Whenever we visit anywhere new we always try to get a good balance of fun and exploring whilst still learning about the place and its history. This was no different when we were in Mauritius. We tried to learn as much as we could about the island whilst going at the children’s pace and making everything as interesting as possible for them.

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Welcome back to another week of Living Arrows – and thanks to everyone who linked up last week. I love this project and it’s so nice getting to know the families that participate in Living Arrows each week and this year it looks like a really lovely mix of old and new faces. 

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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.

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It’s that time of year where kids are getting excited about Halloween, bonfire night and all things spooky. So, to get in the mood with them I decided to make a little Halloween recipe, their favourite dinner with a fun Halloween twist. LP and Little Man absolutely love meatballs and tagliatelle and so it was super easy to make this favourite meal Halloween themed – turning it into Mummy Meatballs!

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Today I turn 35. Halfway to 70. I know that whilst I was growing up that anything over thirty felt so old and so far away but now that I’m here, in my middle years, it feels like life has gone so quickly up until this point and I am willing it to slow down just a little. I want to stop and appreciate life before I find myself another ten years older.

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When we went to Mauritius the one place everyone told us to go was Casela World of Adventures so we booked tickets to visit a few days after we arrived on the island.

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Disclosure: We were invited on this break for the purpose of this review however all opinions are my own.

On Saturday I had a very early start for Tough Mudder and so Travelodge kindly invited Lauren and I to stay with them the night before at their London Clapham Junction hotel. Just a few minutes walk from Clapham Common it was perfectly situated for our trip and I don’t think I’ve ever stayed in a Travelodge before.

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Welcome back to another week of Living Arrows – and thanks to everyone who linked up last week. I love this project and it’s so nice getting to know the families that participate in Living Arrows each week and this year it looks like a really lovely mix of old and new faces. 

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Disclosure: We were gifted tickets for this event but not asked to write about it however all opinions are my own.

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.

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Each September we get into a really nice routine during the week of the children’s school day, a couple of after school clubs per week and some afternoons at home. On the days where we have a few hours at home before dinner, bath and bed I like to organise little fun activities for the children, something to keep them entertained and stop then just watching TV or playing on their tablets every day after school.

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We have always had a trusty tub of Sudocrem in the cupboard since before the children were even born and I know it’s a brand that was a fixture in my own childhood too. We have used it religiously for years and aside from nappy rash we’ve used it on spots, grazes, sunburn and dry skin – as well as so much else. It really is a staple in any family home.

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If you ask the children what their favourite part of Mauritius was they would probably say the pool, the beach or the boat trips. But, if we asked them what they thought of the children’s fun park we went to, TerrOcean Le Domaine de l’Etoile, they’ll rave about it for hours. It was such a nice way to spend a few hours so I thought I’d share it with you.

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