• Personalised Christmas gifts for children
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    Personalised Christmas gifts for children {Magic Santa Letter review}

    December 6, 2018 - By 

    Now we are firmly in December and *just* about juggling the daily excitement of opening Advent calendars, reading books from our Book Advent, listening to Christmas music, discovering where our Christmas elves are hiding and sleeping in our Christmassy bedding. Christmas can be pretty time consuming for us parents can’t it? However, I just love our Christmas traditions, especially when I see how happy the children are. Personalised Christmas gifts for children I’ve actually finished all our Christmas shopping so have been doing a few last minute things for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I love adding a few extra…

  • 20+ Gifts for Tween boys
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    20+ Gifts for Tween boys

    December 5, 2018 - By 

    Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? I’m pleased to say I’ve *almost* finished mine, and then will be spending a few evenings wrapping. This is something I quite look forward to, especially if there is a Christmas film on and I have a glass of mulled wine. My son has most definitely turned into a tween and I’ve had loads of fun shopping for him. He loves Fortnite, Minecraft and Lego so he’s pretty easy to buy for. I had fun pulling this list of 20+ gifts for tweens. I thought I’d share it in case you find it…

  • 20+ Stem Gifts for 5-9 Year Olds
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    20+ Stem Gifts for 5-9 Year Olds

    December 2, 2018 - By 

    How are you getting on with your Christmas shopping? I love shopping for my children, and try to get a range of toys and books which will last them over the year. I particularly enjoy finding STEM gifts for them as I know they are challenging and help them learn. We have reviewed some wonderful STEM toys over the last few years so I thought it would be fun to pull together 20+ Stem Gifts for 5-9 Year Olds. 20+ Stem Gifts for 5-9 Year Olds Under $15 Shark Tooth Dig Kit Stomp Rocket Junior Tenergy ODEV Dynamo Lantern Educational STEM…

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    Win 1 of 2 copies of The Littlest Reindeer DVD

    November 2, 2018 - By 

    It’s very British to talk about the weather but I just can’t help it! What happened to the weather this week? It’s been so cold and I’ve been de-icing my car every morning before I drive off to work. Anyway, the cold weather has been keeping us indoors after school so I was pleased to be able to bring out a new film for us all to watch. Join the adorably ambitious “littlest reindeer”, Elliot, this Christmas as he sets his sights on becoming the newest – and tiniest – member of Santa’s reindeer team! The Littlest Reindeer With an…

  • 8 must-have stocking fillers for men
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    8 must-have stocking fillers for men {which you can win!}

    November 1, 2018 - By 

    With Halloween over for another year my thoughts have turned to Christmas. It may seen a little early but we all know that us mums like to be organised and plan! Christmas is the biggest event of the year for our family and I find that a little planning goes a long way to ensure everything runs smoothly. With two young children I admit that Christmas is a lot about the presents. There are the Advent calendars, the ‘big’ Christmas presents and of course the stockings! I’m excited to team up with Rex London who asked me to work with…

  • 24 new Elf on the Shelf ideas
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    24 new Elf on the Shelf ideas

    December 28, 2017 - By 

    December is such a busy month for any parent. Sometimes I wonder why I make life extra hard for myself but whilst the children are young we have an Elf on the Shelf. I bought our Elf on the Shelf from Amazon a few years ago. It was really expensive at the time but they are a lot more affordable now. It came in a presentation box with a story book.The idea of the Elf on a Shelf is that he keeps an eye on children during December, reporting good and bad behaviour back to Father Christmas. It’s definitely a…

  • Our Christmas Eve box tradition
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    Our Christmas Eve box tradition

    December 13, 2017 - By 

    I was in Asda a few days go and noticed that you could now pick and fill your own Christmas Eve box. For once I am on trend. We started this tradition a few years ago and even have our own Christmas Eve box which I made last year. Our Christmas Eve box tradition Our Christmas Even box isn’t a huge thing. After the excess of Advent and Christmas Day itself, it’s fair to see we don’t need more stuff! This year it will be bringing new pyjamas for the children (I really wanted matching family Christmas pyjamas but they…

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    Writing letters to Father Christmas {2017 edition!}

    December 7, 2017 - By 

    Every year my mum organises for the children to receive the NSPCC Letters from Father Christmas. These are sweet personalised letters, and the money goes to a great charity. This year she was super organised and the letters arrived before we had written ours! So yesterday I sat the children down to write their letters to Father Christmas. Writing letters to Father Christmas I would love to tell you I was super organised but I’m not. I had to do a quick search on Pinterest to find a suitable free printable. I really wanted one which included “something I want,…

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    Giving #GiftMagic this Christmas with the Disney Store

    December 5, 2017 - By 

    My children are so excited for Christmas. I feel a huge amount of responsibility to make it truly magical for them, without making them into spoilt children along the way. I thought this year might be the year that my son discovered that Father Christmas wasn’t real. Thankfully he is still a 100% believer and has been so excited to come downstairs every day, open his Advent calendars and see where our naughty Elf has moved to. Of course Christmas can be magical whether you believe in Father Christmas or not. Christmas is my most favourite time of the year,…