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Liked & Loved · March 27, 2020

Liked & Loved {March 2020}

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Well, this month really wasn’t how we expected it to be but it hasn’t been all bad. Here are a few things we’ve been enjoying through March.

The little things

Being at home, unable to do normal things like pop to the shops, see a friend for a cup of tea or even go to school has made us really appreciate the simple things in life.

The sun has been shining, we’ve been playing in the garden and, amazingly, we’ve been able to recreate school at home. It’s going well so far.

World Book Day

World Book Day is one of the children’s favourite days of the year which they look forward to for months. LP and Little Man both chose who they wanted to dress up as and we organised costumes ready for the big day – Amelia Fang for LP and a Jedi for Little Man. They looked awesome!

* Mothers Day Hamper

Ahead of Mother’s Day, Spicers of Hythe sent me a beautiful chocolate hamper. It was full of chocolate treats – biscuits, chocolates, chocolate spread, hot chocolate – pretty much everything any chocoholic would love to receive!

* Beaulieu

We had a really lovely day out at Beaulieu Motor Museum for the opening of their new adventure playground, Little Beaulieu. It was such a lovely day out and unbeknown to us our last family day out before life turned upside down!

Easter baking

This month LP and Little Man helped me with some easter baking. They’ve been asking to make rice krispie cakes for ages so we made some Creme Egg Rice Krispie Cakes, Rice Krispie Nests and Lemon Bakewells too. It’s been a month of baking!

* New things and Giveaways!

Every reader knows how much I love gin and this month Firebox sent me some of their new drinks – ones that stop you needing to choose between gin or a glass of wine!

The new Uncommon Drinks are an awesome fusion of wine and gin, 20% alcohol drinks that can be enjoyed mixed with tonic or just over ice. With white wine, red wine and rosé varieties there is a flavour for everyone! I’m giving away a bundle over on Instagram too.

This month Dave and I have been playing Don’t Be A Dik Dik – a fast paced game that teaches you all about the ruder elements of the natural world. Slippery dicks, colon rectums and bearded tits all feature – and the aim is to not be left holding the dik dik! I’m giving away a copy over on Facebook if you’d like to enter.

Frozen 2 comes out on Monday and to celebrate I’ve launched a giveaway over on Facebook to win a whole bundle of John Adams Frozen 2 craft activities. Make sure you pop over and enter.

Our last giveaway over on social media is to win a set of Cranes Cider – all three delicious flavours and a beautiful glass too. Go and enter over on Facebook.

* Cheese

Who doesn’t love cheese? I snack so much when I’m at home so this has gone into overdrive over the last couple of weeks. But, I’ve been sent new Amazin Grazin bars to help me snack on the right things!

Amazin Grazin is a really satisfying, tasty cheese bar snack that is high in protein and low in sugar. The bars come in three flavours – Smokey chipotle made with mild cheddar cheese blended with smoky chipotle flakes, sweet chilli jam, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, sticky date and honey made with mild cheddar cheese blended with orange blossom honey, sticky chopped dates, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds and berry and cherry made with mild cheddar cheese blended with blueberries, cranberries, cherries, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seed. The flavours are amazing!

* A New Beauty Product

This month I was sent the latest addition in the It Cosmetics range to try out – Confidence In Your Beauty Sleep Night Cream. It features Rest & Restore Technology to visibly improve five of the top signs of aging skin – fine lines, wrinkles, dryness, dullness and loss of firmness.

I’ve been using it for a couple of weeks now and my skin feels hydrated, smooth and healthier. The cream has a really lovely texture – rich and cooling. A great way to end the day before having a good night’s sleep.

* TIMIO

Our latest discovery this month has been TIMIO, a screen-free, interactive audio and music player. It’s such a cool, durable gadget aimed at children between three and eight years old.

LP and Little Man are near the top of the age bracket and I wasn’t sure what they’d think of TIMIO. They love to read but, when TIMIO arrived they were intrigued. Over the last few weeks they’ve loved changing between the 20 discs that come with the system, playing everything from the alphabet, fairy tales and nursery rhymes to numbers, colours and time. It’s really educational and easy for the children to use by themselves and the handle makes it fantastic to carry around and even travel with.

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Comments

  1. Ursula Hunt says

    March 27, 2020 at 11:24 am

    I love their range of educational games

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  2. Tracy Nixon says

    March 27, 2020 at 12:39 pm

    pop music!

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  3. Solange says

    March 27, 2020 at 3:54 pm

    My kids love dance and pop music,

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  4. Andrea Fletcher says

    March 27, 2020 at 5:53 pm

    Nursery rhymes.

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  5. Iain maciver says

    March 27, 2020 at 8:32 pm

    pop music

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  6. Dan says

    March 27, 2020 at 10:58 pm

    They’d listen to pop music, probably the Frozen 2 soundtrack!

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  7. Sally Collingwood says

    March 28, 2020 at 8:52 am

    At the moment Violet loves Waffle and all his songs on children’s tv and Alexander likes Michael Jackson!

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  8. Lorna Ledger says

    March 28, 2020 at 12:06 pm

    Pop, BTS, Billie Ellish! Thanks for the chance

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  9. Natalie Burgess says

    March 29, 2020 at 3:31 pm

    Pop music xx

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  10. Tracy Hanley says

    March 29, 2020 at 6:12 pm

    Both my grandkids like all sorts of music

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  11. claire woods says

    March 29, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    Pop music

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  12. kim neville says

    March 29, 2020 at 7:15 pm

    my kids likes dance and pop music 🙂

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  13. Shelley Steggles says

    March 29, 2020 at 7:50 pm

    My son loves Pop, but he is a big fan of classic FM too!! he has loved it since he was tiny!

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  14. Susan B says

    March 29, 2020 at 7:53 pm

    The little one loves nursery rhymes to sing along with and dance to.

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  15. Peter Watson says

    March 29, 2020 at 8:05 pm

    My grandchildren love Kidzplay.

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  16. fiona waterworth says

    March 29, 2020 at 8:48 pm

    my littlest loves musical nursery rhymes

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  17. Catherine S says

    March 30, 2020 at 5:50 am

    My children would love to listen to nursery rhymes

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  18. Ruth Harwood says

    March 30, 2020 at 7:06 am

    We enjoy Country music, and the kids seem to love it too xx

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  19. Jo m welsh says

    March 30, 2020 at 7:13 am

    She would listen to pop music

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  20. Leanne Hansell says

    March 30, 2020 at 9:12 am

    My daughter loves to listen to pop music.

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  21. Sophie RobertS says

    March 30, 2020 at 2:34 pm

    Pop music!

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  22. Alana Walker says

    March 30, 2020 at 4:25 pm

    My children would love to listen to nursery rhymes and learning songs.x

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  23. Angela Treadway says

    March 30, 2020 at 4:33 pm

    at this moment anything! x

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  24. Rachel Butterworth says

    March 30, 2020 at 4:49 pm

    Anything in the charts.

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  25. amy Simpson says

    March 30, 2020 at 5:40 pm

    Pop music

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  26. judy kennedy says

    March 30, 2020 at 5:57 pm

    They love what I listen to which is rnb but we love our nursery rhymes too

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  27. laura milton says

    March 30, 2020 at 7:35 pm

    My son loves the most random songs he loves The Cranberries Zombie the most 😀

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  28. Rebecca Sutton says

    March 30, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    My daughter enjoys listening to allsorts, if it has lyrics she enjoys it

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  29. Michelle Smith says

    March 30, 2020 at 11:09 pm

    My granddaughter loves nursery rhymes

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  30. Margaret Gallagher says

    March 31, 2020 at 9:07 pm

    Dancing music and nursery rhymes – just perfect

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  31. Rena Plumridge says

    March 31, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    Anything to Dance to.

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  32. Helen R says

    April 1, 2020 at 9:24 am

    My daughter loves nursery rhymes.

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  33. Allan Fullarton says

    April 2, 2020 at 3:54 pm

    pop music

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  34. Susan Smith says

    April 2, 2020 at 11:33 pm

    Pop music, they love to bop along

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  35. Carrie-Anne Brown says

    April 3, 2020 at 9:45 pm

    head shoulders knees and toes or wheels on a bus

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  36. natalie s says

    April 4, 2020 at 5:36 pm

    My daughter loves nursery rhymes and the sing soundtrack!

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  37. lynn neal says

    April 5, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    Some up to date pop music that they can bop along to!

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  38. Amy Bondoc says

    April 6, 2020 at 3:26 pm

    my niece would listen to pop music

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  39. Jade Vaccaro says

    April 9, 2020 at 1:38 am

    My 3 year old would love to listen to some Nursery rhymes, if baby shark features on one then I think she’d be ecstatic

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  40. Becky Yeomans says

    April 13, 2020 at 7:28 pm

    My daughter loves Pop music!

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  41. Gemma Hendry says

    April 14, 2020 at 9:29 am

    My daughter actually likes rock music lol but she would love to listen to all kinds of music

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  42. donna jones says

    April 15, 2020 at 8:18 pm

    pop music

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  43. Patricia Barrett says

    April 16, 2020 at 12:45 am

    Mainly chart pop music.

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  44. Priscilla Stubbs says

    April 16, 2020 at 10:04 am

    Arlo loves to dance and loves the Spice Girls songs!

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  45. RACHEL Craig says

    April 16, 2020 at 10:56 am

    Nursery Rhymes, Theme Tunes of their favourite childrens programmes.

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  46. Sheri Darby says

    April 16, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    They like pop music

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  47. Terrie-Ann Wright says

    April 16, 2020 at 8:55 pm

    my little one loves to listen to nursery rhymes and Lewis Capaldi

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  48. Pam Smith says

    April 17, 2020 at 11:14 am

    Disney songs

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  49. Amanda Gregory says

    April 17, 2020 at 3:25 pm

    Frozen sound track.

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  50. Gemma Middleton says

    April 17, 2020 at 4:17 pm

    My son loves pop music. This is a great giveaway.

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  51. Anthea Holloway says

    April 17, 2020 at 4:39 pm

    My grandchildren love any pop music that they can dance to!

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  52. Amanda Botterill says

    April 17, 2020 at 5:26 pm

    my foster daughter would listen to nursery rhymes

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  53. Paul Meulen says

    April 17, 2020 at 5:55 pm

    Reggae

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  54. Mandy Doherty says

    April 17, 2020 at 6:29 pm

    All types of music and nursery rhymes

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  55. troy easton says

    April 17, 2020 at 8:58 pm

    Pop Music.

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  56. Kat says

    April 17, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    pop music

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  57. Jules page says

    April 18, 2020 at 6:09 am

    All nursery rhymes.

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  58. Tim Woolfenden says

    April 18, 2020 at 11:08 am

    They would love to listen to pop music

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  59. Adrian Bold says

    April 18, 2020 at 11:24 am

    Mainly pop music.

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  60. Emma England says

    April 18, 2020 at 12:48 pm

    My little boys love pop music and nursery rhymes!

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  61. Diane Carey says

    April 18, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    Both my granddaughters would love nursery rhymes

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  62. Carly Belsey says

    April 18, 2020 at 3:46 pm

    My daughter lots Disney music but randomly she also loves Oasis haha

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  63. Michaela Turner says

    April 19, 2020 at 5:55 am

    My children love listening and singing along to Queen

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  64. Zoey H says

    April 19, 2020 at 6:28 am

    Pop music

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  65. michelle o'neill says

    April 19, 2020 at 8:40 am

    pop music

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  66. Kay Broomfield says

    April 19, 2020 at 9:52 am

    My 5 year old daughter would love to introduce a few more nursery rhymes to her 15 month old brother. They’d both love this.

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  67. DAnIelle pooley says

    April 19, 2020 at 11:42 am

    My two little boys like to listen to pop music and nursery rhymes

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  68. sarah morris says

    April 19, 2020 at 12:38 pm

    Pop music

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  69. Sian Buckingham says

    April 19, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    My daughter loves her nursery rhymes!

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  70. Jeanette Leighton says

    April 19, 2020 at 2:34 pm

    My son loves nursery rhymes especially hickory hickory dock and twinkle twinkle little star

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  71. Lesley Cohen Wright says

    April 19, 2020 at 2:47 pm

    They love all types of music especially ones they can dance to.

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  72. Maria hackett says

    April 19, 2020 at 3:49 pm

    My twins love Nursery rhymes! Thank you.

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  73. Janine Phillips says

    April 19, 2020 at 4:06 pm

    Nursery rhymes

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  74. James Silcock says

    April 19, 2020 at 5:57 pm

    Nursery Rhymes

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  75. Stef Acaster says

    April 19, 2020 at 7:00 pm

    Pop music

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  76. Anonymous says

    April 19, 2020 at 7:41 pm

    Nursery rhymes and anything to sing along and dance to

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  77. Tracy Barber says

    April 19, 2020 at 7:42 pm

    Nursery rhymes and anything to sing along and dance to

    Reply
  78. paula cheadle says

    April 19, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    Nursery songs for my 2 youngest granddaughters

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  79. Darren Bourne says

    April 19, 2020 at 10:50 pm

    They love to listen to a real mix. Our daughter loves a good jig around to tunes.

    Reply
  80. Violet Phillippo says

    April 19, 2020 at 11:03 pm

    My younger brother loves Queen at the moment!

    Reply

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