New blog posts: Sunday 29 July to Sat 4 August

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May I please kick off with my blog about free newspaper holidays...?

thenews-on.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/holidays-in-sun.html

www.thenews-on.blogspot.com

I've had two weeks off from work. Lovely. We did stuff:

The Great British Day Out aka Holidays part 1

Phew! back from camp. done 5 loads of washing. made pavlova. Looking forward to catching up with everyone's blogs over the next few days.

A Big Bed For Bob

You may think that I am crazy but I have bought Bob a bed. I know that she is only 14 months old but I think this could be the answer to our problems.

www.thecrumbymummy.co.uk/?p=2812

Hi,

This week I'm kicking of with an advice piece.

What do you really need to pack in that changing bag when you take a newborn out for a walk?

It also covers "Feeding on the go" whether you are breast of bottle feeding!

I hope it's useful!

My latest how to make a dinosaur garden prompted by an idea from Alan Titchmarshs, Love Your Garden. I may have confessed that I fantisise about Alan Titchmarsh in this

This week's Silent Sunday

Hi there :)
Not a fan of staid or 'organised' family photos? Here is a post about building a 'Rogues' Gallery' on our kitchen wall..

hipoptimist.wordpress.com/2012/07/29/the-rogues-gallery/

This week I'm spreading the smuggery (if such a work exists) by sharing the one thing that makes me feel like a smug mummy!

hertfordshiremummy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/the-peculiar-smugness-of-slow-cooker.html

I made SoupDragons flapjacks today!
Flapjacks

hertford, I dont think your link is working?

Young Archie doesn't like it when I go to work. He thinks it's unfair that I have to go out and leave him. So last week he came to see what I get up to all day... www.thisisarchie.wordpress.com

I'm not going to be a cool dad. There I've said it!

The Adventures of Sonny & Luca

Why are the French so thin? Is it a magic combination of Baguettes and Wine? Or is it because they can swim better than us? www.howilostweight.co.uk

Good morning. I have blogged about the first weekend of the Olympics - including a brief discussion of the shockingly racist article in the Fail that was published, then withdrawn. For those that are interested I have included a link to a blog which links to the original text.

Other than that I think I will shut up about the Olympics til they're over. Will just enjoy them.

Bex66 they aren't all thin. Come out to the provinces, away from the beaches, and they are pretty much normal. Enjoy your holiday.

We are properly addicted to the Olympics

I'm becoming an armchair expert on sport but I promise, that's going to be my last Olympic post!

Hello, can I join in? I've only just become a mumsnet blogger (although have been on MN for ages) so am proudly wearing my MN Blogger badge on my blog. Have just blogged about the Olympic opening ceremony...
cultureandanarchy.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/milton-at-the-olympics/

...and linking properly: cultureandanarchy.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/milton-at-the-olympics/

Hello! Please read my post about seaside holidays with children and share your thoughts. thanks!

odessasaysabracadabra.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/ciao-bambino-few-words-about-holidays.html

I Got To Review Chocolate

I am absolutely bored out of my tiny mind making spag bol for my toddler so I've started Feed my child and Save the Children send me your recipes, I'll try them on DS, publicly declare my love for you and then put them all in an ebook with all profit to Save the Children. Any of you wonderful people fancy helping? You are, after all, all looking very foxy today....

Hi all, blogged about my lastest man-crush again! Please come indulge in my current obsessions, and vote in the 'is he/isn't he interested' poll!

Of Crush 2.0 - Is he interested? You decide!

I've been pondering whether we value academic achievement above emotional intelligence in our children - please have a read and let me know what you think.

fightforyourchild.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/emotional-intelligence.html

A Day of Two Trolls on Twitter with the question of whether we should ignore trolls.

Should I chuck out my memories? Or keep them even though I don't want to share them?