Soma

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  5. rachelswirl says

    September 7, 2020 at 7:25 pm

    I’m so glad that your kids are enjoying their return to school – I was so worried (and still am) but things (so far TOUCH WOOD) seem fairly good.

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