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WeeDo Turtle Snowsuit Review

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Weedo Funwear Turtle Snowsuit raingear

How cute are these snowsuits?           View this post on Instagram                   We are unique, we are visionary... #weedofunwear #spaceflakes #kidswear #snowwear #snowsuit #forstrongmindedkids #minishredders #gettingreadyforsnow A post shared by WeeDo (@weedo.funwear) on Sep 24, 2018 at 8:26am PDT As last snow season was finishing and we were … [Read more...] about WeeDo Turtle Snowsuit Review

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: clothes, layering, Mum on the brink's tips, outdoor clothes, outdoor wear, Review, Snowsuits, whatever the weather, Winter sports, winter wear for active kids

Kids’ Advent Calendar, your tool for staying organised in the pre-Christmas mayhem

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DIY Advent calendar - the best organising tool for pre-Christmas preparations

The Advent Calendar has to be more than just a little window of chocolates or sweets, right?! The Advent period is generally crazy, you really don't need the kids to start the day on a sugar high, do you? The kids have performances- at school, at sport clubs-; us, adults have Christmas parties, work dos, there's shopping, catering and a whole load of pressure to be … [Read more...] about Kids’ Advent Calendar, your tool for staying organised in the pre-Christmas mayhem

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: advent calendar, family life, Life Hacks, lifehacks, Mum on the brink's tips, organised, Parenting

5 Reasons to Shop at Charity or Goodwill Shop for Christmas

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Advent and Charity shopping

Heading home after dropping the kids off at school and nursery, there was an unusual traffic jam around the Red Cross charity shop parking. Curiosity got the better of me and I just "had to" go and check what the fuss was all about. Turns out it was their Christmas sale.  The shop was packed both with people and with pre-loved Christmas decorations from glögg (mulled … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons to Shop at Charity or Goodwill Shop for Christmas

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: Charity, charity shop, Christmas preparations, good cause, happy Christmas, hygge, Life Hacks, Lifestyle, Mum on the brink's tips, recycle, thrifty living

How to Hygge- Challenge #1 [video] #hyggechallenge

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Christmas

As the darkness closes in again this winter, I'm clinging to anything to get me through these short days and long evenings.  Embracing hygge worked last year. Returning from England last week, I could feel the cold and darkness getting to me. This time of the year is hard! There's so little light, the sun shines less and we're all so busy planning for the holiday season … [Read more...] about How to Hygge- Challenge #1 [video] #hyggechallenge

Filed Under: Family Home and Hygge Tagged With: hygge, hygge challenge, Life Hacks, Lifestyle, Mum on the brink's tips

How to organise a lastminute, super easy kids’ birthday party

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sleepover birthday party cake tips and tricks

The birthday was quickly approaching and we had done NOTHING to get anything, especially not a birthday party, organised. Sound familiar? In fact, I was out of the country till 3 days before.  So what do we do for our soon to be 9 year old?- I fretted.  At the 8 going on 9 birthdays are the event of the year, they are critically important.  We had to organise something- … [Read more...] about How to organise a lastminute, super easy kids’ birthday party

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: birthday party, boy's party, Easy birthday party idea, Film night, girl's party, Life Hacks, Mum on the brink's tips, Parenting, Partytime, sleepover party, Uncategorized

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