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13/08/2021

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“Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It's about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.”⁣
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- Guy Fieri⁣
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12/08/2021

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The theme this week at home has been fairies. And the girls couldn’t be happier about that! ⁣
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The weather here in Gold Coast has been divine so we stepped outside and created a gorgeous enchanted forest with our fairy village. 🧚‍♀️ 🍄 ⁣
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Who could use a little bit of magic in their lives right now? Tag a friend who needs some and we’ll send some magic fairy dust their way! ⁣
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Discount code in link in my bio to this gorgeous store! ⁣
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09/08/2021

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Have you tried ? 🙌🏻⁣
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I recently saw it on a friends Instagram feed and was eager to download it for Thea, then when reached out to me asking if I would try it and give an honest review, I jumped at the chance! ⁣
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I am so glad I did! I am not exaggerating when I say there is an enormous amount of content suited to multiple age groups! So both Thea and Quinn can both get use of the one subscription. They are literally fighting over the iPad (time to buy a second one 🤦🏼‍♀️)⁣
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Quinn, of course, is loving the learn to draw feature while Thea is going crazy trying everything! From ABC activities to nursery rhymes, colouring, music composing, reading and so much more. My heart melted watching the girls dancing together to rhymes while being recorded! ⁣
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You are totally missing out if you haven’t had a look at this! I’m blown away! ⁣
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07/08/2021

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As SEQ’s freedom hangs in the balance and we wait for this mornings big announcement, Thea and I got creative with our (hopefully) last indoor activity for the weekend! 🤞🏻⁣
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Mixing messy and sensory play with learning the letter E this morning, using our gorgeously illustrated ABC cards from ⁣
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We’ve been going through the letters using the Jolly Phonics order to give Thea a head start before starting prep in … 2024! 😩😩 (that seems like an eternity away) ⁣
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These beautiful cards even have interesting facts on the back that relate to each picture, which means mummy has been learning something too! ⁣
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Use the code in the link in my bio to get a sweet discount to their store is seriously amazing! ⁣
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06/08/2021

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As most of the country continues lockdown I wonder what’s been everyone’s favourite lockdown activity with their little ones? ⁣
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Baking? Craft? Yoga? Bubbles outside in the fresh air? ⁣
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Bubbles always bring so much joy in this house! ⁣
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05/08/2021

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“Behind every storm is a rainbow” 🌈 ⁣
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And that’s all we’re holding onto right now…⁣
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To all the mums and dads strictly homeschooling right now, I see you ❤️ ⁣
To all the mums and dads working from home and trying to homeschool right now, I see you ❤️ ⁣
To all the mums and dads working and dropping their children to school each day with fears for their health, I see you ❤️ ⁣
To all the mums and dads who’ve said “stuff the school work” and are just keeping their heads above water, I see you ❤️ ⁣
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There is no right or wrong way, there should be no divide, we are all in this together. 🌎 ⁣
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Kitpas dustless chalk saving our homeschool day this week! The girls love it!! 🌈 ⁣
From (link in bio for discount!)⁣
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04/08/2021

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This little madam is continuously leaking through her nappy overnight and soaking through to her mattress protector! 🤦🏼‍♀️😩😭⁣
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I’m so done with washing sheets everyday! ⁣
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Any suggestions to contain it? Double Nappy? (Which seems really uncomfortable to me!⁣
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We have a brolly sheet to put over top of her sheets but that still means more washing everyday. 🤦🏼‍♀️⁣
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04/08/2021

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While Quinn and I home school, Thea gets creative in her nature kitchen. ⁣
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Dough cakes for morning tea, topped off with some gorgeous crystal sprinkles! ⁣
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I hope they taste as good as they look! 🙊⁣
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Crystals from ⁣
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02/08/2021

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“In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds,⁣
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- Anna Quindlen⁣
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What better way to let your imagination soar than to step outside and immerse yourself in nature whilst diving deep into a new book 📖 🌳 ⁣
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This awesome, pre-loved book also came in our July subscription box from and I can already tell it’s going to be a goodie! ⁣
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In each box you get a new book, a pre-loved book and a heap of bookish goodies! Use the code in the link in my bio for 25% off your first box. ⁣
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02/08/2021

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Lockdown Peg Fairies 🧚‍♀️ ⁣
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Ummm pretty damn impressed with how these turned out! ⁣
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Thea gave up within the first 2 minutes (but swooped in at the end for the finale and then wanted Quinn’s one 🤦🏼‍♀️) ⁣
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This was yet another craft from our nature craft box. We have made soo much from this box over the last 5 weeks and every single one has been my favourite!! 😍 ⁣
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Can’t wait for our next months delivery 🤗⁣
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You can score yourself one of these kits (especially amazing during the countries multiple lockdowns) and use my discount code from the link in my bio. ⁣
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01/08/2021

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How glorious is the weather on day one of the SE QLD lockdown?! ☀️ (typical 🙄) ⁣
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We of course had to spend some time outside in our summer clothes today, so what better activity than to transfer our ‘Watch Me Grow’ bean sprouts into their new home! 🌱⁣
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Watching them grow has honestly been the highlight of our last few weeks! We still have one which has just sprouted and more beans to plant into these 2 (now empty) tubes this arvo. ⁣
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Let’s see if Quinn has better luck at keeping plants alive as she tends to these ones that now reside in her playroom. 🙊⁣
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Discount code in link in my bio 💁🏼‍♀️⁣
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29/07/2021

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Our first ever brand rep was for way back in 2016 when Quinn was not yet 1 and I was miles from getting my photography right 🙊⁣
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5 years on and Naomi and I have been supporting each other ever since. 🥰 her products have been used in our house for dinners and lunches, snacks and baking, sensory and small world play, painting and craft.. the versatility is amazing! And if you scroll through my feed you’ll often spot either the bamboo or plant based range making an appearance. ⁣
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Our cupboards (and draws) are FULL with dinner sets, smoothie cups, snack bowls, divider plates and bamboo straws and we’ve never wavered. ⁣
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If you haven’t got your own set at home then you’re definitely missing out! ⁣
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And the packaging, well that’s on a whole other level!!! 😍😍😍 (ex graphic designer here 🙊) ⁣
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27/07/2021

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Doesn’t this just melt your heart!! ⁣
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Quinn and I have been reading her chapter books from together at night for 3 months now. I’d read a page then she would read a page. Surprisingly, Thea will always snuggle up into Quinn’s bed with us and listen too. It surprised me because these books aren’t full of colourful pictures like the usual picture books Thea is into. It just shows me how much these girls are using their imaginations to picture the scenes in their heads.. and they stay engaged the entire time, always requesting “one more chapter!”⁣
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So to see Quinn reading alone to Thea this week makes me so happy. Reading is so important for a child’s learning plus it’s a rare time they are not fighting! 🙊🙊⁣
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We have been so lucky to be selected to rep for for another 3 months so you can still use the code in my bio to score yourself 25% off your first box. ⁣
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27/07/2021

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“The fact that children can make beautiful music is less significant than the fact that music can make beautiful children.”⁣
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- Cheryl Lavender ⁣
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25/07/2021

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I have a lot of fond memories as a child of watching monarch butterfly’s transform from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. It seemed every school I went to (and there were a lot) had milkweed plants that hosted the stages of development for these beautiful insects. ⁣
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We always had assessments to do for school where we could keep daily journals of the process and report back once it was complete. ⁣
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This is not something I’ve heard of schools doing over here in Australia. Is it just a New Zealand thing? ⁣
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I’d love to get a milkweed plant and teach the girls about it because they have shown so much interest in learning about them in this page in our gorgeous Slow Down book from
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Has anyone got any tips for me to get this started? ⁣
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Check the link in my bio for a nice little discount code to they have the most beautiful products! ⁣
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23/07/2021

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“Learning through messy play: The downside is all fixable. The upside is magical” 💫⁣
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The girls got a little creative with these wooden cubes from their nature craft box from .. Instead of using nature items this time they decided they wanted to water colour paint them and turn them into dice! ⁣
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I love how their imagination enables them to explore ideas that will often slip through an adults mind. 💡 ⁣
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There is of course a sweet discount for this magical store. Link in my bio! ⁣
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22/07/2021

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“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”⁣
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- Benjamin Franklin⁣
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Small world play is an important part of childhood and a great way for children to learn. It’s an easy play activity to set up and kids love the invitation to play. The goal is for the child to act out ideas from real life or reenact stories they know of. ⁣
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This type of play is wonderful for language building. Children are imagining, and while doing so are talking out loud and using vocabulary.⁣
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When you do small world play with other children, they learn how to share, play nicely together, and imagine together. It is also great for children to do independently so that children can learn about playing alone… and that’s a great skill to work on with them! ⁣
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21/07/2021

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We have absolutely loved repping for over the past few months. Watching Quinn’s love of reading grow as has her ability to stay engaged in books with chapters rather than just picture books has been beautiful to watch! ⁣
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We would love to be considered again to rep for another 3 months and would love to be considered for the Early Readers box again (Quinn has given the order! Haha) ⁣
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Here’s a few shots of everything we have enjoyed from over the past few months. Remember there is still time to get your own box with 25% off your first one using my discount code in the link in my bio 💁🏼‍♀️ 📕 ⁣
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21/07/2021

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After another sleepless night with a toddler who is sick AGAIN I am ready to throw in the towel on this whole motherhood gig. ⁣
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It is not what I was promised. Not what I expected. It is hard. So so hard. I feel like I haven’t slept in 3 years. ⁣
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Another GP visit today and a referral to a paediatrician to try find out what’s going on with this child. ⁣
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So to brighten my day.. and anyone else who needs it here are some beautiful butterfly’s! 🦋 ⁣
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19/07/2021

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Well there were no sleeping bunnies in our house last night! 😴 ⁣
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I’m starting a new job today.. and I want to know, how kids know this and decide to wake up frequently through the night before when they have been sleeping through fine leading up to it? ⁣
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Every. Single. Time I have a big day the next day, these kids decide that’s the night to cough all night, cry sporadically, have bad dreams, a sore tummy, or just stay awake. ⁣
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I love them to death but damn, today’s going to be rough for all! 😩⁣
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18/07/2021

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There’s something magical about watching something grow with your child. They wake up each morning and run excitedly upstairs to see it’s progress. 🌱⁣
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Giving them something to care for, water, move in and out of the sun and warm areas give them a sense of responsibility early on in life too (and a bean is not as hard work as a puppy 🙊)⁣
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This Watch Me Grow kit from has been such a fun experience with Quinn (been a bit tiresome trying to keep Thea from shaking the hell out of each test tube though 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣)⁣
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After these reach the top of the tube I’ll teach Quinn about transferring them to soil and we can start again with some new beans (wish me luck, I don’t have a great track record with keeping plants alive 🤣)⁣
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You can get yours from this gorgeous shop by using my discount code, link in bio 💁🏼‍♀️⁣
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17/07/2021

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Keeping children engaged while learning can be pretty hard, especially in the early years. When Quinn started prep last year one of the ways her school made learning fun was providing a subscription. She is now in grade 1 and has learnt so much from this awesome platform! ⁣
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The app is interactive, fun and entertaining using a mapping system and games, all while teaching children about phonics, comprehension, spelling, reading and more! ⁣
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It’s a parent and teachers dream because it not only creates an awesome partnership between school and home learning (and has obviously been invaluable through our multiple lockdowns over the past year) but it also provides extensive reports that tell you where your child is at in their learning, what their strengths are and what might need more work. ⁣
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I’m currently working in a prep classroom myself while completing my studies and watching my little preppies completely engaged, laughing, helping their peers and staying on task (which can be pretty hard for some 5 year olds) is such a beautiful thing to watch! ⁣
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It’s also perfect to prepare your child before they start school and right now you can try it out yourself with a 30 day free trial! The link is in my bio to get you started in this trial. You will love it as much as your child! ⁣
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17/07/2021

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Ummm how adorable and amazing is this little bird house that Quinn made all by herself?!! Super proud mummy here, this kid and her craft skills are next level! 🐦 ⁣
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All the pieces came in our nature craft box from and I’m finding it hard to decide which one has been my favourite so far. 😍⁣
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We’ve already made 5 awesome items and still have at least 4 more things to make from the box. Talk about value for money!! ⁣
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If you’re into craft I highly recommend trying this out. Especially if you’re stuck in lockdown trying to pass the time indoors. Use the code in the link in my bio for a sweet discount to
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14/07/2021

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Playdough. ⁣
The cause and solution of many toddler tantrums! 🙊⁣
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So excited to have been chosen to brand rep for this beautiful playdough company ⁣
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The girls love creating, imagining, squishing and rolling playdough, it blows my mind what they come up with on their own when left to explore! ⁣
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13/07/2021

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So Quinn snuck into our bed last night and I had forgotten how much I had missed that. Thea will come in most nights, then toss around like a drunk octopus and in most cases, stay up from 4am onward! 😩⁣
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But last night hearing Quinn’s little voice “mummy, can I sleep with you?” was a welcome surprise. Turns out she had a bad dream (me too, hubby cheated on me in mine, gotta love those ones 🤦🏼‍♀️) Quinn couldn’t remember hers, but waking up to my first born snuggles this morning was a real treat! ⁣
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On another note, Quinn’s also been enjoying these gorgeous Alphabet cards from and was ecstatic when she found ‘Quinn the Quokka’ 🤗 so many great facts on the back, even mummy’s been learning a thing or two. There’s a cheeky discount code to this gorgeous store in the link in my bio. ♥️ ⁣
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12/07/2021

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“Supporting children to play requires us to remember what life is all about. It’s not about getting from A-Z, but rather dreaming beyond both.” ⁣
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~ Vince Gowmon⁣
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Thanks for inspiration .alice.x Thea absolutely loved driving her cars along the “big, big, bridge!”⁣
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I had been struggling to find ways to use our flat, stackable, rainbow and this did the trick perfectly! Simple, yet effective! 🌈 ⁣
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