#KCACOLS – 5th July 2020

Welcome back to #KCACOLS. We had 37 link ups last time! THANK YOU ALL so much for being part of the linky! I really appreciate your support. For new people joining us this week, I really hope you like #KCACOLS and that you come back again next time! You can also find out more about this linky on the #KCACOLS linky page! 🙂

PLEASE READ

Please remember that this linky is all about commenting hence the reward of being featured. I cannot chase people individually. That is why I send the “Thank You Email” so people can check the list and also make sure if they have been mentioned so they can go back to the linky and do their commenting. 

Also, remember that FRIDAY NIGHT is the deadline for all comments. 

These past 2 weeks have passed so quick! It is crazy! We enjoyed having some sun the first week. It is lovely when the sun is out. The second week has been dark and cold with some rain. Let’s hope we have better luck next week.

We adventured last Sunday to Port Lympne Park in Kent but unfortunately, we didn’t make it because our car broke down on the way. It was so unlucky because this was our first trip out since the lockdown. So sad. Thankfully nothing happened to us and the girls thought it was all an adventure.  We got our car back yesterday. It was a very expensive fix unfortunately but at least we can travel again. 

We also had bad news this week as our flight tickets to Venice got cancelled. We had this trip booked for a long time and we thought we might be able to make it especially after the new government announcements but unfortunately, we will have to think about something else to do.

Each linkup, I love sharing a photo from my last 2 weeks on Instagram, so here is my favourite:

#KCACOLS ON INSTAGRAM

Thank you so much for using the #KCACOLS hashtag on Instagram for all your photos. It is lovely to see your photos there! We have more than 13.9k photos that have used the hashtag which is lovely! I love when you use the hashtag. After a lot of consideration, I have decided that I will not do a feature on my post any more. But please keep using the hashtag. I always check it and like all the photos there.

KCACOLS CROWD FACEBOOK GROUP

THANK YOU to all of you that have joined the #KCACOLS CROWD Facebook Group. You can join us here. Also if you do join, please send me a direct message with the name of your blog so then I know who you are without having to figure out your blog name 🙂

NOW BACK TO THE LINKY

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We had 37 linkups! I am so happy to have new people joining us this time too. There were 3 new linkers. On Thursday we had 9 posts that needed more comments. I  was so happy to see a small number already. By Friday night (deadline for commenting) we manage to reduce this number to 2 posts. This is fantastic news as these posts had 3 comments each and one has commenting issues so it was a wonderful outcome.

Regarding the people that have not commented on the post before theirs, we got 13 people on Thursday. By Friday night, we reduced this number to 5 people. I’m glad we managed to reduce this number too.

Also, remember to comment on the co-hosts posts. Please also be aware that I’m BLOCKING URLs/Emails of people that have joined the linky and have not commented on any posts for consecutive weeks. If you find I have blocked you by mistake, please contact me.

I also wanted to say that I will need all your comments to be done by Friday as I won’t be doing any counting on Saturdays anymore. So Friday Night will be the deadline for all comments for now on. 

LINKY TWEETS 

I’m not tweeting individual people once the linky is live but I will tweet the people that have been featured and mentioned. I’ll also post a link to the new linky post on the KCACOLS Facebook Group, pin it on my Twitter account and on my Facebook page together with some generic tweets. I will of course, email all of you the link. If you could also share it by clicking the link below that would be FABULOUS!

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Thank you so much for all your comments on the host posts and the linky post. As always, I have read and liked all your comments! We will do our best for you to receive a comment from someone on behalf of the linky (either the co-hosts or me).

GUEST CO-HOSTS FROM THE PREVIOUS LINK UP 

I would like to say THANK YOU so much to ALEX from One Clueless Mum and EMMA from Me and B Make Tea for helping me with the commenting this week! They did a great job! 🙂 

GUEST CO-HOSTS FOR THIS LINK UP

My first guest co-host this week is JADE from The Autism Page. Jade helps me with the linky on a regular basis which is lovely. Jade is a married mum of two boys (5 & 3). She is based in the West Country between Bristol and Bath. She has a parenting blog where she shares information and resources related to autism that has been helpful to them since her eldest child was diagnosed at 2 years old. She also has another blog The Breakfast Page where she writes about breakfasts at home, review breakfasts when she is out as well as cookbook reviews. I am looking forward to co-hosting with her. Please give her social media accounts some love (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & Pinterest). She will also be retweeting your tweets this week so please add her twitter handle (@theautismpage) to your tweets as well as mine. Finally, she has a guest co-host post, Everything You Need To Know About Eggs For Breakfast linked up too. If you could please go there and add a comment it would be AWESOME!

My second guest co-host this week is MALIN from Sensational Learning With Penguin. Malin has co-hosted with me many times too. I am super happy to have her back. Since she joined this linky she has been a great supporter of the linky which is lovely. Malin has a parenting blog. Her blog is about Mummy and Penguin which is a place for them to share what they do and why. Penguin has a diagnosis of autism, and they recently opted for home education. She shares their days out, baking, crafts, play dough among other activities. Please give her social media accounts some love (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & Pinterest). She will also be retweeting your tweets this week so please add her twitter handle (@senlearnuk) to your tweets as well as mine. Finally, she has a guest co-host post, Exploring Nature With #30DaysWild, Part One: Day 1-10.  linked up too. If you could please go there and add a comment it would be AWESOME!

FEATURED POSTS – TOP 3

The first person who commented a lot was JO from So Nostalgic. This is also Jo from A Rose Tinted World which we are all very familiar with her blog. She also has this new blog where she shares all things from the past. I am so happy to feature her again but this time from So Nostalgic. As always she has been amazing commenting so many of your lovely posts. She has commented so much that she is now at the top of the 3 commenters. Hurrah! Thank you so much, Jo for all your comments. She has commented on 22 posts! Her post from last week was Children’s Games of Old.

The second person who commented a lot was HELEN from Twins Tantrums and cold coffee. This is fantastic news! I am very happy to have Helen within the top 3 commenters for the second time. She is a new linker which is so lovely to see.  Thank yous so much Helen for all your lovely comments. She has commented on 17 posts! Her post from last week was Why I’m Sending My Son Back To School In A Pandemic When I Don’t Have To. Please visit her post and give her more love if you can

The third person who commented a lot was RACHEL from Children’s of Wanderlust. I am so excited about this! This is the first time that I am featuring Rachel. She has joined us not long ago and it is so lovely to see her already within the top 3 commenters! How amazing is that!  She has done a fabulous job. Love to have new linkers and especially featuring them. Thank yous so much Rachel for all your comments. She has commented on 15 posts! Her post from last week was Presents Beyond Plastic: 10 Alternative Gift Ideas for Children. Please visit her post and give her more love if you can

FEATURED POSTS – TOP 6

Behind Jo, Helen and Rachel were NANCY from Around The World At the Weekend with 14 comments, HANNAH from Hannah and the Twiglets with 13 comments and LYDIA from Pandora and Max with 13 comments. Thank you so much to all of you! 🙂

For this week’s linky I am linking up Six Things To Do To Improve Your Skin and Family Summer Fashion so I hope you like it! 😉

Please do not forget to follow and check out the #KCACOLS Pinterest Board. We have pinned all your posts from last week’s linky so please go and have a look. There are some great posts that deserve a read!

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Now let’s carry on with the linky:

RULES:

Every 2 weeks I will choose 6 people who have commented A LOT on the linky. Three will be featured and another three will be mentioned in my fortnightly Saturday linky post. This means that 6 people will get a backlink on my new linky post every other Saturday!

1. Be sure to grab the #KCACOLS badge which can be found below or on my sidebar. Simply copy the code from the box below the badge and add it to the text/html at the bottom of your post or place it on your blog sidebar.

2. You can link up to 2 posts. I recommend you to link up one post each week to get the most of the linky. 

3. You can share anything that you would like. It is open to absolutely any subject and also you can link up posts that are old or new. You are allowed to link up another linky ONLY if it is a promotional post about the linky and you can do this only once and I expect you to put my badge or a link to my linky and of course to follow the rules regarding commenting. 

4. Comment on:

• one of the hosts’ posts (choose one that you would like to comment). 
• the guest co-hosts posts.
• the post which is linked up immediately before yours.
• and finally, any other post that you would like to comment on.

That way everybody receives at least two comments (one from the host/guest co-hosts and one from others).

5. This linky will be open every other Saturday from 10 pm and will remain open until the following 2nd Wednesday at 08.00 pm or until we reach 100 link ups, whichever comes first.

6. If you would like us to tweet your post that is absolutely fine, just tweet your link to me @WithFranca, JADE @theautismpage and MALIN @senlearnuk  and we will retweet it. Please remember to use the hashtag #KCACOLS.

7. Finally, if you could please follow A Moment With Franca (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube) that would be fantastic!! 😉

I look forward to reading and commenting on your posts!! 🙂

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Thanks for stopping by,

Love you all ❤

Franca  💋