Christmas is my favourite time of year and yesterday we took some time out to make a gingerbread house with my youngest niece. It’s become a bit of a tradition and this year we tried a kit from Dr Oetker, which included the gingerbread, icing and sweets. It was really simple to put together. Daddy assembled the house and placed strategic dollops of icing and my niece decorated with marshmallows, jellies and smarties. The finished gingerbread house – the perfect holiday craft and it only took 30 minutes!
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Last week my steriliser had a spectacular meltdown in the microwave. To my horror I opened the door and this is what I found: One quick tweet later and the lovely people @TommeeTippee_UK had despatched a replacement steriliser. Fortunately we had a spare cold water steriliser which we could use for a few days so we just had to replace the bottles. We’ve used the microwave steriliser since Edward was born and it’s fantastic. It’s small, compact, easy to load, and holds four bottles and accessories. It sterilises in just 8 minutes and the contents remain sterile for 24 hours…
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I’m loving my mum’s Christmas spirit at the moment. This evening we were in the kitchen making marzipan fruits and fudge for Christmas when there was a knock at the door. When she opened it a group of carol singers burst into song with “We Wish You a Merry Christmas. She said “I don’t think so, thank you” and shut the door! Then she muttered “That’s not even a proper Christmas carol”. Now my mum has spent the last few months preparing for Christmas and gets more excited than any of us so her reaction really surprised us (and made…
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We’ve now been using our lovely beginning….bath products at every bath time for the last week. Edward is taking his responsibilities as a Maclaren Kid Tester very seriously and we’ve been looking at each product, having a chew on the packaging and smelling each bottle before use. Bath time is usually quite simple as we generally only use E45 bath oil but we’ve been pleasantly surprised how easy it’s been to incorporate the Maclaren range of products during and after Edward’s bath time. Edward loves the bath products, they make his skin very soft and help him relax. We usually…
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We are a new little family and as this is our son’s first Christmas I want to start some of our own Christmas traditions which I hope will make it really special every year. Some we can’t do until he’s a bit older but here’s my wish list: Put up the Advent calendar I made which has plenty of room for a chocolate coin in each pocket Receive a letter from Father Christmas (via the NSPCC) Visit Father Christmas (this year we enjoyed a trip to see him here) Go to Oxford Street to see the Christmas lights or visit…
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We’re a bit late to join in the fun at The Play Academy but I thought I’d post a picture of the fun we had recently with a couple of cardboard boxes. It’s amazing what Edward will play with. Items I think are ordinary can be transformed into new play experiences and take favour over older toys. Not only can cardboard be chewed it can also be sat in! Boxes are also great for putting toys in and taking them out again. Even the shredded paper inside a box can be played with. Thanks to the holiday season there is…
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It’s been a while since I have posted about my recent competition winnings. I’m finding less time so enter competitions as Edward is down to two naps during the day and they are getting shorter (already! he is only 8 months!). However I have had some great wins over the last few months. First of all I was lucky enough to win a Belling Butler in a Twitter competition. I’m not quite sure where we’re going to put it in our little terraced house but it will be great for dinner parties! Secondly I’ve been lucky enough to win a…
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Dear Potential Cybermummy 2011 sponsors, I’m a Cybermummy virgin and would absolutely love to go to Cybermummy 2011. I was unable to attend this year, and as I’m currently on maternity leave I just can’t afford a ticket (sob sob). So I’m currently looking for a company to sponsor me. Could that be you? I would only need the cost of the Cybermummy ticket (£80 until the end of 2010, then £100), as I live in north London. In return I would offer the following: a blog feature about your product / brand and a giveaway a mention and link…
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As you know Edward is an official Maclaren Kid Tester and he was recently sent beginning… by Maclaren bath products to test out in his everyday life. The other day we were very excited to receive a parcel containing beginning… by Maclaren. The packaging is beautiful and just what you would expect from such a well known brand. Edward loves anything new so was eager to hold (and suck) the packaging. The travel kit for baby contains miniatures of their natural and organic-based ingredients without harmful toxic or chemical additives. As a new mum I try to use only organic…