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New Tunes Tuesday – Week 1 – Bear’s Den – Agape
I thought I’d start a weekly post just to break the monotony of regular blog posts, and to hopefully introduce a bit of variety to the blog. The concept is…
Affordable Norfolk Days Out – Part 1 – Pettitts Adventure Park
I thought I’d start to document some of the Norfolk Days Out we have – because in the current climate, with Covid and Social Distancing, it’s important that there’s neutral…
Childhood memories – games and puzzles
Games and Puzzles I’ve written before about how amazing my grandparents were / are – and I wanted to expand on how their influence in my life is filtering through…
When do you know your Child is ready for Nursery
We have another guest post today, this time from Eddie over at yorkienotjustfordads. Eddie is dad and stepdad to 5 wonderful little girls, and is a long time supporter of…
Joshua and Starting School
Today we have a guest post from James at MyHeroJoshua – Talking about his incredible son Joshua, and starting school.
Our Quarantine Routine.
If you’re a long time follower of The Stevenson Life, you’ll have seen the previous routine posts we’ve done about routines within our household (our AM routine can be found…
A review of the amazing Chalkola Chalk Markers.
We were recently gifted a pack of the Chalkola Chalk Markers to try out in return for a review, which we were more than happy to do. Chalk and paints…
Starting a blog – Part 2 – The best Platform
I had some really lovely feedback from Starting a blog Part 1, so thank you to everyone who took the time to read it and to interact about it. Very…
Working away from home – my top 5 tips
I’m incredibly fortunate that I get to work from home, full time, but it does mean I have spells of working away from home. Some people may not see working…
Why I hate the term “terrible twos”.
Let’s be honest, we’ve all been there. I remember before I had Grayson I’d say it to friends with children “oh it must be the terrible twos!!!” and I’m sure…
How to Raise a Science Lover.
When it comes to teaching your child about one particular subject, you might feel a littleapprehensive, especially if it’s not your area of expertise. This is true of Science; if…
Starting a blog – Part 1
I mentioned a few months back on @thestevensonlife that I’d start doing some SEO and Website related advice posts – and then Covid came along, and for a couple of…
A review of the excellent budslife CBD Patches.
We were recently given the opportunity to try some of the budslife CBD patches, which we were both really interested to try. As we have both tried CBD oil in…
Top ways of helping Your Child Become More Confident.
Helping your child become more confident Confidence is such an important trait for children and adults alike, as it helps us to overcome challenges, make new friends and take risks….
An open letter to my therapist.
After a recent Instagram post I got to thinking about my therapist from a few years back. I’ve tried counselling at school, CBT, stress management courses and NHS led counselling…
Fathers Day – Dads being awesome (all year round!)
I haven’t written a post since my Mental Health post back in May – so thought it was about time that I put pen to paper (err) and get some…
HelloFresh Review – amazing food, simplified
We always struggle for meal ideas (and had seen companies such as HelloFresh before but dismissed them) – it’s partly my laziness (I cook what I know I can cook…
Independent Wine Review
I want to start by saying, that we will be discussing alcohol in this post and that you should only be drinking alcohol if you are of a legal age…
Toucanbox review
We were recently offered a toucanBox to try out and see how Grayson got on. Which we were VERY excited to get, because after however many weeks we’ve been in…
Exploring Moral Values with Your Child.
There are many layers involved with parenting; it’s not just about putting a roof over your child’s head and making sure they eat. Of course, providing them with the basic…