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Our Olympic Adventure – London 2012
Well, we are back! We have had amazing time (if you ignore the force 8 gale on the ferry on the way back). We may have been in a different country but we still got caught up in the excitement of the...
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Silent Sunday
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Going away without Mum and Dad
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about how quickly the Costello girls are growing up. Those reminders just keep coming thick and fast at the moment. Tomorrow is the Open Evening for the High School that...
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Food for an athlete: Snow Topped Maple and Pecan Flapjacks
I’m sure I’m not the only mum around, who is on a constant quest to find nutricious food to fill their family THAT THEY WILL EAT! We have the added pressure of Miss M who does long periods of exercise...
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Where have I been? Warning: Overly proud parental post
Regular readers (yep, I think I’ve got a couple!) may have noticed that blog posts have become a little bit sparse over the past few weeks. I know I’ve tended to have gaps between posting from time to...
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Food Technology – The start of a new era
There is great excitement in the Costello household this evening. Tomorrow sees the 11yo’s first ever practical Food Tech class (At school – obviously the 11 years that I’ve been trying to teach her in...
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Life as a Synchro Mum
About to swim her solo at National Age Group comp 2013 2 years ago we set out on a journey that we had no idea would take over ours and Millie’s life. 2 years ago last week, Millie attended her first...
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Chocolate Piñata Cake
EDIT: The story behind the Chocolate Piñata Cake …Maybe not the neatest or best decorated cake I’ve ever made but certainly one of the quickest. I’d made the cakes on Friday morning (2 shallow and one...
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No-Cheese Smoked Haddock Omelette – Cage Free Eggs from Sainsburys
I first started getting concerned with what eggs I used when I was at the peak of Aardvark Cakes’ wedding season. It wasn’t unusual to use 70+ eggs. I just couldn’t bring myself to use eggs from caged...
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Behind the scenes at the GB Swimstars Synchronised Swimming Photoshoot
A couple of weeks ago, Millie got the chance to take part in a photoshoot by Simon from GB Swimstars. Simon specialises in photographing water sports activities so synchronised swimming is just up his...
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Annie Dance Workshop at Pineapple Dance Studios
I know there’s quite a few people eagerly awaiting this post. Its not often you get the chance to see me dancing. Definitely not a strong point of mine. Luckily my girls don’t seem to have inherited...
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Sweden, Blogfest and Deafness
Its been a mad old week, that’s for sure. You may have noticed that things have been quiet around the blog – Life just simply took over. We started the week with a trip to Stockholm for Millie’s first...
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A Very Special Victoria Sponge #Bakeoftheweek
This is one of the best cakes we’ve ever had in our kitchen. This week’s #Bakeoftheweek was supposed to be a super Valentine’s Chocolate Cake but the arrival of this beauty has relegated the chocolate...
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Birthdays, Minions & Joseph’s Technicolour Dreamcoat #LittleLoves
Can you believe we are in March next week? These weeks are just flying by, which make these #LittleLoves entries so good to look back on. We missed last week due to half term madness – We had 2 trips...
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5000 Days
According to the eldest daughter, she was 5000 days old on Saturday. (She’s not bad at maths so I’m going to believe her calculations rather than check it out myself). That means that Mr C & Me...
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Chocolate Brown Labrador Sylvanian Families Set
This post could also be known as, “What happens when you leave your 5yo and teenager alone with a new Sylvanian Family & a camera’. As part of our relationship with Friends of Sylvanian Families,...
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5 Years Ago: Who would have known?
5 years ago today the country was in the middle of London 2012 fever. The Olympics were being held in our very own country and we were loving it. We were no different, even though we were holidaying...
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GB Synchro
I realise I don’t often share on here what our eldest daughter gets up to as part of being on the GB Senior Synchro team. Needless to say, we are always hugely proud of what she achieves but it is her...
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A Parent’s Guide To GCSE’s
In 2 short long months, our GCSE journey will finish. I say ‘Our’ because they affect us all – Oh yes, its definitely a family effort (Not sure Millie would agree!) For anyone who hasn’t danced with...
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