The Being Brave Book Series - Inspirational Novels and Affirmation Cards For Girls, Plus Giveaway!

Navigating life for adults is inherently difficult. For preteens and young teenagers, life can be just as harrowing. Gentle help for girls as they tread through their early years can be found in two beautiful novels by co-authors Hester Leung and Sema Musson. 

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Just Play 'Winner's Stable' Toys Review and GIVEAWAY!

Young horse lovers everywhere will become adoring fans of Just Play's Winner's Stable toys. Play pony fun with a range of poseable and pretty horses and their fashionable riders. Read on to learn more and enter our giveaway for two lucky followers... 

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Double Chocolate Easter Muffins Recipe Without Added Sugar...

Easter is the time of year to indulge in glorious chocolate. If however, you're not especially thrilled at the idea of the sugar-laden fest ahead, why not try a healthier, lighter version of your favourite Easter treats?  

It's easy to reduce the sugar content in your recipes with Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener. This all-natural, healthy, reduced sugar option, is equal in taste and blessed with added benefits. 

Think 1:1 ratio and no calories!

Following our recent sugar-reduced Easter Buns recipe, (learn more about Lakanto Monkfruit Sweetener in our earlier post), here's yet another popular recipe for fans of healthier sweetening options with thanks to Lakanto. 

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TV Reno Queen Alisa Fraser on Mum Guilt and How She Rode Out the COVID Storm. (Guest Post.)

The past nine years have been a whirlwind for TV reno queen Alisa Fraser. For starters there’s been her star turn on The Block: Sky High and The Block: Fans vs Faves alongside her twin sister Lysandra. There's also the day to day running of their interiors business, and the launch of their successful hand and body lotion business - al.ive body - during the pandemic which went gangbusters. Somehow, she’s also managed to raise two boys Nate, 9, and Dash, 5, in her hometown of Adelaide. 

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Bake Your Own Hot Cross Buns Without Added Sugar...

 

For many of us, Easter is a beautiful holiday filled with celebration and delicious foods for all. Chocolate eggs and Easter Buns are a much-loved staple over this special four day weekend. Not surprisingly, there is always a high quantity of sugar consumed in this short period! Excited kids fuelled by sugary sweets, along with exhausted adults, (also feeling the sugar crash), is par for the course at this time of year.

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Experience Ravensburger GraviTrax - A STEM Learning Toy Loaded with Infinite FUN!

 

Recently we were lucky enough to be sent an amazing game for review by Ravensburger - the GraviTrax system. GraviTrax is a unique game that is both oddly relaxing to construct and mentally challenging at the same time. GraviTrax will ignite your imagination as you create a myriad of unique and infinite marble runs that all work with nothing but gravity. 

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Back to School Eczema Relief With Dermal Therapy Little Bodies. Review and Giveaway.

 

With the new year underway in Australia, summer weather and swimming, combined with a natural degree of apprehension surrounding the return of the school term, can bring about general fatigue and anxiety in our kids. Along with the harsh weather we experience here in Australia year-round, these factors may combine to produce allergies, some of which may manifest as recurrent outbreaks of eczema in children. 

Eczema is not only a childhood condition. Adults commonly experience this too. 

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Back to School Lunch Box Hacks and a Cheese and Tomato Scrolls Recipe to Enjoy.

 

*Guest post. Back to School Lunchbox Hacks by Danielle Esplin (Barker’s New Zealand Marketing Manager.)

After a summer of sun, fun and festivities, the idea of getting into back-to-school routines can be quite stressful for parents. The early morning rush of breakfast and lunch box prep can seem daunting, but there are many ways to get ahead of the back-to-school panic by preparing delicious homemade treats that kids will love. 

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