N does love trying to wear a clock. I keep telling him he means a watch but he’s still not quite grasped the correct name. He loves wearing his beach safety slap bracelet and pretending it’s his clock. He’s not…
Day out at Conkers discovery centre in Leicestershire, with activities indoors and outside, especially good for younger children
Paddington Concert with City of London Sinfonia. An introduction to classical concerts for children
Going back to the war years at National Trust’s Upton House with their unique exhibitions sharing what it as like for those living at Upton
I’m trying to build up a stash of family games for N. Games are something we used to play a lot of as children, and although he’s an only child, he’s got plenty of cousins to enable him to get…
I’ve always been partial to wooden toys. They tend to be more classic, reminders of back to my youth, and last longer than plastic toys. Right from N being a baby, we’ve tended towards wood for toys, including his first…
Some of you may remember Topsy and Tim from your childhood. I remember their names but not much more detail so I think it may have been more my brother’s era than mine. N did have a couple of the…
From when I was first looking for a sun lotion that wouldn’t give N a rash, through to now having worked with Green People for a while, we’ve always found the products did exactly what they were meant to, and…
Apart from books from school, we’ve not had many new books for N recently. I think he’s generally really happy with repeating the rest of the books he has already. But we were sent Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere as our next…
N’s not big on playing with cars. Give him tractors, lorries, quad bikes, trains and he’s happy though. When I spotted these Micro Riderz Loop and Jump sets, I knew these would be hours of fun for him, and probably…
Visiting National Trust gardens at Packwood House, enjoying the displays for photographing and a walk around the lake
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