• Family Life - London

    Subway, lead sponsor of the NFL London Games and the NFL Flag School Programme, are encouraging kids to try sport

    A few weeks ago, we attended a really fun free event at Piccadilly in the West End. Much of the street was closed for the NFL Kickoff which took over Piccadilly for the launch of the season. NFL is the biggest sport in the United States with more than 160 million people watching the Super Bowl each year. Did you know that the NFL is now among the fastest-growing sports in the UK and Ireland? More than 23 million people tuned in throughout 2016/17 to watch the games and 40,000 people now play the sport in England alone. NFL Kickoff at Piccadilly NFL…

  • competition - Family Life

    Win a bundle of Gross Smashers Series 2 collectibles

    Earlier this year we had so much fun unboxing the new Smashers from Zuru. The first series featured a brand new sports-themed collectible toy. They came in a red Smashball which you smashed to reveal the collectible toy inside. The 2nd Series has recently launched just in time for Halloween. Gross Smashers Series 2 collectibles from Zuru My children loved the first series but the second series is even better. Each smashball is decorated to look like a spooky eyeball! What’s more, hidden inside each smashball is a GROSS character which is soooo appealing to my icky children. We were sent…

  • Christmas - Crafts for kids - Dr Seuss Day craft - Grinchmas crafts

    Dr Seuss’s The Grinch and Max paper plate craft for kids

    I love this time of year, especially when I have the time off work to enjoy it! We are really enjoying some time together at home to relax and craft. A few weeks ago we watched the trailer for the upcoming Grinch film. Based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss story How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, it’s something we can’t wait to watch as the book has been a staple of our festive Book Advent for the last few years. In case you’re not familiar with it: The Grinch hatches a scheme, with his trusted canine Max, to ruin Christmas when the residents of Whoville…

  • Crafts for kids - Halloween crafts

    How to Make a Halloween Friendship Bracelet

    This is a guest post from our friends at Mrs Mactivity, who make creative learning resources to download and print, for parents and teachers. Download the Halloween Friendship Bracelet template here. Halloween is such a fun seasonal event! There’s pumpkin soup to make, costumes to prepare, trick or treating, parties, fun and excited children! It’s a sort of second place Christmas – after your own birthday of course. It’s also a really good opportunity to involve children in crafting and creative activities, to help them develop fine motor skills and above all, to have fun and spend quality time together…

  • Family Life - Monday Happy List

    Monday mindfulness – 5 Happy Things

    Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed the beautiful weather we’ve been experiencing in London. Each week I start off by writing my Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things blog post. It’s a great chance to 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. Monday mindfulness – 5 happy things Last week we had both children’s Parents Evening meetings. They both got excellent reports and it was lovely to hear they both enjoy school and have…

  • Family Life

    Trick or Treat: Fur-ociously Feisty Pets

    Are you celebrating Halloween in your house? Despite not celebrating it when I was growing up, it’s a festival that my children just adore. As soon as they started back at school last month they were asking when we could start decorating for Halloween! We love to decorate the house with our Halloween crafts, carve pumpkins, watch scary films and fill our cauldron with sweets for our Trick or Treat visitors. Trick or Treat: Fur-ociously Feisty Pets This year we were sent some toys to review which are just perfect for the time of year – Feisty Pets! Have you…

  • Family Life

    Benefits of part time healthcare work for full-time Mums

    Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash The phrase says it all. “full-time Mum” is a 24/7 role, and one that can leave you wondering exactly where the hours, days and weeks went. The thought of trying to fit a job into the equation is enough to send you into a cold sweat. But we all know there are many who manage to combine parenting and part-time work. And if this is work that will also provide useful knowledge and skills in taking care of the family, surely that’s a win/win. The benefits of part time healthcare work for full-time Mums Is there a doctor in the house?…

  • Blogger Board Game Club - Family Life

    Blogger Board Game Club review: Who Did It?

    We are a family which loves to play games. If they can be squeezed in a bag for a weekend away – even better! As members of the Blogger Board Game Club we were recently sent the small game called Who Did It? to try out at home. Who Did It? from blue orange “My parrot did NOT poop in the middle of the living room, but I think a rabbit did it!” As the proud owner of a cute little rabbit, you need to quickly clear it of this deed and put the blame on another’s pet. You must…

  • competition - Family Life

    Win a bundle of spine-tingling family films

    Yay! We’re on half term. And relax. I don’t know about you, but I have been looking forward to half term pretty much since the children went back to school in September. We haven’t planned much because we’re all pretty knackered. We’ve been busy at work and school and need a break from routine. One thing we will be doing is settling down with a family-sized bucket of popcorn to rediscover the classic Halloween titles which have stood the test of time. There are some spine-tingling films which are firm family favourites year after year. Spine-tingling family films for Halloween Skip the…