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!
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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. 

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[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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Living Arrows · March 12, 2018

Living Arrows – 11/53 {2018}

Welcome back to another week of Living Arrows. I loved seeing everyone link up last week – and cannot wait to see the children grow through 2018.

If you haven’t joined in with Living Arrows before it’s is about celebrating childhood. The project originally took it’s name from a poem by Kahlil Gibran, “You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” and every Monday we share a moment from our week and invite others to do the same as part of this linky.

Each week I share two pictures from our week – one of each of our children – but you can share one or more pictures that capture a moment of childhood. The following week I’ll share my three favourite photos from the week before, linking back to the owner’s blogs.

So if you would like to link up, grab a badge and post around a photo of childhood from the previous week. I look forward to reading your posts and make sure you visit a few of the other posts that have linked up and leave a comment too!

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Here are a few of my favourite photos from last week:

PixieDusk

Mama Mighalls

A Cornish Geek

This week’s photos were taken after school in the garden last week. The grass has finally settled enough for us to walk on and the children got to play on their new play equipment for the very first time – they were pretty excited. I love Little Man’s happy face in this photo.

Living Arrows - 11/53 {2018}

LP is so little still but what she lacks in size she makes up for in personality. She is so happy to have a good size slide again as our old playhouse one was quite short really, that she just keeps going down it, over and over again. Never ending fun for a six year old!

Living Arrows - 11/53 {2018}

I’m really looking forward to reading your posts this week. If you link up make sure to go and read some of the other posts and I’ll be commenting and sharing them through the course of the week. Thanks so much for taking part!

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  1. Laura - Dear Bear and Beany says

    March 12, 2018 at 7:06 am

    I bet they were very excited to finally get to play on it after all this time. I love Little Man’s face! x

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  2. Angela Webster says

    March 12, 2018 at 8:59 am

    That play equipment looks awesome, a real adventure in your back garden. Little Man and LP look very happy and excited. Have a great week ahead x

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  3. the frenchie mummy says

    March 12, 2018 at 10:15 am

    This playhouse is so cool! We need something like that in our garden. Hope you had a fab Mother’s Day x #livingarrows

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  4. Sophie Durrans says

    March 12, 2018 at 1:08 pm

    Glad that they are finally able to make good use of your lovely new garden! LP and Little Man look like they’re having such fun

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  5. Mary @ Over 40 and a Mum to One says

    March 12, 2018 at 2:57 pm

    Bless them. I bet they love having their freedom back.

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  6. Naomi says

    March 12, 2018 at 3:19 pm

    What amazing play equipment! Thanks for hosting again #Livingarrows

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  7. Claire @ The ladybirds adventures says

    March 12, 2018 at 10:09 pm

    The play equipment looks great and they both look like they love it.

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  8. Madeline (This Glorious Life) says

    March 12, 2018 at 11:07 pm

    That play equipment looks amazing! Good timing too, with Spring hopefully on its way soon, I bet they’ll be out there all the time playing on it! x

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  9. RACHEL BUSTIN says

    March 15, 2018 at 3:23 pm

    The slide looks great fun! I remember having to wait last Summer to walk on our grass after it had been turfed, it felt like forever! x

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  10. Charlotte Stein says

    March 17, 2018 at 1:21 pm

    What a beautiful play park! I hope this means some extra eace for you whilst they’re in the garden (fingers crossed) #livingarrows

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  11. Lara Jarvis says

    March 17, 2018 at 4:23 pm

    This looks such fun!! Great that the slide is a lot bigger – Henry’s legs are longer than the slide we have so it’s pretty redundant!! xx

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  12. Cat Williams says

    March 18, 2018 at 9:56 pm

    Your garden is looking amazing. I bet they can’t wait for Summer

    Cat

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  13. Rosie @ Little Fish says

    March 18, 2018 at 10:34 pm

    Lovely picks for this week. Your two look very happy with their new play equipment! We just got a trampoline – now waiting for the weather to warm up bit so the kids can use it! x

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  14. Sarah says

    March 18, 2018 at 11:10 pm

    It looks like such a fab play frame – I would love something like this in our garden but I’m not sure where it would go! LP and LM look like they are loving it – I can’t believe what the weather is like again now though and they were just playing in jumpers last week!

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