What we enjoyed playing with at Christmas
We had a major fail this year when I totally forgot about the time and my intention to take N to the local Christingle service. By the time I remembered, it was too late to go, so that’ll have to…
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Party idea: Pizza making at Pizza Express
I’d not come across this before (can’t believe how I missed out hearing about it!), but we went pizza making at Pizza Express for our team’s work Christmas lunch. If you’re looking for something a bit different for a party…
Parragon book review: The Night before Christmas
I love The Night before Christmas story, and N does have a copy of it. It is however, really hard to find a nice version that’s not too americanised, and that is true to the original wording. So I was…
Review: trunki Paddlepak
As we’re big on swimming, as well as the Moshi Monsters trunki (link), we were also sent a trunki Paddlepak to try out. I’ve vaguely noticed the launch of these in the past but have so far tended to just…
Review: Katsuma Moshi Monster trunki ride on suitcase
N loves his limited edition 5th anniversary trunki. We rarely go on holiday, but we tend to go on road trips at least once or twice a year, so his trunki comes in useful for those. When we were offered the…
50 Books 2013 challenge – November update
The last couple of months I’ve been quite slack at reading, but have got back into it now, so only 1 to go to hit my 50 books challenge for this year. Just one month of not reading a full…
When is ill too ill for swimming?
When you’re taking your baby or toddler swimming, it’s always hard to know when they’re ill and shouldn’t be going swimming. They can’t tell you when they’re ill, and often, they could be a bit off colour but still be…
Parragon book buddy review: Wakey Wakey Big Brown Bear
N’s back in his story back frame of mind compared with the last month or so of him not really wanting stories. It’s great to get back to reading with him again…although we’re tending to have numerous stories in the…
Not just learning and lessons, but swimming for fun
How to make swimming fun outside of lessons for children, 5 key pointers that work for us.
Review: Rimmel Wake me up instant radiance shimmer make up
I’m very much a minimalistic make up wearer. I do wear it every day for both work and non work days, but predominantly it’s to cover up spots and a bit of uneven skin tone. Because I had a lot…
Review: Tractor Ted All About Tractors and Christmas Activity book
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, N is a serious Tractor Ted fan. I blame Aunt number 1 for getting him his first DVD, Aunt number 2 for getting him a Tractor Ted waterproofs set last Christmas,…
