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dawniebrown — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:14:37 +0000

With the forecast snow being a huge disappointment up here, there were still long delays on the Durham Express thanks to a baby on the line.

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dawniebrown — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:06:05 +0000

We’ve been trying out the buggy board today and it was a huge success. Zara and Oscar both loved it

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dawniebrown — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:12:33 +0000

Daddy taught her to smile for the camera and since then most of her photos turn out like this.

2011 – A Review of the Year (part 2)

dawniebrown — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:29:40 +0000

So back to my review of 2011 – I covered Jan – Jun in Part 1 so now it’s time to cover July – Dec so settle back with a cuppa and a chocolate biscuit (or if you’re reading this after 6pm then with a G&T) and enjoy.

July

July saw us going on our first family holiday as a 4 (well it was a couple of days gatecrashing my parents holiday really), we took Zara to the seaside for the first time and had her first experience of paddling in the sea and I shared my guide to Life with a Baby and Toddler

August

August was a pretty quiet month on the blog, with it being school holidays it meant my husband was home and so our days were filled with trips out and about. These included Washington Wildfowl and Wetlands and Adventure Valley, oh and I got a new car and had to change my views on School Run Mums!

September

September saw Oscar meeting a Dragon, one of my favourite posts of the year as I admitted I Don’t Like Babies. I caught up on our summer holiday adventures and shared our experiences on days out to The Alnwick Garden, Blue Reef Aquarium, South Shields and The Seaside and Durham Botanic Gardens.

October

October saw lots of reviews and competitions on the blog as I launched my Knees Up Mother Brown Christmas Guide, we had a fantastic time testing lots of toys and gifts and I’d like to thank all the PRs and companies for allowing us to feature your products.

November

November saw Zara turn 2 years old and I wrote her a letter, I expressed my concern over the Mammy, Mummy, Mam, Mum issue, I shared Oscar and Zara’s first nursery photos in My Beautiful Children, I shared the story of how I made my husbands Birthday Wish Come True, we went to Durham Lumiere Festival, Kirkley Hall Zoological Gardens, Beamish Museum and I shared the fun we had making our Annual Christmas Cards.

December

After a really busy year of blogging, it was time for Mother Brown to take a blogging break in December.

I’ve had great fun looking back through all my blog posts in 2011 and I hope you’ve enjoyed looking back at them with me. It was a crazy year but a fantastic one. Stick with me for 2012 to see what adventures the Brown household gets up to next….

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dawniebrown — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:15:22 +0000

Sofa gymnastics

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dawniebrown — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:16:26 +0000

Riding the horsie horsie in town

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dawniebrown — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:56:37 +0000

There is something so cute about them playing together whilst the bath is running!

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dawniebrown — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:05:43 +0000

Sometimes I look at her and she seems so grown up. I love her so much at this age, wish I could press pause for a while so she doesn’t grow up too fast.

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dawniebrown — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:17:19 +0000

Hello Mr Guinea Pig!

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dawniebrown — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:17:21 +0000

We’ve been sent the Graco Nautilus car seat for Oscar to review. Zara is quite happy that she gets a new playhouse as part of the deal!