Excitement about the new Minions film reached fever pitch this week. We received a lovely Minion Cinema Pack from frubes which included cinema tickets, frubes, a Minions inspired cool bag and sticker book. On Friday after school we packed our Minions cool bag with frubes and sweet treats and went to the cinema. As well as the usual flavours, Strawberry, Red Berries and Peach, you can currently purchase the NEW banana flavour, launched in light of the Minions favourite food. Frubes’ also have an exciting new on-pack promotion to win ‘Minions of prizes’ such as Minions branded scooters, backpacks and…
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Today Miffy turns 60 and I think she’s looking pretty good for her age. We were lucky enough to attend Miffy’s party before attending the UK charity premiere of ‘miffy the movie’ this morning. We were also able to meet Miffy herself. As today is her birthday I thought I would share 6 ways to celebrate Miffy’s 60th birthday. 6 ways to celebrate Miffy’s 60th birthday 1. Miffy UK online shop The Miffy UK online shop relaunched today and is full of beautiful products. I love miffy’s dream lamp and some of the cushions may have been Pinned to my…
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At the weekend I attended my first Blogtacular which bills itself as ‘a place for bloggers whose hearts beat with creativity to come together to meet, share and inspire’. I’ve been to a few blogging conferences in my time but none of them ever felt like I really belonged there. I had high hopes that Bloctacular would tick all my boxes, and guess what? It did. Blogtacular and photowalk with Xanthe Berkeley I was lucky enough to get a place on the Photowalk with Xanthe Berkeley. The only problem was it started at 7am on the Southbank before the conference.…
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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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Goodness me the weeks are going by so quickly. Thankfully my Monday Happy Things post is here to remind me of all the fun things we got up to the previous week. Yesterday my daughter and I spent the day in London. We visited the Museum of Childhood to see Small Stories: At Home in a Dolls’ House. I love dolls houses and this was a beautiful exhibition covering the small stories of 12 dolls’ houses from the past 300 years. We also saw The Alice Look which was a much smaller display celebrating the 150th anniversary of Alice’s Adventures…
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My 3 year old loves her Sylvanian Families toys so we planned a fun day out at the weekend – a trip to Hatchlands Park to follow the Sylvanian Families Trail! Hatchlands Park is a beautiful National Trust owned house and parkland in Surrey. The house isn’t open very often but the gardens and parkland are. Although we spent a few hours there we didn’t see much so will be going back again soon. Sylvanian Families nature trail at Hatchlands Park This is the first nature trail in the UK to feature Sylvanian Families, and is part of their global…
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Over the Bank Holiday weekend we visited Nickelodeon Land at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. We stayed in the wonderful Big Blue Hotel which gave us easy and early access to the Pleasure Beach. The children had amazing built in bunk beds with their own tv screens so were pretty happy. One of the 10 rollercoasters went past our window so they couldn’t wait to get in to the park the next day. Nickelodeon Land takes up a large part of the Pleasure Beach and we loved it. We headed straight to the Nickelodeon stage to find out when our favourite Nick Jr…
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Monday again? So soon? – Over the weekend the kids met their favourite Nick Jr characters in Nickelodeon Land at the Pleasure Beach in Blackpool. Little Sis had her photo taken with Poppy Cat and my 5 year old met the Ninja Turtles. Both were very very happy. This is my favourite photo from our weekend. – I’ve been working on a new patchwork project with some pretty pink fabrics from the fabric shop elephant in my handbag. I think this may be the first patchwork project which isn’t a quilt so I’m quite excited to show you my progress…
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Now we all know that a lot of things improve over time – think about your classic leather sofa or a really good cheese. This month the TSB Plus Account has just turned one year old. The maximum interest you can earn in a year from the Plus Account is £100 AER (5% AER on up to £2000), so what would you do with a spare £100? As a full time mum it’s not often there’s any money left over for treats so I think I would probably treat the children. They both have Lego sets at the top of…