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Painting Snow with Food Colouring

Written by Josie

Some of the process art we did in the snow

While we love having snowball fights, sledging  and building snowmen, if the snow actually hangs around for a few days we can get bored of those things. That’s why we decided to take our process art outside give painting snow with food colouring a go. It was really simple to set up and the kids […]

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Second Hand Baby Items: How to Shop Nearly New

Written by Josie

Second hand baby items at a nearly new sale

Ok, so I am a bit biased. I run nearly new sales so obviously I think they’re great, but I have loved nearly new for much longer than I’ve been running the sales. Before I had children, other than the occasional car boot sale (occasional because that was a time when Sundays still meant a […]

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Work at Home Jobs for Introvert Mums

Written by Josie

work at home mum with baby

I am an introvert and I think quite a lot of mums who find working from home appealing are too. While most work at home jobs require less human contact than your average, work outside the home job, plenty still involve regular interactions. To help you avoid those, I’ve rounded up the best work at […]

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5 Ways I Parent Differently from my Mum

Written by Josie

Mum, daughter, granddaughter

My Mum is awesome. I have amazing memories from childhood and she’s always been there to support me. Despite this, there are some ways in which I parent differently from her. Some of these are about me wanting to do things differently, but mostly they are based on wanting my kids to not be the […]

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Baby Tooth Knocked out? Don’t Panic!

Written by Josie

Child with baby tooth knocked out

When my daughter knocked a baby tooth out at 11 months old, we panicked. Would she be able to eat normally? Would the adult tooth come through ok? Would people stare at her? It turned out not to be that big of a problem and, now that her adult tooth has come through, I wanted […]

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A blog about trying to raise independent kids while retaining a sense of humour. Me: I’m Josie, a 44 year old introvert and former librarian. Them: My husband Chris, Boy Child who is 12 and Girl Child who is 10. The others: Hera the cat and Baxter the dog. Read More…

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