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Motherhood, Parenting

Making memories with your family: some special ideas

Memories of the things that you do with your family will mostly live on in your head. They’re the sort of things you can talk about together when you feel like reminiscing. But lots of the ways you can make memories will also give you a more tangible thing that you can enjoy. Photos have always been a fun way to preserve some of your best memories, from birthdays to family holidays. And there are other ways to create mementoes of your favourite occasions that you can look at and reflect on your favourite times. Try these ideas if you want to make some special memories.

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on our island

Bits and pieces of our Easter

I decided to take a few days off blogging and rest up with the family during the Easter holidays. Our past two Easters have been spent travelling so this year we wanted to be with our families and really ‘feel’ Easter.

We took a one-night trip to the mountains where papa’s parents have a house in one of the villages, visited friends and basked in the sun. We ate ridiculous amounts of delicious foods, consumed our weight in chocolate eggs, played tsougkrisma and of course my family’s favourite Easter egg game, an epic egg hunt.

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Motherhood

Bonfire night

In 1981, my parents were hoping that their firstborn (me!) would make an appearance on Guy Fawkes’ night, commemorated on November 5. That never happened but bonfires have remained a popular English tradition in my family ever since. Despite being over a week late (due to conflicting schedules of over 10 persons) my father managed to get most of us together and on Sunday night we celebrated my belated birthday. Thanks dad!

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