Morning all! So how was week 1 for you? After I wrote just a week ago that we had come up with a vague timetable for our days it became clear after one day that it wasn’t really going to work for us!
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Living Arrows 12/52 (2020)
I don’t really know what to write this week. Like the rest of the country we are at the start of a very different time in all our lives. So far the boys have taken all the news and school closure in their stride but as we all try to find our new normal I think there will be lots of emotional times to come.
Read moreRecovering from hair loss caused by telogen effluvium
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I haven’t really mentioned it before but since last summer I have been suffering from hair loss. I’m now recovering so I thought it was time I shared what happened with you all. My hair loss was caused by something called telogen effluvium which I will explain below.
Read moreLiving Arrows 11/52 (2020)
Well it’s been a funny old week hasn’t it? There’s so much uncertainty about corona virus at the moment. We’re trying to keep things as normal as possible for the boys but also trying to prepare them a little bit for what might be coming if schools do close.
Read moreCan we beat the ageing process?
The world’s oldest living person is 117 year old Kane Tanaka from Japan. She’s still a few years off the record for the world’s oldest person though, which is held by French woman Jeanne Calment who died in 1997 at the age of 122! However, these people are definitely the exception with average life expectancy in the UK currently 80.96 years old. But is there anything we can do to live longer? Is it possible to beat the ageing process?
Read more3 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Kitchen
**This is a collaborative post
Spring is in the air after a long and gloomy winter, and that tends to get people in the mood to start cleaning, organising, and even redecorating different rooms in their house.
Read moreThe Art of the Brick Manchester // Review
The Art of the Brick is an exhibition of Lego sculptures made by American artist Nathan Sawaya. Like lots of children, Toby and Gabe love Lego and our house is full of it. So, when I heard about The Art of the Brick I thought it might be something fun for us to go and see.
Read moreWhat do I need to start a blog? // My Top 5 Blogging Essentials
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I have been blogging here at Toby Goes Bananas for six and a half years now (and I had a different blog for about four years before that). So although I don’t claim to be an expert I’ve been around for a while! If you are just starting out with a blog then it can be a bit daunting so I thought I’d share my top 5 blogging essentials for getting started.
Read moreLiving Arrows 10/52 (2020)
This last week has been all about World Book Day for Toby and Gabe. As well as dressing up for school on Thursday they also had a book swap at school. In the afternoon parents and carers were invited to go in to ‘share a story’ so I went in with my mum to read with the boys.
Read moreVisiting Sizergh National Trust in Cumbria
We’ve had our National Trust membership for over a year now and like to use it as often as we can. We’ve been to Sizergh Castle near Kendal in Cumbria a few times now but I’ve never written about it so I thought it was about time I did.
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