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Blog your heart out.

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I've kindly been invited to take part in a post named Blog your heart out by The Little Life of Ickle Pickle.

It comprises of five questions about my life & blog so here goes....

Who/what encouraged you to start blogging? I stumbled across blogs just after Freddie was born, during those night feeds I found myself reaching for my iphone! I first came across Kerry at Lived With Love blog and enjoyed how she was able to document day to day life within a blog.
How did you chose what topics to blog about? I have only been blogging for three months, but having two boys under 4 it was always going to be family & parenting friendly. I knew I also wanted to include my love of food and cooking in recipe posts.
What is something most people don't know about you? I've had a pacemaker since I was 17.
What three words describe your style? I'd say I'm compassionate, loyal and reserved!
What do you love to do when your not blogging? I obviously love spending time with my boys, but when I have a quiet five minutes (bedtime!) I like to grab a hot cuppa' tea some chocolate and relax catching up on all the trashy tv I like!

I tag:
LeoniiAmber at Foreverchanges
Sarah at Tobygoesbananas

Catriona at lovedbymummy
Bek at Dillydrops
Jess at Owlcrazymummy
Cloo at Singleparentpessimist

#mealplanningmonday

Meal Plan Monday 24/02/14 #mealplanningmonday

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I do try and plan our weekly meals, so as not to waste any food we already have and it means it usually keeps the food shopping costs down!

The majority of our shopping is done at Asda and then I pop to Sainsburys as its the closest supermarket to us if there is anything I desperately need or have forgotten to get.

Monday- Spaghetti bolognaise using turkey mince, cooked in the slow cooker

Tuesday- Jacket potatoes. We all have different toppings; cheese,baked beans, tuna mayo and brie with shredded bacon

Wednesday- Pasta with homemade cheese sauce

Thursday- Chicken Korma with potatoes, cooked in the slow cooker

Friday- Garlic and brown sugar chicken with potato wedges and salad

Saturday- Takeaway

Sunday- Roast dinner 'a la Mummy!'

I've linked up with At home with Mrs M for this post.

Where do you shop?

Any meal recommendations?

#Silentsunday

#silentsunday #2 23/02/14

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#silentsunday

lblogger

Top 5 Kids Products.

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As a Mum of two boys under four I've used my fair share of baby & toddler products, but our favourites have to be........

Books, both of my boys absolutely love reading and we have a huge stash of books.

Munchkin click lock cups, over the last three and a half years we have used SO many different bottles/Sippy cups and the Munchkin click lock cups are by far our favourite. They're called Non-spill & they defiantly don't

Snack pots, means less raisins on the floor of the car!

Apps, Harry especially likes to play on our Iphones / Ipad and he has a few apps he especially likes (but that's another post!)

Sainsburys Little ones nappies, I absolutely love these nappies and Ive tried every brand around & I especially love the price.

What are your top 5 kids products?

canvasdesign

CanvasDesign Review

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Our house definitely needs more pictures of the boys on the walls, so when Canvas Design asked if I'd like to review one of their canvases I was more than happy to.

I attached my image to an email on Friday afternoon and by Wednesday morning the postman was at my door with a large parcel!

I wasn't sure what the size of the canvas would be as I was just asked to send my preferred image and it would be made to the optimum size. The canvas that arrived was 28" x 28".

The quality of the canvas even down to the packaging was absolutely fantastic.

I will 100% be ordering more canvases in the future.

Prices start from £7.99 for a 6"x 6" image from www.canvasdesign.co.uk/

CanvasDesign have kindly offered readers of my blog a 15% discount off any order when using the code BLOG15 at the checkout.

Do you own canvases from online companies?

dog food

Harringtons Dog food - Review

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Rusko recently had the chance to try Harringtons natural dog food!

I'd never come across this brand before, admittedly Rusko isn't fussy and prefers supermarket own foods after trying him on all the expensive stuff!

We used the dry food mixed in with his usual meat chunks in a gravy mix, the pieces of biscuit were smaller than his usual mix- which he actually seemed to prefer.

He had absolutly no qualms about it & scoffed it all right away!

Rusko has two meals a day consisting of half a tin of meat chunks in gravy mixed with one large scoop of dry mix.

We were sent the Harrington's Rich in turkey with veg Adult dog food.

Their foods are available to purchase in both the UK & France

Any bloggers who would like to review Harringtons food contact info @harringtonspetfood.com & mention my blog name.

What food does your dog eat?

pblogger

Siblings February

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Siblings - February.

I love seeing my boys play and learn together.

Their brotherly bond grows stronger and stronger by the day.

Don't get me wrong they have their squabbles - what siblings don't!? But in five minutes it's all forgotten about and they're playing away happily again.

The mischief they can cause together knows no bounds.

Although Freddie is the smallest...he is definitely the most outgoing, but he is bringing Harry out of his shell.