My daughter loves slime. I’m not a big fan of it but she adores playing with slime and has a collection of different colours and textures stored in little pots. She’s a pretty chilled child but she just loves picking a pot out to play with after school. There are loads of slime toys to play with, but she especially loves her Poopsie Slime toys as you can make the slime yourself. That was until she was introduced to Pop Pops! PopPops Pets from Yulu A few weeks ago we were introduced to PopPops Pets from Yulu. These combine fluffy…
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I love to start the week by writing Five Happy Things. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures – it’s a post I always enjoy writing. Five Happy Things {Week 244} Two weeks ago my son fractured his wrist. This week we had a follow up appointment at the Fracture Clinic. His bones are healing really well and he was given a permanent cast. He loved being able to choose the colour. We have to go…
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Two weeks ago yesterday my 9 year old fractured his wrist in two places. He fell off his scooter as we were walking from our cabin, off to spend our first day exploring Centre Parcs Woburn Forest. Instead of swimming and trying all the activities we had booked, we spent the day at the local A&E, returning to Centre Parcs with two tired and upset children. A stay at Centre Parcs Woburn Forest with tweens We had been looking forward to our stay at Centre Parcs Woburn Forest for weeks. Many of our friends had stayed at the different Centre…
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I love to start the week by writing Five Happy Things. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures – it’s a post I always enjoy writing. Half term has felt super busy as we started with a weekend at Centre Parcs Woburn, visited Bletchley Park, visited my mum in Wiltshire, spent a day at Chiltern Open Air Museum, went to the cinema, as well as another visit to the hospital to sort my son’s cast out. Looking…
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I still can’t write about our trip to Centre Parc Woburn just yet (there was just far too much sick and blood!). However on the way home we decided to stop off at Bletchley Park. We hadn’t visited in over 10 years and definitely not with tweens, so were long overdue a visit. A visit to Bletchley Park with tweens Bletchley Park near Milton Keynes is a lovely Victorian country house built in the Victorian Gothic, Tudor, and Dutch Baroque styles. During the Second World War it was the home of the British Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) and home…
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My daughter loves watching the Disney Junior TV show Vampirina, which celebrates friendship and difference – with a spooktacular twist! The show is based on the Vampirina Ballerina series of books written by Anne Marie Pace and illustrated by LeUyen Pham. Vampirina follows the story of Vampirina “Vee” Hauntley who becomes the new kid on the block after she and her family move from Transylvania to Pennsylvania to open a local bed and breakfast called the Scare B&B for visiting ghouls and goblins. The show launched last year on Disney Junior and we have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of…
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My son loves his SuperZings collection. He’s always been a huge Lego fan but for the first time even, this weekend he left his Lego at home and took his SuperZing collection when we went away for the weekend. This is huge! Series 3 SuperZings SuperZings are everyday objects transformed into Superheroes and Supervillains. They are a great pocket money toy and easy to collect and swap with friends. Series 3 carries on the Rivals of Kaboom theme but with lots of new characters to collect. They are great for imaginative kids who love to make up stories with their…
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I love to start the week by writing Five Happy Things. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures – it’s a post I always enjoy writing. Five Happy Things {Week 242} Last week my daughter finished her Year 2 SATs. For some reason her school decided to run them over two weeks. I would have preferred them over and done with in one week but the school must have had their reasons for delaying them. My daughter…
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A few weeks ago we finally got to visit the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, aka the Harry Potter Studio Tour. I can’t tell you how long I’ve wanted to visit and I didn’t realise you had to book so far in advance. I’ve read all the books, watched the films, and tried to introduce my children to the magical world of Harry Potter too. They’ve watched most of the films so we thought we would book a family ticket and visit the studio tour together. Warner Bros. Studio Tour London We only live 20 minutes away from the Studio…