• reviews

    Giant Connect 4!

    November 19, 2011 - By 

    We were asked if we would like to try an outdoor version of Connect 4 – Giant Connect 4. We love our garden and spend a lot of time outdoors so thought this would be a great addition to our collection of toys and games. Giant Connect 4! The game is the official HASBRO Giant Connect 4 so is instantly recognisable from my childhood with it’s red and yellow counters. First introduced in 1974 it is a firm favourite with families and the outdoor version is a great edition. It’s made from very hard wearing plastic for a long gaming…

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    spicy ginger crunchy cookies

    November 19, 2011 - By 

    We were recently offered some spicy ginger crunchy cookies from the award-winning bakers Kent & Fraser to try.We’re huge fans of anything with ginger in and I have to admit these cookies didn’t last long. Each pack contains deliciously crunchy biscuits made with decent chunks of stem ginger. The taste is lovely and spicy but the cookies were a bit too crunchy for me – perfect for dunking in a steaming cup of tea. Ingredients include light muscovado sugar, crystalised stem ginger and ground ginger but no eggs, dairy, soya, wheat or gluten (so suitable for a gluten free diet).…

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    Christmas Presents For Men

    November 17, 2011 - By 

    I’m sure I can’t be the only woman with a husband who is difficult to buy presents for. Birthday or Christmas, it really doesn’t matter. He’s a complete geek and difficult to buy for. There’s lots of inspiration for gifts in this handy Christmas Gift Guide and I recently found something which I thought he would love (and Edward too!) – the lightspeed ihelicopter from paramountzone. The lightspeed ihelicopter is controlled via your phone (iPhone, iPod, iPad and some Android phones). Simply download the free App (Copter Controller) from the apple App store or Android market, plug the (included) IR…

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    (Review) Gurgle Baby Milestones

    November 15, 2011 - By 

    As a first time mum not too many months ago I meticulously recorded everything Edward did on paper and through his online blog. I also used the electronic baby journal WellStart but to be honest didn’t find it very easy to use and quickly abandoned it. So I was really happy to hear about Gurgle Baby Milestones which is a major development of WellStart, still very recognisable but with a lot of great improvements. With the imminent arrival of Second Baby I was delighted to be asked to try it out. The software is simple to install and allows you…

  • book review - parenting - reviews

    Diary of a Sleep Deprived Mum

    November 10, 2011 - By 

    My biggest fear about our new addition is the sleep deprivation! I have awful memories of the first few weeks with Edward where I quite literally wanted to gouge my burning eyes out I was so tired! At least I know what to expect this time. The people behind BBC Dragons’ Den success, Magic Blackout Blind, have launched a new book,‘Diary of a Sleep Deprived Mum’ written by a mum, inspired by mums and aimed at every parent suffering at the sharp end of sleep deprivation! It’s a fun book to read but also aims to inform via anecdotes and…

  • Family Life - reviews

    New shoes from Clarks

    November 6, 2011 - By 

    There’s something exciting about new shoes and Edward feels the same way. Last week we were invited to our local Clarks store so Edward could choose a pair of new shoes from the Autumn/Winter 2011 collection. His feet were measured and I was surprised that his feet had grown a whole size. As a size 7H he needed the widest fitting which unfortunately limited our choice to just two pairs in stock. One pair had flashing lights which were very appealing but I didn’t like the colours of the shoe and the other pair featured a rather fab dinosaur on…

  • baby products - eating - reviews

    Help for messy mealtimes!

    October 30, 2011 - By 

    Toddler mealtimes can be messy in our household so we were delighted to be offered a non-slip mat which might help! We were sent a red tortoise shaped mat which stuck to the dining table really easily. Once on, it meant the plate of food couldn’t slip all over the place whilst Edward fed himself. The Dycem mat comes in the shape of a tortoise or a hippo. It is easy to remove from the table and wipe clean. Dycem Non-Slip mats provide a secure surface that anchors items effectively in place. They produce non-slip mats  which are ideal for…

  • competition - playing - reviews

    Play like the stars and a giveaway

    October 28, 2011 - By 

    *****Competition has now closed and the winners have been notified***** Do you have a budding footballer like I do? If so, they can now learn to play like their football heroes with Coerver Coaching Vol 1 (launched November 7th)! Coerver bring their tried and tested method to DVD for the first time with skills, flicks, passes and tricks in a programme endorsed by Geoff Hurst, Jurgen Klinsmann and Gerard Houllier. In the 1970s, Dutch football legend Wiel Coerver created a coaching programme based upon the skills of the world’s greatest players. His system was designed to hone individual passing skills…

  • baking - reviews

    Halloween fun!

    October 28, 2011 - By 

    I love Halloween and have been on the lookout for inexpensive craft and baking items on the high street. Fortunately Poundland is on a mission to make it easy and cheap for everyone to have a happy Halloween.  With growing popularity for the holiday, it’s easy for kids to get swept up in the excitement, often leaving parents not knowing where to start. So Poundland has come up with some ideas to set you off in the right direction. If you’re throwing a Halloween party there are a whole host of decoration and dressing-up products from Poundland, which make it…