We made these art work cards over a couple of days, if your kids are older they should manage them in an afternoon.

I gathered together the supplies. A piece of card, paint, brush, water and wipes (for the hands afterwards).

I painted Erin’s hands and let her loose on the card. She didn’t manage [...]

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I finally got through to the college and spoke to a really nice woman about enrolling for the open learning core maths course.
I have already contacted ILA Scotland and was awarded £200 towards learning for this year. I’m guessing the course will cost around £75 of which I must pay the first £10. [...]

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We recently had a discussion at GNMParents about family nights, since, we have introduced something similar ‘Activity Days’.
Every so often when time and schedules allow we set aside a whole day (!) purely for fun. So far we have utilised the time doing craft activities, painting, and games. On these specially [...]

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Jack and Olivia were the most popular names in 2006. Thomas was second, that was our boy’s name until I gave birth to a beautiful girl and called her Erin!

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I’ve done a fair amount of research into my route to teaching. Basically it’s an open learning maths course followed by a one year full-time access course followed by a four year degree (with a couple interviews in between).
I’ve investigated what grants and loans I would be eligible for (more than I expected).
I have [...]

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We bought ‘A Year Full of Stories’ for Erin’s first birthday. It caught my eye as it had so much content, 366 stories and poems, one for each day of the year. Each story and poem is dated so you never lose track of which story you’re up too, but, like the amazon [...]

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If you loved me you would…right here. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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Since having Erin I have been pondering life quite a bit, particularly what to do next…
I have now been “off work” (ha!) for a year and three months. I have devoted all of my time to Erin and my family and enjoyed (almost) every minute of it I have been fortunate enough to [...]

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It’s my birthday today and amongst other things (thorntons chocolates, silver bracelet, cool waters lotion, poker voucher) I received a costa coffee card. It’s kinda like a credit card but for coffee and you can’t get into debt You credit the card with cash and use it to buy coffee on return [...]

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An interesting tidbit: If you are born in the year of the pig it is important to wear a red belt or something red as it is believed to keep evil away. You learn something new everyday!

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