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![BEDTIME BOOKCASE [CHAPTER 1]](https://keep-up-with-the-jones-family.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/storytimebookcase.jpg)
Our bookcase is bursting. It’s burst, even. Under the bed, on the bedside table, at the bottom of the bed, downstairs….there are books everywhere. We thought we would share our favourites every week in case you’re searching for something new to read. Each one of us is going to pick a favourite book, and I’ll…
They are growing up, watching movies and eating popcorn without getting fidgety – and now our bigger boys are really quite into board games. We took part in a fun challenge a few weeks ago when it was National Board Games Week and broke out the lemonade and pretzels for a family evening together. Somehow…
Quite a while ago, we were gifted a little iBed tray. The boys adored it because it meant hands free watching – and I loved it even more because it solved the problem of the “who holds the iPad” argument. It was pretty cute in itself, engraved with “The Jones Boys” but then thanks to…
Just as we thought the weather was getting better….today it’s pouring down and we’re indoors. Never mind that we’re homebound thanks to the never-ending bug that’s circulating every child in Hampshire it seems, we’re inside. Inside means cabin fever prone children and so today we made a little rainy day wishes jar. It’s for those…
![I SEE HIM ROLLIN’ [HEELYS]](https://keep-up-with-the-jones-family.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/HeeliesOO1.jpg)
Click here for our Toy Review Catalogue to read our reviews before you buy! We’ve got bikes. We’ve got scooters. We’ve got skateboards. Now – we’ve got Heelys. I am in the unenviable position of understanding completely how my own mom must have felt watching me wobbling and perfecting the Bambi on ice look in…
![40TH TIME’S A CHARM [BRACELET]](https://keep-up-with-the-jones-family.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Scarlett005.jpg)
I generally dislike my own birthday. Besides the fear of the Happy Birthday song [it makes me cry and I don’t know where to look when people sing it to me] I awaited my 40th year with dread. Older, wrinklier, and feeling like my life was pretty much done opportunity wise. However, so far,…