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Happy Halloween! Smashers review and giveaway!

Back at Blog On Toys in September, I found out about Smashers which are a new collectible toy and series 2 arrives in eyeballs! Perfect for Halloween, bwah, ha ha ha (evil laugh) There are over 100 to collect and some glow in the dark (again fab for Halloween or just fun to have on […]

A Love So Sweet by Addison Cole: review and giveaway

Being a fan of Addison’s Seaside and Bayside series of books, I was looking forward to this new series about the Braden family. These books are also Sweet with Heat so they are not explicit in terms of content or language. I’ll be perfectly honest, it took me a while to get used to the […]

You Can Lead A Horse To Murder by Tara Meyers: review and giveaway!

Ooh I haven’t read a murder mystery in ages! This is the first Tara Meyers book I have read so I was excited to try out a new author 🙂 The plot revolves around vet Ember Burns who returns to her hometown following the death of her mother. The previous vet retired after an unfortunate […]

Negativity niggles and how to vanquish them!

Last week I wrote a post on happiness and positivity. I purposefully chose things that related only to me and not my family. Despite the upbeat tone of the post, I found myself dwelling on my own selfishness, ‘mum guilt’ and my fear of not being a good enough mum to my beautiful children. Then […]

Oh, pants! And a giveaway!

As I mentioned in my post to kick off the year, Zach is rapidly approaching the potty training stage. My mum goes on about how me and my sister were both potty trained at 13 months. Well, we were marvelous, weren’t we?! My kids were not that perfect and waited until they were 2 and […]