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Win a £20 Amazon Voucher






 I'm giving away a £20 Amazon E-Voucher to one lucky person. To be in with the chance of winning all you need to do is enter via the rafflecopter below. The more entries you complete the better chance of winning! The winner will be announced on Twitter and Facebook a few days after the giveaway ends. 



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Storage Ideas


Living in a smallish 2 bed flat has meant that we have to make sure we have a good amount of storage especially with having a nearly 17 month old who has so many toys. 

Not long ago we got a new bed and chose to go for an ottoman bed and we are so glad we did as we have so much more space to store bits underneath. 

Under our bed we have plastic storage boxes. They are a great size and you fit quite a bit in them and we have managed to fit 8 of these boxes under our bed. 

One item I would love to get to hang over our bathroom door is this over the door storage basket. This would be ideal for putting cleaning items out of Blake's reach. The only issue is that I think this one is overpriced but I am looking to find something similar but cheaper. 





For Blake's room we recently purchased some Foldable pop up storage boxes we picked the road works design as it works well in his room with his play mat from Ikea. Not only are they a bright and colorful design but they are also a great size and currently store Blake's Happyland toys. 


BLOKPOD is another fab toy storage item as you can store loads of different things in it.
You can read about Blockpod and my thoughts  here. I currently have Blake's Megablocks stored in it and once he starts playing with lego/duplo than that will then be stored in Blockpod instead. 


We also have a good size Ottoman which we use as extra toy storage. This a great size and he still has a good amount of room left for toys. I like that this one has a hinge lock to prevent the lid from dropping when open. 

Last of all we have got a 6 cube unit which we got from Argos you can also get them from Ikea as well and I know you can get different size cube units. This is the one we have although we have been thinking about getting a taller one so we can have more storage space. 

What do you think of my storage ideas? I have loads more and some we unfortunately can't do as we are renting. 

Size HH Book review

I've been pretty guilty over the last month or two of getting sucked into the 
world of Netflix and Pretty Little Liars.
This has meant that sitting down and reading a good book hasn't happened as often as
I would have liked. I however made time to read this little self help type book. 

Size HH (Happy, Healthy) written by Eva George is an easy to read pocket guide all about how to feel great about yourself, ditch the scales and focus on health for long term weight control and happiness. The book has 4 fab sections about the mind, nutrition, exercise and lifestyle. 

The book is for busy women and Mum's (like myself) who want to: 
• Lose excess weight without dieting or going hungry 
• Change unhealthy habits for life 
• Create a more positive body image 
• Learn how to use food as a tool to feel and look better than ever 
• Instantly improve figure and wellbeing with stretching, posture and breathing techniques 
• Tone parts of your body without dedicating hours of time, or disrupting your current lifestyle.



The Mind section has really helped me to think about why I maybe having issues with my weight recently. I am ashamed to say I have gone back into old habbits and now weigh a little bit more than I did when I was pregnant with Blake. This section has helped me to realise until I have a positive mind set loosing weight just isn't going to happen. 

The Lifestyle section has also helped me with thinking of things and how 
your lifestyle can impact on your weight loss. One of the tips is to change one of your habits so from now on I am going to try and change the habit of grabbing for chocolate straight after dinner. This has always been my downfall as I tend to be good during the day. 
My 3 meals a day are healthy but I end up over indulging with chocolate and other unhealthy sugary snacks in the evening when I'm not even hungry. 



The nutrition section is about most things we know we should be doing sometimes we need reminding of. Such as drinking more water, eating slower, eating a healthy breakfast such as porridge and other tips and advice in regards to eating well. 


The exercise section has great ideas for helping to tone up your body from ideas on how to 
fit toning up exercises into your day to stretching and breathing techniques. 
This section has been helpful to me as it gives me ideas on toning up when cleaning, standing, doing the laundry etc which I definitely want to start implementing into my day to day life.


Size HH can be purchased on Amazon. 


Do you think this is the type of book for you? 

comment below. 

Amazon Haul

It's time for another haul post, I recently did a spot of shopping on Amazon and
wanted to share with you what I ordered. 


As Blake has swimming classes every Saturday afternoon we use a wrap to keep him 
warm in the pool and this is the second Splash about wrap we have purchased. 
The only fault I find with it is the sizing isn't the best he is 14 months and we are having to put him
in a size 18-30 months wrap as his 6- 18 month one is too small now. 
Other than that we love it, Blake also has the swim nappy and the nappy wrap too. 


I chose this book as I thought it would be a great parenting guide. 
It seems to have good reviews and is about helping your child to develop 
and learn through play. 



The Unmumsy Mum writes candidly about motherhood like it really is: the messy, maddening, hilarious reality, how there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach and how it is sometimes absolutely fine to not know what you are doing. 
I'm really looking forward to reading this it looks like an easy to dip into book for when you have a bit of time to unwind. 


This may sound like an usual purchase since we don't have a garden. 
However we plan to use this for messy play with Blake. 
Since we went to a messy play class when Stuart was off work we decided that 
we wanted to do messy play at home with Blake. 
At the group they had these trays to put all kinds of messy activities in and
I also know nurseries use them not just for messy play but for
playing with toys such as Lego. 

The blue splash mat underneath the tray goes hand in hand with messy 
play as it means we can keep the floors cleaner.



I then purchased some books to help come up with some ideas of play. 

I love Usborne books and this one is fab it has so many great activity ideas. 
I do feel that most of them will be better for when Blake is older though. 
With some of the activities I feel I can adapt them slightly so that they are more age appropriate for him now such as the hand printing ideas. 


Another fab book that has a wide range of activities and can be adapted to suit 
the age of your child. 
I love the idea of this book as we don't have a garden and I find it hard to come
up with ideas of what we can do outside. 
The great thing is that this book has activities for all seasons so that I can find something for us to do no matter the weather.


The title of the book says it all. 
A book filled with messy play ideas. I think these were the little
 books I used in college when studying in childcare to come up with activities for when 
I was at my placement. 


What do you think of my haul?
Do you own any of these items?

Amazon Studios Children Critics



Children can be so funny but they are also great critics, if you love the show gogglebox which shows people’s reactions to things that they are watching on tv than you will love and be amused by this advert from Amazon with the launch of their brand new service, Amazon Studios. 
The video features children watching Pilots of Amazons kids show and giving their thoughts and feedback.  The children have plenty of thoughts and opinions and lots of cute laughter and funny comments. I think that it’s great that children got to me involved in this launch. 
Amazon Studios is a new way to watch tv shows and movies, which allows the viewer to choose what they would like to watch, but also have a say on what the shows that Amazon commissions by rating and reviewing them.   There is a wide range of different generes to choose from as well  which are: 
 prime time comedy,  
children and tweens, 
preschool 
Drama




Do You think that Amazon Studios is a good idea?



Canon Powershot SX170

Over the weekend I finally made up my mind to order a new camera.
I had wanted this one since spotting it  on sale for £89 in Argos but with having to
pay £50 for a 3 year warranty decided I was going to leave it. 


I then won a £50 Amazon voucher and decided to see what the cost of this camera 

was. At £105.99  it was a bit steep but I found a seller who was selling it for 
£97.90 plus £8 postage and £19.99 for a 3 year warranty. 
I only had to pay £65.89 of my own money in the end thanks to
my amazon voucher win and that I still had £10 left over from another voucher I had.

I can't wait to start testing out this camera as I have always
wanted one like this before. 


All I need now is get a case for it in time for our London

trip in April.

What camera do you have?