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My eldest daughter is football crazy. She loves football. Playing it and watching it. She goes into the garden after school and lays out stones on the garden to practise dribbling a ball around and when she isn't doing that she is kicking a ball against my fence as target practise.

I love watching her play and I am trying desperately to find somewhere to take her to help her practise more but it needs to fit in with all the other sports she currently does. She isn't the only football mad person in our house. I say person what I actually mean is our dog. He also loves footballs. 

I have never seen a dog chase a ball as much as J does. I have also never seen a football get destroyed as quickly as J can do. Leather footballs last around 2 minutes on a good day, plastic ones less than 30 seconds. It really frustrates my eldest and we have to constantly remind J to 'leave it' whilst she is playing, though often her forgets. You can see the frustration building up inside him to play. 

One World Futbol got in touch regarding their incredible, indestructible football that can withstand any playing conditions, it never needs a pump and never goes flat. It sounded like a solution to our problem. A ball that my eldest and J could use together? Would this be too good to be true?

The ball was developed by an entrepreneur in the US with support from Sting:  “One World Play Project is inspiring children to realise their own potential through this nearly indestructible ball. It’s a simple idea, but it makes all the difference in the world.” Sting, musician, entertainer and humanitarian. For every One World Futbol sold a percentage of sales goes towards providing footballs to organisations working with youth living in disadvantaged communities around the world. Collaborating with sponsors, organisations and individuals, One World Play Project has brought the power of play to an estimated 60 million youth in 185 countries worldwide.



On the 24th July our One World Futbol arrived. J ran off with the package before I even had chance to open it. He would make an excellent police dog if they ever needed a dog to find a ball. I eventually managed to open the package and since then J has not let the One World Futbol out of his sight. 


I was worried he might destroy it before my eldest got home from school but despite all the teeth and claw marks on it, it is still going strong. Strong enough to withstand my eldest practising against the fence panels. 


Just to show how indestructible the One World Futbol is, here is a video of J running around with it.


It is safe to say that over a week later J still loves the One World Futbol and my daughter finally has a ball that will last!

The One world Futbol was sent for review, all words are my own opinion 
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I am aware that the Easter holidays were a month ago but marathon training and running got in the way of writing up our holidays, so I shall attempt a quick round up as most of the things we did are in separate posts. 

For the first week of the school holidays, with the exception of one day, the girls went to football school. They were there the whole day and so it was just Little Man and myself like any other normal weekday. As we were in a different area to what we would normal be during the week we made the most of it with lots of walks.


On the day off in the week we ventured over to Scarborough for the day. Whilst the weather was miserable we still had a lovely day out together. Little Man loved riding on the train and of course visiting SeaLife in Scarborough.


 Our Easter weekend was spent reading books. We read the Easter bunny book by Frankie Bridge and also two new books from Maverick. Each girl was given a book for Easter. My youngest had Adorabull by Alison Donald and my eldest had Not my Hats by Tracy Gunaratnam and Alea Marley. AdoraBull is a rather sweet book that my youngest adores. I think the beautiful illustrations really help to make this book extra special. Not my Hats is a rather good book for my eldest. As she has gotten older she no longer wants to share with her sister and insists on her own space more. Not my hats helps to gently highlight the importance of sharing.


We also got out and did 2 Easter egg hunts. The first at Kirklees Light rail. Little Man loved the trains and really did not want to leave. For the first time we also found a golden egg in the egg hunt meaning we won a big prize! The girls made Easter bonnets and Little Man discovered his dare devil skills in the playground. 


Our Second egg hunt was at Nostell Priory. We love the Cadbury National trust Easter egg hunt, even if it was running this year. We all had bunny whiskers and nose painted on, apart from Little Man who had had enough after the nose, and proceeded to follow clues and splash in the mud as we went.


 Our efforts were rewarded with a chocolate egg and of course a hot chocolate to warm back up with!


We had planned a day out at Brodsworth Hall but had to cancel due to the bad weather on bank holiday Monday. It was a shame as we were really looking forward to the day. I had a few days of work before we had a day out at Diggerland.


Having never been before we were unsure what to expect but all three children really loved it. The girls could ride on the majority of the rides and Little Man was just in his element driving diggers. In fact I think he was a little surprised when I let him. We shall certainly be visiting again as it is not often you can find somewhere to keep all three entertained like Diggerland did.


The end to the Easter holidays was with the Manchester marathon. I can safely say I was not looking forward to the school run the following day, but actually it wasn't too bad!


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Football season has well and truly started.  My husband disappears on a Saturday lunch time to return in the evening either happy [team won] or more often than not annoyed [they lost].  Whilst he is out though me and the girls get to spend some quality time together.  Either out and about or at home.  This is part of the reason I am trying to keep it a secret about TalkTalk new Sky offer.

TalkTalk ran a successful campaign recently which gave Sky Sports at half price.  Usually TalkTalk customers can access a Sky Sports Boost for £30 a month and Sky Movie Boost for £15 per month, with no ongoing commitment.  However TalkTalk homes can watch Sky Sports and Sky Movies for just £20, for three months.  A great deal.

TalkTalk homes have a flexible affordable option to dip in and out of the channels they love and at a better than half price deal.  Other deals include TalkTalk’s Essentials TV is half price for six months at £4.25, then £8.50, plus line rental. And Plus TV is just £9.25 a month for six months, then £18.50 a month, plus line rental. TalkTalk’s Plus TV package includes seven great Sky entertainment channels and a free YouView box, usually £299.

Please keep this to yourself though as I don't want the husband finding out, I kinda like the quiet time whilst he is out at football.









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There are just some days when my daughters will do something that I always want to remember.  It is usually something that makes me smile or laugh out loud.  My eldest made me laugh and I had to ring my husband at work to tell him what she had done.

She was playing with a soft ball shouting football yay, football yay as she kicked it around the playroom.  She them kicked it hard and it went into the gap between table and wall and hit the back wall.  She promptly then shouted at the top of her voice, 'Yay!' and then took of her PJ top and ran around the house screaming 'Yay!'  It made me laugh ever so much

football yay

This day I love running around saying Yay!
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My name is Leyla, also known as Mum to my 3 humans and dog Mum to J. I have a passion for the outdoors and love to run. I can often be found off road exploring the trails and fells and covering distances all the way up to 50 miles. As a family we love travelling and discovering new adventures, as I try and run around the world!

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