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Magical Bacalar with Kids
Anyone who sees a photo of Laguna Bacalar falls in love with its gorgeous turquoise waters. I did too and that was why I made sure to...
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Santa Elena Mexico-Belize Border Crossing
Given that we really struggled to find information on the border crossing between Mexico and Belize in the post-covid world, I thought I...
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The Route - Central America 2022
While I am busy writing up my “How to” guide to planning epic adventures with kids, I thought I would share our route intentions for...
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Visiting Chichen Itza and Ik Kil with Kids
The magnificent Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza on the Yucatan Peninsula were named one of the new 7 wonders of the world in 2007. When our...
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Xcaret Park with Kids
We were very indecisive about whether to visit Xcaret or not. Part of a group of 9 or so beautiful oceanfront nature & cultural theme...
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Sian Ka’an Bioreserve with Kids
Ever since a friend told me about a magical boat trip they took in the Riviera Maya I knew I needed to tour Sian Ka’an for myself. So I...
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Coba Ruins and Surrounding Cenotes with Kids
The Coba Ruins are by no means the most famous or most popular ruins on the Yucatan, but I had consistently read that they are the most...
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Backpacking With Kids - Packing
As we loaded up for a 3-day trip to Lyme Regis recently and struggled to slam the boot shut, we wondered "How the hell did we ever...
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The insane batch cooking
One of the organisational life hacks I am asked about most frequently is my 320-400 portion batch cooking. I only cook 3-4 times per...
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Friday 1st May Week 6 Day 3: Planting potatoes and elastic-animal-rescue…!
Animal rescue #2 – a bit risky with the multiple elastic bands but I figured I’d see what happened. Thankfully no painful snaps ensued....
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Thursday 30th April: Week 6 Day 2: Tape-pull-animal-rescue and veggie printing
Max was so into his Supertato squeal at the beginning of the week he wanted to “write” a follow up today. A good day for something...
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Wednesday 29th April Week 6 Day 1: Supertato veggie-roll-race (and god what gets Crayola off skin!)
We enter the 6th week…! This week has been a lot easier with the kids/panic/guilt/pressure since I put the timetables and plans together...
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Tuesday 28th April Week 5 Day 7: Pom-pom sorting and a Supertato sequel
Great day today as the "Supertato" characters activity ended up in making book. Also featured learning quarters, pom-pom sorting (we just...
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Monday 27th April Week 5 Day 6 - Supertato pea trap and natural materials messy play
I've finally got to a place where I have prepped the entire week in one go over the weekend! This means others can get the resources and...
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Friday 24th April Week 5 Day 3: Climate change presentation/activity and oobleck
Anyone else never worked so hard in their lives? Due to my love of the climate and my small children, I've been asked to put together on...
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Thursday 23rd April Week 5 Day 2: Underwater dream house
It has been 1 month today since Max left school 😔 For the last 2 weeks Max has been working on his submission to the Savills “Little...
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Wednesday 22nd April 2020 – Week 5 day 1 - Dino hunt and low cost duct tape pull!
Great morning this morning, I’m really chuffed with the low cost, low prep entertainment for the small one today. Duct tape all over a...
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21st April 2020 - Week 4: day 6. Frozen watercolours, fact files and fox sandwiches
Planting out the seedlings, frozen watercolour painting (learning primary colours), phonics worksheets, Read Write Inc videos, White Rose...
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Homeschool beginnings - April 2020
Like so many others I struggled deeply to find my own way through navigating #homeschooling, (only a few short months after being asked...
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