The weather was amazingly warm today which meant we spent much of the day outside. Fingers crossed this is the start of summer and to celebrate, I have a lovely summery giveaway. I’ve teamed up with GetGo, who is part of the Worlds Apart family, and have the new GetGo Űgo Owl Play Tent to giveaway. Twist open a world of imagination with the new GetGo Űgo Owl Play Tent this summer and make playtime a hoot. GetGo has convenience at its heart and its range of outdoor play products offers active play, with no fuss! The innovative new GetGo…
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Our Summer holidays really are nearing the end. Week 6 has been the quietest of them all, we’ve spent a lot of time at home and I seem to have spent most of it struggling to get hold of school uniform! We’ve stayed local, venturing to the cinema to see Planes 2 again and enjoyed a few lunches out. My 4 year old had one of his friends from nursery over to play which was surprisingly fun, even if he did want to play with every toy we have. I’ve managed to give some old shelves the Annie Sloan treatment…
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I can’t believe I’ve survived the first week of the Summer holidays. I thought it might be fun to blog about what we’ve been up to. The first week started with afternoon tea with Kirstie Allsopp and a paper cutting masterclass with the lovely Poppy Chancellor. I also snuck in a visit to see the Wedding Dresses 1775-2014 exhibition at the V&A. Big Brother and I attended the Hobbycraft Christmas preview, followed by a trip to the Disney store where I treated him to some of the new Planes 2 toys (he’s obsessed after our recent trip to see the…
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I was recently offered the opportunity to review The Care Bears: Totally Sweet Adventures on DVD. As a child of the early 80s I fondly remembered Care Bears so couldn’t resist sharing this with my children to see what they thought. We’re had a crazy couple of week but yesterday afternoon Little Sis and I sat down and put The Care Bears: Totally Sweet Adventures on. She was immediately enthralled and enjoyed the episodes. Ride the rainbow to Care-a-lot and join the super cute, fluffy and adventurous Share Bear, Cheer Bear and all their Care Bear friends in four exciting…
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I’m always keen to encourage my children’s learning so was delighted to be sent some Leapfrog products to try with them. Leapfrog sell a huge range of learning toys which range from tablets to gaming systems, reading and writing toys. Both my children already have a My Pal Violet and My Pal Scout and Big Brother has a Read with Me Scout too which he loves. They both love technology and are completely happy to have an iPhone or iPad to play with but I prefer them to play with age suitable toys. Big Brother was very happy to receive…
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A couple of weeks ago I was offered a Bugaboo Bee to help us complete our Summer Bucket List. You may remember I had a much-loved Bugaboo Cameleon so I was delighted to try the Bee. Although we haven’t been very successful in ticking things off our Summer Bucket List we have been out and about every day with the Bugaboo Bee. We’ve been on the tube. We’ve been on the bus. We’ve pounded the local streets and loaded it down with some fab vintage finds. We’ve been to the park, visited friends, and slept. And slept some more. It’s…
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We’ve been struggling a little with the weather lately. We go out early in the day and then come home and play in the shade. Our craft box has received a beating as we’ve been working our way through it to keep as busy as we can. Fortunately the toddler was sent a brilliant kit from Cre8ive Kidz to make and decorate a birdhouse. He loves the garden so this was a great craft activity for him. The kit contained everything we needed, a seven piece birdhouse, 2 comics, plastic sheet, 2 paint brushes, glue, varnish and instructions, so we got to…
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I love writing lists and ticking things off so this year we’ve made a Summer Bucket List. In an ideal world I’d have a grown up bucket list (which picked up where my Day Zero list finished off) which would be full of craft and sewing projects. However, I have two pre-schoolers so let’s be realistic… Before the toddler starts Nursery we want to do the following: Visit The Shard Ride the bus to Eastcote House Gardens Go plane spotting at Heathrow Use our Peppa Pig World tickets Visit the end of the line stations – Amersham, West Ruislip and…
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With the cost of summer escalating to ensure children are kept entertained, Morrisons has partnered with Play England to host a number of ‘M Savers Summer Play Parks’ that are touring the UK. There are a whole host of free activities and workshops for you and your children from potato stamping to kite making. The events are being held all over the country in the following locations: · Centenary Square, Market Street, Bradford, BD1 1LH – (13th & 14th Aug) · Barkers Pool, Sheffield, S1 2JA – (16th & 17th Aug) · The Forum, 2 Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF…