Back to School - Smart Restart with Change4Life!

September's the perfect time to make a new start!

The school year is just beginning. Make it a great start with Change4Life's new back to school booster - Smart Restart!

www.nhs.uk/Change4Life

All you need to do is choose one healthy change - like swapping some of your kids' treats for healthier alternatives. Or some of your car or bus journeys for walking, cycling or scooting - and you'll get offers, discounts and lots of support with our free app, emails and texts.

Every parent wants their kids to get the most out of the year ahead, but did you know that even simple changes can make a huge difference to the way kids feel, behave and learn in school?

Just choose one healthy change, and get started today! For example, stretch your legs, 10 minute moves, screen-time switches, beat the treats and super lunches! You can sign up here.

The Smart Restart app is a great, FREE tool, full of fun ideas and support - to help your healthy change, become a healthy habit:

• Five brilliant tools, packed full of ideas, games and inspiration to get the kids moving more and eating more healthily.
• Weekly action lists to help you form healthier habits over six weeks.
• A progress wall so you can see how well you're doing.

Download the app here.

Why not catch up with others on the Change4Life Facebook page? It's a great place to share your experiences and find lots of inspirational ideas and advice from families just like yours!

Ideal Cases App review

Thanks to the great guys (and girls!) at Idealcases.com we had the chance to review the new app where you can design your own phone, tablet or eReader case.

There are different platforms for the app - I used the Apple app.  Simply download the free app from the Apple Store and start designing!  With the fun to use design apps, the only limitation is how crazy you want to go!  You can create your 'Ideal' phone, tablet or eReader case with a family photo, logo, favourite illustration or even song lyric.

The app is really easy to use; simply select your device, then device model and finally, case style.  There are a good selection of styles available - including  matt, gloss, black, white & wallet case, there's something for everyone's taste.

Then, choose your photo from either your Facebook account, Instagram account, flickr account, images stored on your phone or you can even take a new pic there and then!  And you can make it your own by tweaking and editing your photo to fit just right!  You can flip and/or rotate the image at the touch of an icon and then share your creativity with your friends via various social media channels.

This is the photo that I've put on my phone case - a rare day out during the summer months for us all!  An impromptu 'let's go out for the day because it's sunny' event... the unplanned ones are always the best!

Registered customers can also earn points on their purchases - everyone loves a loyalty scheme!  And as a special 'thank you' to my followers, you can get an extra 10% of any case up until the end of June with the code 'katiecupcake10'... but be quick, you've only got 5 days to use the code.  So have a think for any upcoming birthday or events where you'd like to surprise someone with a personalised phone, tablet or eReader case!  With a free postage option and prices from just £12.49, what more can you ask for!

I would highly recommend the app as a simple and easy to use design app - almost too easy as you may think that only the technically-minded of us could use something as 'complicated' as a design app!  So, blow away the design cobwebs and treat yourself or someone else!

Why not pop over to their Facebook page here and have a look at the great designs and ideas for inspiration!