I was looking for something to read recently when I came across The Warehouse by Rob Hart. The blurb grabbed my attention so I had to read it, even though it wasn’t the type of book I would normally go for. I’m so pleased I tried something new! The Warehouse is a dystopian novel set…
My son loves his SuperZings collection. He’s always been a huge Lego fan but for the first time even, this weekend he left his Lego at home and took his SuperZing collection when we went away for the weekend. This is huge! Series 3 SuperZings SuperZings are everyday objects transformed into Superheroes and Supervillains. They…
Last week we were #gifted an Influencer Box of Pop Pops from Yulu. They have just launched here in the UK and we were super excited to get our hands on them! Have you heard of them? Pop Pops offers a combination of several of the best things in the world – bubble popping, slime,…
A few weeks ago the children were sent a surprise package (thanks Hasbro for giving us the fab mailer!) which contained a selection of the new Transformer BotBots. Have you heard of them? The collectable BotBots toys are around 2cm tall and change from totally normal stuff to adventurous little robots in a few easy…
It has been super cold today for a weekend in May. It didn’t stop us going out to the park or having a day out but we’ve taken jumpers and coats! Fingers crossed the next Bank Holiday in May is warmer! Luckily for Little Sis she was sent a bundle of Petooties Pets, the brand…
A Bank Holiday weekend is a great time to catch up on some reading. A few weeks ago we were gifted some lovely craft books, such as Make and Mend, which we’ve already featured here. The other book we received was The Paper FloristL create and display stunning paper flowers by Suzi McLaughlin. The Paper…
Whilst we were away on holiday last week my 7 year old spotted colourful packets of Moji Pops whilst we were out shopping. We bought a blind bag to see what was inside and she immediately fell in love with the colourful characters with a face you can swap! Yes, you can pop out the…
The weather has been amazing over the last few days here in the UK. We’ve been so lucky that it coincided with Good Friday and Easter Monday so we had an extra long weekend to enjoy it. We did a fair bit of travelling from our week in Devon via Wiltshire and back to London…
Last year I tried and fell in love with Sashiko stitching. This is a type of decorative Japanese embroidery which I had loads of fun trying. So I was excited to be #gifted a copy of Make and Mend: The Japanese Art of Sashiko Embroidery by Jessica Marquez. It is packed full of Sashiko-inspired embroidery…