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Autumn half term is often hit and miss. The weather can make or break your plans as the winds whip up a storm and daylight runs out. The lethal combination of cold and dark usually means one thing - the children will reach for those gadgets. So how can you keep your excitable brood entertained and active during the week ahead?   Take an aurtmn walk with Lily the grey mouse   What better than a spot of kite flying on a windy afternoon? - safety permitting of course! Halloween preparations - it goes without saying that all things pumpkins and ghosts will be met w..

Whether your half term is just starting or almost wrapping up, we hope you’ve had - or are about to have - a fabulous fun-filled time. It goes without saying that children love this little reprieve from school, but for mums, (well, me to be precise) it’s often a different story.   It’s not that I don’t love my children and don’t want to spend time with them, of course I do! Honestly! It’s more that I’m a lover of routine, certainty and above all, caaaaaaaaaalm. Oh, and a tidy house too. However, unless I do a moonlight flit and leave this life of chaos behind me I don’t think that’s EVER..

So half term is almost upon us. Is it just me or is time whizzing by at the speed of a top Federer serve?   If you are dreading the prospect of a week with the children, then fear no more.   Here is my list of possible activities that you can print off and store in your handbag. Call it an insurance policy. My pleasure...   Go bonkers with conkers. Paint, stick, jewelleryfy, but first of all go out and collect them!         Bake, bake, bake. A great way to get your children interested in food should you be struggling. Buy a simple children..