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I was a clumsy child. I walked into things, I fell… a lot. I constantly had bruises and grazes on my legs. I had difficulty with things, not academically but practically. I could read 500 page novels before I could tie my shoe laces. I was top of my class but it could take me […]

Halloween is fast approaching and to celebrate I will be joining some blogger friends along with @UKMUMSTV and @nickjruk to co-host a very special Halloween themed Twitter Party! We’ve been send some very special crafty activities to have fun with and the children can’t wait! As well as playing Halloween games, watching spooky cartoons and eating Halloween […]

Day 47 Today we visited some friends at their new house, because of hectic diaries it was a long over due visit  and we also exchanged Christmas gifts!  This is the children very impressed with the Gruffalo  magnet book they received.  Day 48 Things have been getting to me recently in work and today I […]

Can you believe it’s almost May? This year is going so quickly, it feels like it will be the summer holidays before we know it! Anyway the May Day bank holiday weekend is approaching and there is lots on around the North West to help you entertain your family come rain or shine! I thought […]

I’ve always loved make and worn it regularly since I was about 13 (I was always getting told off for wearing too much eye shadow in school – Well it was bright blue! – You gotta love the nineties!) I was a girl who would never leave the house without a full face of make […]

This week my first born child started junior school. He is no longer an infant, one of the younger ones but he is now in the upper half of the school where the classrooms focus on learning rather than play. Where they even have a different area to play out on at lunch times so […]

Posted by My Mummy’s Pennies at 10:32 Labels: #silentsunday, Silent Sunday

Seventy Five years ago, as part of the Second World War, Britain faced a great danger: The Blitz. To mark the anniversary, the Imperial War Museum North has teamed up with Horrible Histories to bring us Blitzed Brits, a free family friendly exhibition revealing some of the terrible truths behind the conflict that brought war […]

So the summer holidays are almost upon us and the frantic google searches of how to entertain our children for six weeks have started… We want something fun, but educational… Exciting, but inexpensive… Active, but not too tiring… Then we have to fit it all in with the playdates, the summer camps, our work, cooking, […]

I first discovered Stickems at BlogOnMOSI, the Northern Blogging conference. In my goody bag at the event I got a My Cat Pip Stickem. As soon as I’d figured out what it was I was hooked! What a fab little idea! Stickems are Funky reusable screen cleaners for smartphones, tablets, laptops, e-readers, cameras and games […]

Posted by My Mummy’s Pennies at 20:30 Labels: family, Silent Sunday

Posted by My Mummy’s Pennies at 10:12 Labels: family, Silent Sunday

If you are a ‘Fluffy Mummy’ you will probably be very aware that Real Nappy Week 2012 starts tomorrow (Monday 16th). To those of  us who are self confessed ‘fluff addicts’  this will mean a week of fluffy chat, nappuccinos, competitions and so many fluffy discounts and special offers to tempt us that the bank […]