BB likes nothing more than taking his scooter out for a ride. It’s great exercise for him and a lot of fun! Scootrix launched in November 2011, offering a fantastic range of accessories to personalise children’s scooters. Kids love the look of their newly decorated scooters and parents love the fact that they can easily tell which one belongs to their child. The innovative scooter accessories are available to purchase from The Handpicked Collection, John Lewis and Micro Scooters. Perfect goodies for party bags, Scootrix Wheel Whizzers and Scootrix Plates were designed by parents as a fail-safe way to identify…
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I don’t normally go overboard with Valentine’s Day but this year I haven’t been able to stop baking. I’ve been whipping up batches of cakes and biscuits and working on improving my decorating skills. They say the way to a man’s heart is via his stomach so I baked some heart shaped gingerbread for my husband, and decorated them with Renshaw’s Ready to Roll coloured icing in red for the ultimate home-baked treat. The icing was simple to use, just roll out and cut the required shape with a cookie cutter. I kept the icing in place with a brush…
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I’ve written before about how difficult I find leaving the house so it’s probably no surprise that going away for any length of time is quite hard. Before children we had plenty of room in the car for a suitcase. My husband would pack his camera bag and model planes and I would pack a big bag stuffed with sewing supplies. Holidays were relaxing. All that has changed since the arrival of the children. Now our bag is the smallest, Big Brother and Little Sis have their Trunkis and any available space is filled with nappies, a steriliser, formula and…
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I’ve wanted to try baking stained glass biscuits for a while and with Valentine’s Day fast approaching I thought I would have a practice run! Big Brother loves to bake with me so we made a simple gingerbread dough and cut out the biscuits using a heart shaped cutter. We then cut a smaller star shape out of the centre of each biscuit and baked the biscuits for about 5 minutes, until the edges went brown. To make the stained glass you simply put a couple of boiled sweets (I used red sweets) in a freezer bag and bash with…
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Roses are red, violets are blue, give your partner a Love Heart tin that says ‘I love you.’ Swizzels Matlow, the makers of Love Hearts, are launching a new Valentine’s Day collection including a limited edition heart-shaped retro tin full of Mini Love Hearts and an ‘I Love You’ tube of sweets. The British confectionery giant has produced just 100,000 vintage style tins that are destined to become a collector’s item. The tins are available nationwide at a recommended retail of £1.99 while stocks lasts. Sarah-Louise Heslop, Marketing Manager at Swizzels Matlow, said: “Valentine’s Day excitement is building and we’ve…
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My husband hates the fact that I occasionally buy packet mixes. I think they’re perfect for keeping in the cupboard and whipping out if you need to produce some cake in a hurry (and they’re usually better than shop bought cake!). The latest addition to my cupboard has been Wright’s Ginger cake mix which I spotted on a recent shopping trip. Wright’s Ginger cake mix is a complete mix that contains a blend of unrefined sugars to produce a traditional style Ginger cake. It contains everything you need to make the cake, only requiring the addition of water and oil.…
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Organix is launching Goodies Organic Veg & Oat Bars, an innovative tasty savoury snack to keep toddlers going between meals. The bars are part of the new Goodies Savouries range – a variety of toddler snacks full of goodness and a welcome alternative to sweet flavours. Dried tomato and carrot juice concentrate are combined with the goodness of wholegrain oats and gently baked into a soft bar to create the delicious savoury taste. Veg & Oat Bars are a perfect anytime snack – convenient for popping in mum’s bag whilst out and about. Goodies Veg & Oat Bars come with…
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I’m the first to admit I have no fashion sense at all and dress for comfort rather than anything else. I like to look nice but dread having to go shopping for a special outfit for a wedding or party. Having a boy has been great as he is so easy to buy clothes for. He looks lovely in anything and all colours and will even wear the odd item of clothing I’ve customised for him. When Little Sis came along pink exploded into our lives. I’ve never opened so many parcels of pink in the weeks since she was…
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I really want to encourage Big Brother to be crafty and get over my fear of mess by planning a couple of messy craft sessions a week. Today we made our own Valentine Day cards with some help from a potato. First I cut a potato in half and cut a heart into one half using a cookie cutter. I put a generous dollop of red paint onto an old plate and let BB have a go at printing heart shapes on a piece of paper which he loved. Then I folded a piece of A4 paper in half and…