Today we were invited to see Peaceful Lion Productions present an adaptation of Nadia Shireen’s ‘Hey, Presto!’ for children aged 3 to 8 and their adults at the Pleasance Islington. Peaceful Lion Productions are a small company with big ambitions, and love putting on shows that appeal to parents and children alike – with a…
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Decorating for Christmas with Dunelm Mill
Last week we popped into our local Dunelm Mill to get some inspiration for our Christmas decorations. My Facebook timeline has been full of friends putting up their trees and decorations and it feels as though we’re in the minority as we haven’t put anything up yet – except for our Advent calendars and candles….
Our Christmas Day out at Westfield
This afternoon Little Sis and I visited Westfield London to get ourselves into the Christmas spirit. It’s quite easy for us to get to Westfield London so we hopped on the tube and soon emerged into the shopping centre. I love to plan so had a list of things to see and do. First up…
Removeable wall stickers from Bloobry
As you know we moved house 8 months ago and we’re in the process of decorating every room. We’ve already finished the little man’s room, next up will be his sister’s. It was already pink so just needs a freshen up and some vintage pieces of furniture need stripping and repainting. We were offered some…
Great British Chefs – yummy vegetable lasagne
Over the last week we’ve been trying out the new Cooking with Kids app in association with Tesco. It’s from Great British Chefs, a food brand that connects food lovers and promotes some of the best chefs in the UK through their website and range of mobile apps. Great British Chefs The new Cooking with…
Woolly Wonderland at Westfield!
We had the most wonderful time at Westfield Stratford City today where we were invited to a very special storytelling session of The Gruffalo. The children were sitting quite happily and listening really well. Woolly Wonderland at Westfield! And then the special guest turned up! My children’s faces were priceless 🙂 They both love The…
Win a Swizzels Matlow Sweet Treats Tub
You may remember a couple of weeks ago I reviewed a range of sweet for Halloween from Swizzels Matlow. Well, brand new for Christmas 2013 is the Sweet Treats Tub also from Swizzels Matlow. Available from Asda it brings together their most popular sweets and lollies, which are loved by all ages. We were sent…
Toilet roll angels
Have a plethora of toilet rolls in your house? We seem to go through lots so are always on the look out for some crafts to help use them up. Our latest one is very seasonal – toilet roll angels! Toilet roll angels craft for kids What you will need: cardboard tubes white paper silver…
Gingerbread house advent garland
We’re all very excited that Advent has started in our house. Advent calendars have been opened, Advent candles lit, and our Elf on the Shelf has taken up his position in our house. We’ll be opening the first book in our book advent today too. This year I also made a little advent garland, each…