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This weekend I have been at Britmums live. My third, I am still in a state of shock that this was my third Britmums. Britmums live offers me the opportunity to grow my skills as a blogger, expand my network and meet new brands and friends. I am really grateful to Tommee Tippee for selecting me to join their mumbasador program and sponsoring me for Britmums live.

This year at Britmums. I got to tick off the list one of my childhood dreams, to be in the Guinness book of records. We had no idea what we were going to be asked to do before we arrived only we would be attempting a Guinness world record. In fact the record we broke was the number of people wrapped as mummies in 3 minutes. I was wrapped as a mummie and stood ever so still to wait my turn to be counted. Overall 51 mummies were counted and a record was broken.

I got to meet some fantastic people and friends who I have worked with for the past three years and only ever met virtually, you know who you are, and got to meet some new friends who I am hoping do come up north to visit. As I sit back on the train and reflect over the past few days, I can only hope I will be as lucky in the future to be given the opportunities to break record, tick off childhood dreams and meet such amazing friends.  Thank you Tommee Tippee for sponsoring me for Britmums Live.

britmums live session

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For the past two years I have attended Britmums Live and 2015 will be no different.  I think I bought my ticket on the train on the way home from 2014.  It is an amazing two days.  I learn a lot and get to meet lots of new people.  Strange to think it will be my third year!

I will also be attending a number of other conferences next year, both blogging and for my freelance work.  At these networking events it is often the case you are given a handwritten badge and you are asked what you do.  I am so pleased that Simoney badges have made me my very own blog name badge!

I was involved in the design process and given several options before I settled on my favourite design.  My badge arrived and I am incredibly pleased with it.  It has such a professional look and feel to it.  I am going to wear my badge with pride to all the events next year.


blog name badge
Simoney badges have a great range of personalised products.  They have everything from key rings to stickers and promotional items.  I love the range of button badges and will be looking at Simoney for the girls birthdays next year.


Simoney badge range






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I remember Britmums Live last year.  I was incredibly excited and spent most of the train journey bouncing.  This year was different, it felt different.  No longer one of the newbies and yet I felt new.  I felt like a fake, that I should not be going and I would not belong.  The fact that for the past 10 months I have not been as active on social media as I would have liked or given my blog as much attention as it deserved began to play tricks with my mind.  Accompanied with the guilt of having not read or commented on as many blogs as I used to, was and still is eating away at me.  I knew somewhere at some point in the event I would trip up and say something and would be given a response or look of don't you read my blog.

I was so lucky to be travelling to Britmums this year with my friend Lisa from Hollybobbs.  We talked things through and I realised that this needed to be the new start [or the kick start] I was looking for and so desperately needed.  We went to the hotel first and then proceeded to walk the 5 minutes to the venue.

I met Mummy Barrow, T, and her other half [for some reason I really want to write Mr T but I know that is not right] in the queue and everything seemed to disappear.  All those feelings of not belonging just went.  I began to relax and to look at the event as a new beginning.  

It was really lovely to see people again.  Lovely to have met in person Hannah from aNewaddition and to catch up with Claire Ninjakillercat who I fell like it is an eternity since we last saw each other.  I apologised to many about not joining in with Linkys, I will get there I promise.  I congratulated the winners of the BIBs and it was so lovely to see some of the amazing blogs I have read for so long win awards.  I did put my foot in it with WallyMummy, I hope she forgives me?

I do have a couple of Thank you I need to make

I want to say a huge thank you to Nadine, for helping me stick to my principal.  Also for taking part in mission Sand Bucket

nadine and me at Britmums Live

I wanted to thank the Highland Spring Country team for letting me have a chat and a picnic.

Highland Spring Country picnic

To James and the team at Butlins for not only having chocolate but for also entertaining the idea of chocolate Jenga!

James Butlins Chocolate Jenga

To all the sponsors, brands and the team at Britmums thank you once again for such an amazing two days.  I have learnt a lot

Britmums team having fun

Finally thank you to everyone I spoke to and all my blogging friends, especially Lisa.  I know I haven't been around much but that is all about the change.  You made me feel welcome and helped me to find my belief and passion again.  I left Britmums having learnt a lot, laughed a lot and with a whole new outlook.  I felt on top of the world

Feeling on top of the world

This Day I love Britmums Live 2014
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Barny was very excited about his adventure, he could not wait to get out of the cardboard transportation unit he had been travelling in.

Barny sponge snack

He looked at the adventure ahead of him, swimming.  Perfect.

Barny waiting to swim

Barny was ready for action.  The girls needed energy before their lesson but didn't want something too filling, a sponge snack with a hidden centre seemed just right.

youngest watching

Barny and the girls got ready for swimming and set off on their little adventure together.

Ready for swimming

They had lots of fun together in the swimming pool.  Afterwards the girls were a little hungry after having so much fun.  Not wanting to ruin their appetite for dinner they needed a small light snack.  A bear shaped sponge with a hidden filling and no artificial colours or preservatives seemed to do the trick.

After swim snack

In case you are wondering how good Barny, the bear shaped sponge cake with the hidden centre really is, watch this video of my youngest.


And yes she does walk into the window but she was absolutely fine and continued dancing.

This post is an entry for BritMums ‘Little Adventures Challenge’ in partnership with Barny, the bear-shaped snack providing a little discovery in every bite. Find out more about Barny here
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The Budha in the Attic

The latest book from the Britmums book club is The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka.  When the book first arrived I was a little puzzled about what the book could be about.  At only 129 pages I also worried  about how involved the plot might get.  I must say I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

This was one of them books that from the second you start reading you cannot put down.  I wanted to keep reading.  I took ever opportunity to read it.  The book tells such an empowering story.  Giving an account of how strangers feel in a new land.  Coming with the promise of great things, and the real truth is much harder, much colder.  This book really is simply stunning.  

A really wonderful and powerful book that is on my list of must reads.  It is beautifully written, such a detailed account.  

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In all honesty I am struggling to write this review.  A little like the book, I struggled to get into it.  I again will be honest I did not finish it, I gave it a good go I got about a third of the way through and then had to stop.  I just could not get into it. 

Whilst the book is beautifully written, I struggled with the poetic feel to the writing.  I am not one for reading poetry so maybe this is why.  I found a lot of the sentences rather over descriptive which hindered me to use my own imagination in picturing and becoming part of the story.  This is my personal preference on stories, I like to use some of my imagination but this book did not leave me to do this.

I also struggled with following the story as the author flits between present day and his memories.  I have to stop and start a book as am looking after the girls or in between meetings or reading on breaks which means I do not get time to sit down and read a book all in one go.  I therefore need to be able to pick up the story where I left off and also be able to stop and start as I choose.  This is why  I much prefer a book with more of a flow, as it allows me to do this.  

I tried to get into this book but found it hard to read, it reminded me of one of those books you have to read at school and not one I would pick up myself.  Not one for me personally but others may enjoy it.  This book was sent as part of the Britmums Book club, find out what others thought here.  
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