Silent Sunday My Sunday Photo : 28 Sept 2014
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The Click & Chat Social Media Link up Party #26!
The Click & Chat Social Media Link up Party #26!
Thank you so much for stopping by The Click and Chat Social Media Link up Party!
We are all about networking and helping you grow your social media numbers!
This month we are excited to announce that this linkup will appear on 16 amazing blogs!! That is 16 times the exposure for you and your links!
We are also looking for co-hosts for the coming up months, so if you are interested please contact either Amber or Kim on any of their social media and we will chat about it!
We will also have a featured blogger every week. Being chosen for our featured blogger spot means that we will share your picture (or logo) and your social media links just to let even more people see your awesome blog! To be considered for that spot you must have shared about the link up on at least one of your social medias and of course had good blogging manners and followed or liked the hosts and co-hosts on at least one or more of their social medias.
Ready to meet this weeks featured blogger?
Home. Made. Interest.
Blog / FB /Pinterest / Twitter/ Instagram
Go on by and say hi and check out all of her great social media links!
Now come and meet your hosts and co-hosts!
Amber- Adventures In Mindful Living / Kim- This Ole Mom /
Rebecca – Futures / Katie–/ Sarah–Baking with Mom
Kat–MamaBirds Nest /Sarah–Life in a Breakdown / Evelyne- kiddy fantasticos
Tiffany- A Journey with Tiffany / Kelly-Mum of 2
Heather- Krafts and Kiddos / Miranda- A July Dreamer
Anna- Just a Mum / Shauncey- Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy
Michelle- Bella HomeGoods / Elaine- Ramblings of a Bad Goddess
To make it easier for you to follow your hosts and co-hosts we have put them in the first couple of spots in each link up section.
Ready to link up? Great!
Some quick and easy rules-
1. Please follow your hosts and co-hosts on at least one or more of their social medias! It is just good blogging manners! . You can find all of our social media in the links below! Have you already followed us on one? Find another one to follow us on! We post great stuff on all of them, you won’t be disappointed!
2. This link up is all about networking and meeting new friends! Make sure to visit some other links on any list you leave your link on!This makes it fun and really helps get the exposure on all the blogs that they deserve! You are all awesome- now go meet some other awesome people! Now if you want to be super awesome you can always tweet, share,+, or pin this link up!
Thanks for stopping by The Click and Chat Social Media Link up party!!
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Historic Churches Bike n Hike
Beds & Herts Historic Churches Trust
Bike n Hike 2015
The Beds & Herts Historic Churches Trust has an annual charity event called the Bike n Hike which is to raise money to maintain the fabric of the buildings that have stood the test of time.
The boys and I started this in 2010 when our youngest was just 3. Whilst his older brother and dad cycled between the churches close to our village, I popped the then 3 yr old in the car and he cycled up the church lanes when we got to each church.
Well, 4 years on and we are still doing it! Except there is no car in sight.
Thank goodness the weather was kind to us this year as last year the mud literally put the brakes on us every 2 mins. We timed our route this year and it took an hour less as there was no mud!
We cycled a total of 5.35 miles, with 90 % on paths like the one above and ended up hiking in bits as the brambles and paths were overgrown in places.
But, we had a lovely time and stopped along the way to forage for blackberries.
You register with your local organiser so that they know who is cycling or hiking and get a form which is signed at most churches. Some aren’t manned, so you just sign the register on the door. We always ask the person who is manning the churches to allow the boys to write their own name down on the register and where they have come from and they are so friendly that they let them go ahead. We figure if they have done the mileage, then they can feel important to make their mark (figuratively and literally speaking!)
It’s a great day out and we met loads of bikers and hikers along the way who had done 1 church and some who had visited 29-30 which is amazing! We also seem to have an annual chat with the boys about why they are doing it for charity and what charity means.
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Silent Sunday My Sunday Photo : 21 Sept 2014
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Click and Chat Social Media Link up Party #25
The Click & Chat Social Media Link up Party #25!
Thank you so much for stopping by The Click and Chat Social Media Link up Party!
We are all about networking and helping you grow your social media numbers!
This month we are excited to announce that this linkup will appear on 16 amazing blogs!! That is 16 times the exposure for you and your links!
We are also looking for co-hosts for the coming up months, so if you are interested please contact either Amber or Kim on any of their social media and we will chat about it!
We will also have a featured blogger every week. Being chosen for our featured blogger spot means that we will share your picture (or logo) and your social media links just to let even more people see your awesome blog! To be considered for that spot you must have shared about the link up on at least one of your social medias and of course had good blogging manners and followed or liked the hosts and co-hosts on at least one or more of their social medias.
Ready to meet this weeks featured blogger?
Embracing the Good Life
Blog / FB /Pinterest / Twitter/ Instagram
Go on by and say hi and check out all of her great social media links!
Now come and meet your hosts and co-hosts!
Amber- Adventures In Mindful Living / Kim- This Ole Mom /
Rebecca – Futures / Katie–/ Sarah–Baking with Mom
Kat–MamaBirds Nest /Sarah–Life in a Breakdown / Evelyne- kiddy fantasticos
Tiffany- A Journey with Tiffany / Kelly-Mum of 2
Heather- Krafts and Kiddos / Miranda- A July Dreamer
Anna- Just a Mum / Shauncey- Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy
Michelle- Bella HomeGoods / Elaine- Ramblings of a Bad Goddess
To make it easier for you to follow your hosts and co-hosts we have put them in the first couple of spots in each link up section.
Ready to link up? Great!
Some quick and easy rules-
1. Please follow your hosts and co-hosts on at least one or more of their social medias! It is just good blogging manners! . You can find all of our social media in the links below! Have you already followed us on one? Find another one to follow us on! We post great stuff on all of them, you won’t be disappointed!
2. This link up is all about networking and meeting new friends! Make sure to visit some other links on any list you leave your link on!This makes it fun and really helps get the exposure on all the blogs that they deserve! You are all awesome- now go meet some other awesome people! Now if you want to be super awesome you can always tweet, share,+, or pin this link up!
Thanks for stopping by The Click and Chat Social Media Link up party!!
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Mumof2 Magic Moments : 15 Sept 2014
Mumof2 Magic Moments
Usually, I already know what I am going to write when it comes to the end of the weekend and I have decided what Magic Moment I am going to highlight. These past few weeks however have been filled with them and so, I have decided to list them.
♥ Our boys had a little tiff (as brothers do). So the oldest one made a loom band with an apology note to his brother saying he was sorry he was hard on him but it’s because he is older. The younger one then returned the gesture with a loom band and a note saying he hopes his older brother appreciates the loom band. My heart swelled reading both their notes which were left in strategic places so that the other would stumble upon it.
♥ Both boys not only reached the top 100 students world wide in Mathletics (an online maths program), they reached numbers 1 and 5 in the UK and numbers 5 and 11 worldwide. This was by choice during the holidays and I had to drag them away to get them out of of the house.
♥ Our eldest son played in his first tennis tournament and was the runner up. We are so proud of the way he conducted himself. He has also been moved up to the next age group who are a whole head taller than him.
♥ Our youngest son is reading so beautifully and using big words in context.
They have both grown so much during the Summer holidays and we have had many more mumof2 magic moments. I have loved having them at home and really did wish for the holidays to be another 2 weeks. But, I think they were ready to go back to school and do some more growing.
So, in the mean time, I have their little box next to my bed, as a small reminder of how precious they are to us.
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My Sunday Photo Silent Sunday : 14 Sept 2014
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Top Trumps with a difference!
Top Trumps with a difference
Top Trumps is a usually a card game. If you haven’t played it before, it is a card game where each card has a set of information on it. Like speed, humour, courage, distance, age etc.
The one player chooses a category, e.g. speed and the person with the highest speed wins all the cards in that round. They then choose the next category on the next round of cards and so the rounds continue, until one person ends up with either all the cards or if you choose to end the game early, the player with the most cards wins.
The reason I chose to show humour and courage is that each set of Top Trumps differs depending on the pack. We had one with Planes (the movie) and Cars (the movie) which we had been playing and so you didn’t have to have the fastest car or plane to win a round.
Now that I have explained how Top Trumps works in a nutshell…here’s were we played it with a difference.
Top Trumps with REAL planes! Yep! I reckon it was quite a good move even if I say so myself! We often pop in to IWM Duxford as it’s not too far from us. The boys really haven’t understood the concept that it’s not a normal airport yet either and take it for granted that there are Hurricanes and Spitfires and all sorts that fly about there.
They love going into the hangar that has a Concorde in it as it has loads of inside games and we rarely go into the smaller hangars but this time we did. Our 6 year old’s reading has come along so well that he can read most things and this is where the Top Trumps idea came into play.
We each chose a plane and then looked at the information card displayed in front of the plane. The first person chose a category and the other 2 had to locate it on their real plane’s info card and so the REAL Top Trumps game began as we went around the hangar.
Initially some people thought it was a bit weird that there was a shriek of delight out of nowhere, but a couple of them caught on that there was a game going on and slowly their smiles of intrigue showed. We probably should have asked if they wanted to play!
It was a great way of the boys learning about the planes and keeping their attention long enough to hang about and have a nosey around the aircraft.
So, the next time you are out and about and there is a lot of reading to do, I can recommend seeing if it’s possible to play Top Trumps for real!
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Review : Tea from the Exotic Teapot
Tea that packs a punch!
Tea comes in all shapes and forms. Me, I usually go back to my good ol favourite English Breakfast Tea with milk and a sugar. I have been known to use Green Tea when studying as it keeps me awake all day. Weird, yes but it does the trick.
When the bunch over at The Exotic Teapot suggested I try their Gourmet Tea Bags, I had a think and reckoned that my English Breakfast Tea won’t mind too much if I left it in the cupboard for a bit.
Well…I think it should have minded…a lot! I had a beautiful Steeples Tin delivered that contained 15 silk teabags, each with a different type of tea. What I noticed most, was that the mix of the various tea aromas was the first to hit my senses. So far, the gourmet part was living up to its name and I couldn’t decide which one to go for first.
I then spotted the Rooibos (said Roy-bos or Redbush in English) and, as I had grown up in South Africa and on Rooibos tea, I reckoned that it would be the best one to start off on. The South Africans are quite protective about it if I am honest.
Exotic Teapot’s Rooibos Tea
It was out of this world. Fact. From the colour of the tea leaves and the infusion of flavour, I have to say, it’s the best Rooibos I have ever had. The little pyramid shaped silk bags pack the flavour and maintain the colour and aroma.
So, if you’re looking for a nifty gift for someone or are a tea lover yourself, head over and check the other products that The Exotic Teapot have to offer. They are a small independent company who design products to provoke a wow! and enhance the tea experience. I can say that they managed a wow! from me!
I am now off to decide if I would like the Raspberry Fruit Infusion or the Rooibos Gingerbread Orange…decisions decisions!
** I have been provided with this product by The Exotic Teapot. My review is an honest opinion of this product **
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The Click & Chat Social Media Link up Party #24!
The Click & Chat Social Media Link up Party #24!
Thank you so much for stopping by The Click and Chat Social Media Link up Party!
We are all about networking and helping you grow your social media numbers!
This month we are excited to announce that this linkup will appear on 14 amazing blogs!! That is 14 times the exposure for you and your links!
We are also looking for co-hosts for the coming up months, so if you are interested please contact either Amber or Kim on any of their social media and we will chat about it!
We will also have a featured blogger every week. Being chosen for our featured blogger spot means that we will share your picture (or logo) and your social media links just to let even more people see your awesome blog! To be considered for that spot you must have shared about the link up on at least one of your social medias and of course had good blogging manners and followed or liked the hosts and co-hosts on at least one or more of their social medias.
Ready to meet this weeks featured blogger?
Sara-Mommy Summers
Blog / FB /Pinterest / Twitter/ Blog Lovin/ Instagram
Go on by and say hi and check out all of her great social media links!
Now come and meet your hosts and co-hosts!
Amber- Adventures In Mindful Living / Kim- This Ole Mom /
Rebecca – Futures / Katie–/ Sarah–Baking with Mom
Kat–MamaBirds Nest /Sarah–Life in a Breakdown / Evelyne- kiddy fantasticos
Tiffany- A Journey with Tiffany / Kelly-Mum of 2
Heather- Krafts and Kiddos / Miranda- A July Dreamer
Anna- Just a Mum / Shauncey- Confessions of a Frumpy Mommy
To make it easier for you to follow your hosts and co-hosts we have put them in the first couple of spots in each link up section.
Ready to link up? Great!
Some quick and easy rules-
1. Please follow your hosts and co-hosts on at least one or more of their social medias! It is just good blogging manners! . You can find all of our social media in the links below! Have you already followed us on one? Find another one to follow us on! We post great stuff on all of them, you won’t be disappointed!
2. This link up is all about networking and meeting new friends! Make sure to visit some other links on any list you leave your link on!This makes it fun and really helps get the exposure on all the blogs that they deserve! You are all awesome- now go meet some other awesome people! Now if you want to be super awesome you can always tweet, share,+, or pin this link up!
Thanks for stopping by The Click and Chat Social Media Link up party!!
