Since he could hold a pencil, Jens has loved to draw. His memory box is stuffed with his creations and illustrations but at times he gets frustrated when a sketch doesn’t turn out the way he hoped – or if one of his brothers doesn’t recognise who he’s drawing instantly [the boys are harsh critics]. This week we’ve been sent the…
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When I was little, there were two options for building what you wanted. I’m pretty sure you can guess what the first one was, and there were also Stickle Bricks. We had LOTS of them in our house. Stickle Bricks appeared first in 1969 and disappeared from the market it seemed when Jens was born, but now there’s been a…
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There’s only one reason that I’ll happily get out of bed for at 4 am and bundle myself into London for [with the blessing of three boys who all seem to believe that my place is at home where they can always find me] and if you’ve ever met me, you’ll know it’s a 6 letter word. Disney. In this…
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I’m determined, DETERMINED, to keep up with this. I know I say that every time. Haha. I get wrapped up in toy reviews and editing and work for other sites and my poor family life gets left off the blog. So here we are – weeks 36 and 37 together. It’s September – and September always feels as good of…
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Hero has been testing a new toy that he has been literally hauling everywhere he goes this week. The Peppa Pig Laugh and Learn Alphaphonics toy is apparently his version of my MAC laptop and he’s been toting it with him and slapping it down on any surface we stop at, telling me he has work to do, and occasionally…
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