Welcome back to #KCACOLS. I hope you are all well! We had 43 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! 🙂
We had another busy couple of weeks. We had lots of activities at school. Bella left for her Y4 Residential trip for 3 days. This was the first time she was away from us without family and a little bit far, so I was a little bit nervous but thankfully it went well and she had an amazing time. After we said goodbye, a few of the mums had a lovely coffee morning for a chat. Sienna had her assembly that week and she was so cute. It is always lovely to see your kids performing. I also organised a coffee morning with the mums from Sienna’s class for another lovely chatty morning. I love these meetups. The girls also had Sports Day which they enjoyed. Both did very well and ended up at a friends house for the rest of their afternoon. They ended the week with an end of year school disco which left them really tired, lol!
Regarding the blog, I have started a new meal plan with Melissa from the Delicious Nutritionist who has tailored a new 2 week plan for me to try. I am super excited about this as I really want to change my eating habits and start having a more healthy lifestyle. We also went to the premiere of The Queen’s Corgi. It was funny and after that, we went to a garden party in the centre of Leicester Square which was so much fun for the girls.
Each link up, I love sharing a couple of photos from my last 2 weeks on Instagram, so here are two of my favourites:
#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! I am so excited that we have more than 12.7k photos that have used the hashtag! I am thrilled! I would love it if more of you could use the hashtag for your photos and of course it would be even better if we all also spread some love there! I am featuring 1 photo from the community that has caught my eye since the last link up. This time I’m featuring BREAD from My Queer Little Family. See her photo below:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzaAQjNFpwx/
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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First I would like to apologise because for the first time in 4 years I completely forgot to send the Thank You email with the lists of posts that needed more comments. I had a hectic week and got distracted. So sorry about that. This means that of course, we couldn’t reduce the numbers as we normally do.
We had 43 link ups which is fantastic. So, on Thursday we had 14 posts that needed more comments and by Saturday we reduced this amount to 11. We could have had better results if I wouldn’t have forgotten to send the email.
And regarding the people that have not commented on the post before theirs, we got 8 people on Thursday. By Saturday morning this number was reduced to 6 but I think they are comments waiting for approval.
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.
FORTNIGHTLY LINKY The linky will be open for 2 weeks until the second Wednesday at 8 pm or until we reach 100 link ups, whichever comes first. The co-hosts and I will be allowed to change our posts on the following Saturday after the linky is live. Please be aware of these changes during the second week. I would suggest that you link up one post each week so you will be able to share something different and current each week. I will also be more strict regarding commenting on the post before yours. |
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!
PLEASE REMEMBER
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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR NEW LINKERS: PLEASE START by commenting on the post linked up before yours FIRST and then comment on any other posts as much as you would like. Also, use the hashtag #KCACOLS when commenting (this is indeed very important so I can then see how many comments you are doing and then be able to feature you in my linky post which is always great for you as you get a backlink which helps improve your DA). |
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 KELLY-ANNE from Mimi Rose And Me and MALIN from Sensational Learning With Penguin for helping me with the commenting this week! They have done a great job! 🙂
GUEST CO-HOSTS FOR THIS LINK UP
My first guest co-host this week is JADE from The Autism Page. This is the first time that Jade is co-hosting with me and I am super excited to have her. She joined the linky last year and she has been linking up with us on and off. 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. 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, All About Autism linked up too. If you could please go there and add a comment it would be AWESOME!
My second co-host this week is RUTH from Mummy and the Mexicans. This is the third time that Ruth is co-hosting with me but the last time she did was last year. She lives in Mexico with her family. She has a bilingual parenting and lifestyle blog. She writes about her experiences of living and parenting in Mexico, being alone British expat in a Mexican family and trying to bring her daughter and new son up to be bilingual. She also loves sharing posts about Mexican food. She also has a series “Stories from Life Abroad” which is very interesting. Please give some love to her social media accounts which are (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & Pinterest). She will also be retweeting your tweets this week so please add her twitter handle (@ruthhilbrown to your tweets as well as mine. Finally, she has a guest co-host post, Life with baby at six months old linked up too. Please if you could go there and add a comment it would be AWESOME!
FEATURED POSTS – TOP 3
The first person who commented a lot was JO from A Rose Tinted World. I’m super happy to have JO at the top of the commenting list again! Brilliant! It is lovely to be able to feature her again. So grateful for all her support so far. She is lovely! She has done a great job commenting on many of your lovely posts. She has commented on 37 posts! One of her posts from the last link up was Fabric Scraps – How To Use Every Last Piece. Please go to the post and give some more love if you can.
The second person who commented a lot was SARAH-MARIE from Tired But Crafty Mummy. This is fantastic news! It is really lovely to see Sarah-Marie in the top 3 commenters for the first time! I have mentioned her before but this is the first time that I am actually featuring her! She has joined the linky not long ago so it is fantastic to have her here already. I love having new faces! She has done a great job commenting on many of your lovely posts. She has commented on 26 posts! Her post from last week was How To Make A Tulle Wreath. Please visit her post and give her more love if you can.
The third person who commented a lot was LISA from Lisa Pomerantzster. This is fantastic news! I am so happy to have Lisa back within the top 3 commenters. She has always done fantastic with her lovely comments! I really appreciate her support. She has done great commenting on 16 posts! Thank you so much, LISA! Her post from last week was Mindfulness, Mammography, and Me Please visit her post and give her more love if you can.
FEATURED POSTS – TOP 6
Behind Jo, Sarah-Marie and Lisa were SARAH from Mummykind with 13 comments, FIONA from Coombemill with 12 comments and KAREN from Twicemicrowaved Tea with 11 comments. Thank you so much to all of you! 🙂
For this week’s linky I am linking up 7 Things To Do In Symi, Greece and Mistral Clothing – Why I Love My Outfit So Much so I hope you like them! 😉
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 RUTH @ruthhilbrown 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 💋
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