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What have I learnt from attending Tots100 Blog Summit?

Last Saturday, I attended the Tots100 Blog Summit in Birmingham. I only knew some of the attendees from their online personae before the event so it was lovely to meet this community of bloggers face to face. It was through Twitter that I found Annie Spratt. She had organised a meet up at the train station. When I reached the station, it was not hard to spot the whole group of bloggers standing in front of the information counter. Annie had her head down and tweeted. She then mentioned to the group, ET Speaks From Home should be coming soon! This is how I meet this amazing lady!

What have I learnt from attending Tots100 Blog Summit

Happy 1st Blog Anniversary

I can’t believe that I have been blogging for over a year. I would like to thank Mr C, my two little monsters, my blogger families who have helped me along and all the lovely PRs and brands. Without you, I would not be here to blog about all the lovely products and services.

et speaks from home family join fingers

Our Trampoline having a bit of love

I can not believe that we are in April and we are still wrapped up with our winter coats. Luckily the sun came out to play and our trampoline had a bit of love from the children.

Our Trampoline having a bit of love

What my children said

This afternoon, while I was busy doing housework, both my children were playing nicely together and I overheard this:

Mr K: I’m a policeman. Who is naughty here?
Ms C: Come and catch Father Christmas! He is stealing my toys!

They are so cute and imaginative. It was one of the highlights of an otherwise mundane day!

What my children said

Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2013

We were so lucky to win a pair of Yonex All England Open Badminton Championship 2013 Final tickets by entering ActivInstinct Facebook competition. Badminton is my husband’s favourite sport and he was so pleased that we won these tickets worth, more than £30.

Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2013

Hosting Metal Gear Rising Party

I can’t believe that I had won this Metal Gear Rising Party pack through Comeround’s twitter competition to host this weekend. I have received the following to host this party:

Hosting Metal Gear Rising Party

Mummy, I want your car!

My son always comes out with endless questions and answers. He loves to talk non-stop and sometimes it can be really funny. Sometimes I wish that I could tape the whole conservation down and play it back when he is older.

This afternoon, while I was driving back from swimming lesson, my son asked me a question, “Mummy, when you die, can I have your car?”. “What?”, I replied in a surprised voice. I was thinking to myself that maybe he, at five years old, is already after inheritance.  Who taught him that things get passed down?

Mummy, I want your car!

Our Snowman

We all love snow for building snowmen! This is our Chopstick snowman made by my husband and children. It took them at least 15 minutes. They all enjoyed building it.

Our Snowman

That’s My Hero Competition

“This post is an entry into the Tots100 MoneySupermarket That’s My Hero competition“.

This is a drawing of Laserman as drawn by Mr K, 5. On his helmet, there is a laser and there are rockets attached to the arms. There are also rockets on the bottom of his shoes. It can launch the rockets to shoot his enemies. Mr K’s father is Laserman. His father is Mr K’s hero!

That's My Hero Competition

Twinkl Primary Resources

Are you a teacher, home educator or parent who wants to help your children?  You might like to take a look at www.twinkl.com for resources. Twinkl is the one-stop shop for primary teachers, providing the largest and loveliest collection of free and premium downloadable and printable primary teaching resources. It is an on line educational resource, which focuses on EY, KS1 and KS2. There are over 60,000 beautiful hand drawn resources that are used in educational settings not only in the UK but around the world. There are an additional 11,000 resources available with the Premium service which costs just £2.50 per month, payable as £29.99 over a year (this price is £24.99 plus VAT). Without the premium subscription fee, they wouldn’t be able to provide all their wonderful resources.

Twinkl Primary Resources chinese lantern

My LG fridge #LGFridgeArt

Last year on the 4th of December, I entered the LGUK competition on Twitter at #LGFridgeArt through BritMums by posting my children’s artwork.  All entries were featured on LG Pinterest board, you can check out my children’s artwork there.

On the 18th December, they sent me a direct message through Twitter and told me that I had won. I could not believe it! After a few email exchanges and phone call from the delivery man, finally, my fridge had arrived! I could not stop screaming! It was massive and it was my favourite colour – silver.

My LG fridge

Picking up my mummy

Last week, my mummy arrived in the UK to spend some quality time with us over the New Year. We took our car to pick my mum up from Heathrow airport. I have previously blogged about our Honda Jazz describing it as a small but mighty car.

Picking up my mummy

Highs and Lows of 2012

I was tagged by The Life of Spicers in this end of year meme 2012.  We met when we had a google chat through Izziwizzi PlayFest.

Low Noise Firework Display food

My resolution: Gratitude Jar for 2013

We are coming to the end of the year again and people normally ask “What is your New Year’s resolution”. Each year, my resolution is to lose weight.  But this coming 2013, I have something different.  Since I started blogging in early May, it has opened my world and through social media I have learnt a lot especially that we have to appreciate life.

My resolution Gratitude Jar 2013

What I wish I’d been told

This was published in Pick Me Up magazine Issue 49/50.

I wrote:

Try before you buy at your council toy library! – I wish I knew about the council toy library. You pay less than £1 to try out different types of toys for two weeks. Now I know if it is worth buying a new toy – they have so many they’ve only used once.

What I wish I'd been told pick me up magazine

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Welcome to ET Speaks From Home!

I'm Eileen, a proud mum of two teenagers (aged 18 and 16), my daughter is living with visual impairment. Since launching this blog in May 2012, we’ve continued to grow and evolve, sharing our family’s journey and passions.

I love cooking, crafting, DIY projects, writing about Chinese culture, and creating YouTube reviews.

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