A dream house with Lego
N’s just getting into proper Lego, but when we were sent some Lego to create a dream house for Ocean Finance, he was really excited. At first N wanted to know where the instructions were because he’s only ever followed…
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A summer of barbecues – plan vs reality
It seems that having a barbecue in our house is a lot harder than I’d ever anticipated when I said I’d review one from True Shopping. We love barbecued food (what’s not to love about meat, meat and more meat according to…
Summer holiday fancy dress fun with George at Asda
To celebrate the summer holidays, we’ve held a fancy dress playdate with costumes from George at Asda. Great fun to see friends, and for the kids to enjoy
Over and underwater exploring with Lego and Weymouth Sealife Centre
We’ve been to a few sea life centres, but when we had a drizzly day while on holiday, I decided that Sealife Centre Weymouth would be the place to visit. I had a voucher from nursery, so we both got…
Learn to write with Appealing Rabbit alphabet cards
I’m all for trying to get N interested in writing and learning his letters but crikey it’s a hard slog. He loves reading books with me, and scrawling ‘shopping lists’ but actually sitting down, even when playing games it’s an…
We’re saying it with bears for some Jellycat love
N is quite partial to soft toys, and gradually the number of them around the house is growing. He’s got some of my old toys (my rag doll), a tigger and winnie the pooh from his Grandma when she died,…
Water fun at the Stratford-upon-Avon River Festival
We spent the day at the Stratford upon Avon River Festival for lots of music, dance, food and fun.
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Book lover style with Roald Dahl cushions from House of Fraser – giveaway
I have to admit our house is a tad on the unfinished side (and has been since before I moved in 13 years ago). I love looking at stylish houses, but just never have the impetous to do it in…
Riding high with My Little Pony Put Your Hoof Down – dvd giveaway
Recently we’ve sold our mum’s house, and have been enjoying reminiscing about all the old toys from the 80s that we found in the roof. There’s nothing like retro toys to give you a warm fuzzy feeling, and make you…
Walking cool and comfy with Bridgedale socks
Socks. They seem to take up a lot of our conversations in our house (sounds exciting doesn’t it?!). I think most families have issues – well, at least the person who does the washing does. Single socks galore, although I…
The jigsaw puzzle bug – Gibsons Buckingham Palace puzzle
I think I’ve got into the jigsaw puzzle bug again. I used to do them a lot but then found I didn’t have time or space. But now I’m back into them, and just tend to do a small bit…
