This is a collaborative post N would love a pet of his own. He tells me that it’s not the same having his own sheep (10 and all look like they’ll be lambing this February), and cows (2 cows, 1…
I go through winter phases. One year I’ll be into crochet, then next books are the only thing I’ll do outside of blogging. This year it’s all about jigsaw puzzles. The latest one I’m doing is Ravensburger’s World Landmarks that…
Like so many children N loves a collectable. Actually I lie. He likes the opening up and surprise of a collectable. Then they get left somewhere and forgotten about. Then eventually I throw them out and he never notices. I…
I go through phases with jigsaw puzzles, and this autumn has seen me get back into them again. It started with the lovely and relaxing Falcon de Luxe Christmas 2 in 1 puzzle, but has now moved onto a first…
If the new Staccups game doesn’t win numerous toy or game awards I’ll eat my hat (or I would if I wore one). When I was introduced to some of the new games from University Games at Blog on Xmas,…
*Ad – gifted / contains affiliate links Games. Love them or hate them, you can’t deny that they can be great for family life. A chance to have some fun, relax (or maybe not if everyone gets competitive), and a…
Like so many other children this year, N loves fidget spinners and any other quirky toys he can fritter away time on. We were sent some recent release fidget toys from Zing – the Spinbladez, Spinzipz and Thumb Chucks to…
I’m not really a fidgeter but I do get easily distracted. And I get bored a lot at work if I’m doing the same thing over and over again. So being sent the MOKURU fidget toy, a desk based fidget…
There’s something special about stationery, and in particular I love pens. N has inherited this love because any new pens that I bring into the house, and he’s nosying trying to use them. With the Chalkola chalk pens I was sent…
I’ve mentioned before how N is just getting into games and I’m a big fan of anything educational.  When Cartamundi asked me to review a couple of their newly launched Fundels games, I thought it was a great opportunity to broaden…