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Timeless Pieces By Trotters Childrenswear

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The Incredible Benefits Of Building Blocks For Your Toddler

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I really do want Christmas to feel magical for my I really do want Christmas to feel magical for my boys. I also have two birthdays to get through first, a budget that doesn’t stretch forever, and no energy for a doll that needs repositioning every night.

Being an American mom in the UK means I get Christmas pressure from both sides. The American in me wants the full Hallmark movie version with lights on everything. My boys are growing up British, which means grottos, Christmas jumper day and a nativity costume request with about three days’ notice. Trying to do everything from both lists is how you end up exhausted and broke by Boxing Day.

So I pick what actually matters to us and let the rest go.

Tell me which one you’re dropping this year, and follow along for the rest of the Christmas season in this house🎄✨

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If you’re also living abroad and the clocks have If you’re also living abroad and the clocks have changed twice in a week, solidarity. I have no idea what time it is in any country right now 🤪

Half term is done, Halloween is done, and somehow it’s already Christmas in every single shop. Someone’s already asked what we’re doing for Christmas and I haven’t even worked out what’s for dinner tonight.

Send this to the mum who’s already panicking about Christmas grocery slots.

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Genuine question. Some days raising kids abroad fe Genuine question. Some days raising kids abroad feels normal. Some days I’m looking at flights home at 11pm 🤪

Drop your GIF, I’ll go first. And send this to the mum abroad who gets it.

Hi, I’m Lauren 👋🏻 American mum of two boys raising half-British kids in Yorkshire. I share honest motherhood, life abroad and wellness for millennial mums who are sometimes thriving, often surviving. 

Follow along if that’s you 🫶

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If you’re also living abroad and the clocks have If you’re also living abroad and the clocks have changed twice in a week, solidarity. I have no idea what time it is in any country right now 🤪

Half term is done, Halloween is done, and somehow it’s already Christmas in every single shop. Someone’s already asked what we’re doing for Christmas and I haven’t even worked out what’s for dinner tonight.

Send this to the mum who’s already panicking about Christmas grocery slots.

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