Scotch Pop-Up Tape Handband dispenser #Review

Wrapping difficult shaped Christmas presents

When it comes to Christmas presents for the children usually they come with too much packaging that you cannot get off quick enough Christmas morning. When it is a difficult shape, however, they are much more eco-friendly and just leave you to figure out how you are going to manage. Unless you really do have … Read more

Halloween Holidays

PYO Pumpkins

It’s been a busy old week which started off with me being really ill, this meant that I was not able to do much on Monday. Tuesday we put to good use my youngest’s visual aid book, trying to recreate the school day as close as possible (we even put in a milk break and … Read more

Bonfire Night – Fun and Safety

Bonfire night fun and safety @pinkoddy

Bonfire night can be real fun but there’s also an element of safety to consider. Obviously the safest thing you can do is to go to an organised event. This could be one local or further afield such as at a theme park. But this is not always practical especially with young children, maybe a … Read more

The Roses Theatre Jack and the Beanstalk Panto

I love Pantos, they really remind me of Christmas as a child. The booing the baddie, and the goodie throwing sweets into the audience, after shouting, “He’s behind you.” So you can imagine how excited I am to tell you that I am being granted special access to The Roses Theatre’s production of Jack and … Read more

The Brook Kids Outdoors

The Brook Kids Outdoors

I really don’t know where time is running away to. We had such a packed summer that I really never got around to blogging about hardly any of it. It was nice that both me and the boys were away from the computers. Do you remember my very organised friend Kate who organised a bug … Read more

Halloween Alternative to Trick or Treat Ideas

Halloween party marshmallow game

Trick or Treating isn’t for everyone at Halloween. We tend to only go and visit people we know, but even then some people  just consider it begging. For those of you who visit my SensorySeeker blog you will know that recently we had some good sensory fun with dinosaurs. Well I thought what a good … Read more

Ski and Snowboard Show North Tickets #Giveaway

ski and snowboard show giveaway

The UK’s largest winter lifestyle show, The Telegraph Ski and Snowboard show (sponsored by monacrch Airlines) enters its 40th year. If you always fancied the idea of the Ski and Snowboard show but live up North (and getting to London is a bit far), then fear not because for the first time this year it … Read more

Halloween Cakes & Other Spider Creations

Spider cakes @pinkoddy

I love this time of year, me and the boys we get a lot more creative. The boys really enjoyed making spiders so we extended this theme to cakes. The boys love Sweet crafts – even more so as they don’t get regularly given sweets. I simply cut up some blackcurrant laces, cut jelly beans in … Read more