Time to write my favourite post of the week again. This weeks’ Monday happies is easy as we’ve just had a wonderful half term. I love family time and a break from the normal routine was just what everyone needed. We had fun den building in the sunshine at home. I had time to try out new EPP techniques thanks to a sweet craft kit that came with Love Patchwork & Quilting magazine. I’ve been planning my own stencils for a spot of home decorating. I recently painted a scrubbed pine chest of drawers with some Annie Sloan paint but…
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On Friday we went along to see behind the scenes at the UK’s first flagship Nickelodeon Store at No. 1 Leicester Square, London. As it was half term both the children were able to join in the fun. We started our day with a delicious brunch at Muriel’s Kitchen nearby then headed over to the new Nickelodeon Store. The new multi-level store includes state-of-the-art multimedia and interactive elements to create a showcase for a broad range of products based on Nickelodeon’s favourite characters, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Dora the Explorer. We had our photo taken with…
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When my children were younger they loved to play with my mobile phone. We went through quite a few toy ones as they loved to chew them as their teeth were coming through. As you know we are KDUK Mumbassadors and we were sent the Tech Too Smooth Touch Smartphone to share with you. Tech Too Smooth Touch Smartphone This interactive device is manageable for little hands and offers a “discovery” mode featuring four fun games to help little ones learn colours, numbers, animal names and sounds. When the child leaves the phone idle for a few seconds, it will…
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Have you heard of Shopkins? They are cute, collectable characters from your favourite shops and my 5 year old is obsessed with them. Every Friday he loves to go to our local toy shop and buy a Shopkins basket with his pocket money and add a couple more Shopkins to his collection. They are quite sweet little toys, all different products you would expect to find at the supermarket, and you can collect the different categories and buy playsets for them. They are very kawaii with their happy little faces and remind me of the cute characters I have stitched…
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Today I’m taking part in Ladybird’s Let’s Go Shopping Peppa! blog tour. A brand new Peppa Pig book has just been released and we were very excited to be sent a copy and have one to giveaway too at the end of this post. Ladybird’s Let’s Go Shopping Peppa! blog tour. First of all let me tell you about Let’s Go Shopping Peppa!. In this book Peppa and her family need something tasty for lunch. It’s time for a trip to the supermarket! Mummy Pig is very keen on just getting the things on her shopping list, but when they…
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May has gone by unbelievably quickly for me. I think I say that every month but this month has flown by. I’ve been really busy this month and barely made anything. Even my 5 year old noticed I hadn’t been sewing and suggested I stay at home to do some sewing whilst everyone else went out for a few hours! I really want to spend more time being creative and my heart just doesn’t seem to be in blogging at the moment. Perhaps after blogging for 10 years that’s not surprising so I’m hoping for some amazing inspiration when I…
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This year we were very excited to be invited to be a Peppa Pig Holiday blogger (I love adding those shiny badges to my blog). I can honestly say that both my children like Peppa Pig, but my 3 year old loves Peppa! but At the start of half term we were sent a lovely parcel of Peppa Pig goodies to help us get through the week 🙂 Today we opened the Air Peppa Holiday Jet and Holiday figurine packs. My 3 year old has been lusting after this in our local toy shop so was overjoyed to receive it.…
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Hello and welcome to my special Bank Holiday edition of Monday happy things! We’re having a special Day Out today and have packed our picnic. Have you tasted Tracker bars lately? We were sent a rucksack full to fuel our Bank Holiday adventures and I haven’t been able to stop eating them. There are three flavours but my favourite has to be the White Chocolate Chip ones. We’ve added a few to our lunch bags. We’ve been having fun with these gorgeous ABC and 123 flash cards from QED Publishing. Little Sis is starting nursery in September and these have been…
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My 5 year old has quite simple tastes in toys, if it has wheels he’s generally happy. He especially loves Hot Wheels cars, and so do I, as they are pocket money-friendly. He was sent the new Hot Wheels Super Speed Blastway and a Hot Wheels tshirt from the new Zara Hot Wheels collection to review. He’s only 5 but quite tall so received a size 7-8 shirt which fits him perfectly. The tshirt features a fun shiny text print and is lovely and soft. As well as the lovely new tshirt he also received the Hot Wheels Super Speed…
