by admin | Oct 31, 2017 | Down's Syndrome, Halloween
With birthdays just shy of the 31st, Halloween has always been a significant date in Daddy and Mummy Malpi’s calendars. And, eight years ago, we made it an even more special anniversary to remember by getting married. This year our month to be aware of has had...
by admin | Oct 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
Those sobering statistics are the reason that Child Bereavement UK has developed a campaign featuring bereaved families and celebrity supporters who have experienced the death of a family member. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the needs of bereaved children...
by admin | Oct 10, 2017 | Books, Days Out
Billed as “amazing, action packed stories,” you can find out more about from the author of Desert Thieves and Sky Thieves himself when Dan Walker visits a Lincoln bookshop on Saturday (October 14th, 2017). Aimed at ages 9-12, the swashbuckling adventure...
by admin | Oct 9, 2017 | Days Out, National Trust
Autumn is my favourite season so it’s lovely to hear of other people celebrating it too. National Trust property Belton House holds an annual Autumn Fayre and this weekend (Saturday, October 14th and Sunday 15th) is 2017’s time to host it. “The two...
by admin | Oct 8, 2017 | Fashion
The autumn season is definitely upon us now and, as much as I love the colours of the falling leaves and the family celebrations it brings us, the change in the weather also means it’s time to put away the summer wear and bring out the long sleeves. So when...
by admin | Oct 5, 2017 | #Blogtober, Schools
Before I start on this rant I want to make it clear that I’m obviously grateful for the universal public education offered in this country and that when I was originally bemoaning not getting the school of our choice for our eldest seeing Malala joining Twitter...
by admin | Oct 4, 2017 | #Blogtober, Baby, Down's Syndrome, Halloween
October 2017 is a very significant month which has lots of claims to fame. Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Stoptober and Black History Month, it contains The Big Draw, World Space Week, Wool Week, National Knitting Week, British Egg Week, National Curry Week, Chocolate...
by admin | Oct 3, 2017 | #Blogtober, Days Out
Today’s #Blogtober17 prompt “car” reminded me of a recent fun family day out despite not all going entirely to plan… With the weather forecast against us and a desire to find some new indoor attractions to keep the mini ones busy (that...
by admin | Oct 2, 2017 | #Blogtober, Baby
At one of the minis many weekend daytime soirees another mum who had stolen Faith for a cuddle spoke of the privilege of holding a baby. Obviously as the mum of the baby she was holding at the time I was definitely in agreement but she’s right in general too,...
by admin | Oct 1, 2017 | #Blogtober, Birthdays
One of the best pieces of advice that I was given in Faith’s early days when requesting words of wisdom from those who’d had more experience of coping with three young children was to “keep it simple”. The mum’s words seemed entirely...
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