The educational benefits of a day trip to Brighton

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Looking for things you can do with the kids during the summer holidays? With six whole weeks to try and keep them entertained, it can be difficult coming up with new and exciting ideas. One great idea you might want to consider, is heading off on a day trip.

Educational trip to Brighton

There are lots of great places you can go for the day with the kids. If you’re looking to enjoy a family-friendly, beach style getaway, Brighton is a great option. Not only does it offer a great seaside experience, but it can also be educational too. Here, we’ll look at just … Continue reading

Little Loves (July) – Safe, Nights Away and Summer

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Two weeks into the school holidays and so far so good. Though I must admit as the kids are getting older they make their own entertainment, and I am a glorified taxi driver and bank clerk. But I can’t complain as I am currently sat in Starbucks, with an overpriced drink and my laptop.

Little Loves

Looking back, July was a pretty good month. The teen finished his NCS experience, Katie broke up for the summer, we said goodbye to year 7 and year 11, there was a romantic night away with the husband, I went on a Spa night away … Continue reading

Little Loves – Summer Holidays, Back to School and 4 years of Blogging

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I have really missed writing up my Little Loves post over the summer, and I am glad the weekly link up is back after its summer break. I last wrote a Little Loves post back on the 27th July, a post that was filled with emotion as Katie had just finished primary school. Fast forward 6 and a bit weeks and she has just started high school, thankfully with a lot less emotion from me. So my Little Loves this week is a look back at our summer holidays.

The summer holidays

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My aim was to read 2 books during the summer … Continue reading

The Summer Holidays 2016 – Bring it on

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Below is a post I wrote this time last year as we were about to embrace the 2015 summer holidays.  Fast forward a year and here we are again, on the brink of another 7 weeks of the kids being off. The teen actually broke up at 12.20pm last Friday, and daughter has another 3 full days in school. Thankfully she loves school so won’t be begrudging her brother an extra 3 days of lie ins.

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We had an awesome summer last year and managed to go away 3 times. Fast forward to this year and we only have 1 … Continue reading

The Summer Holidays… Remember them ?

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Remember the summer holidays ? We have got 4 days of school runs under our belt, and I must admit the summer holidays now seem a distant memory. I was lucky enough to have most of the school holidays off, and I knew I wanted to keep the kids busy. We love our holidays as a family and I always start thinking about the summer holidays around Easter time. As we had been to Florida in May I knew our holidays had to be fairly cheap, but I also wanted a few breaks away. So we ended up with 12 … Continue reading