I say this every month but I just don’t know where the weeks are going. Each one blurs into the next and I can’t quite believe that this time next week we’ll be on summer holidays and the children will have another school year under their belts.

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Like most people, we love baking a banana cake when we have ripe bananas going past their best. But, over the course of the pandemic we have made so many banana loaves that we have got a bit bored of them. So, to stir things up a bit, and get us excited for banana cake again, I’ve been adding new flavours to our favourite bakes.

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Welcome back to another week of Living Arrows! I love this project, I’ve been doing it for so many years now and it’s always nice seeing who links up and watching children and families grow throughout the year.

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Over recent weeks we’ve started making more variations of our favourite banana cake recipe to get us excited for that classic bake again. I’m sure, like most people, we baked more than our fair share of banana loaves over the course of the pandemic so we need something to reignite our love for them again.

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I remember when I was first pregnant there were Emma’s Diary packs that we could get during pregnancy and when our baby arrived. For many years now, families have benefited from free Emma’s Diary gift packs – and it’s such a fantastic way to get free baby products!

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LP and Little Man have always loved books but they especially love being able to add another dimension to the books they read, acting out scenes from the stories and really immersing themselves into each book whether it’s during the day or at bedtime.

Cheeky Monsters sent us one of their beautiful collection of books, along with a gorgeous cuddly Cheeky Monster Violet, the main character in the book, and challenged us to take the #CheekyMonstersChallenge, seeing if LP and Little Man could recreate the story with Violet’s help!

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Would your children like to do some good and get free Amazon vouchers as a thank you at the same time? The University of St Andrews need the help of you and your children, simply by completing studies online to help with their ongoing research into children’s cognitive development.

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Welcome back to another week of Living Arrows! I love this project, I’ve been doing it for so many years now and it’s always nice seeing who links up and watching children and families grow throughout the year.

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During half term we had a lovely break away at the Richmond Hill Hotel, exploring Richmond Park and enjoying time together. On the way home we booked tickets to visit Syon Park, somewhere we’d never been before but so close to the hotel that it felt like the perfect opportunity.

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LP and Little Man haven’t had consistent swimming lessons for a while – due to the pandemic and our local leisure centre closing for refurbishment. But, next week they start lessons again and they couldn’t be more excited, especially with brand new onesies to wear afterwards thanks to Cookie Dough Kids.

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