Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip *Spoilers*

Alvin and The Chipmunks: The Road Chip

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Storyline Alvin and the Chipmunks are back again in The Road Chip. The boys are taking a break from their career to live a normal life – but they are far from normal and love to sing, dance and perform. The story actually starts with an amazing party … Read more

Simpsons Best Fish and Chips

Simpsons Best Fish and Chips

Simpsons fish and chips were crowned the Best Independent Takeaway of the Year in the Seafish Fish & Chip Awards. I was told that this was a really big deal, especially in this industry as it involved them not just having the most amazing food, but they were put through a 7 month process which … Read more

Hallmark Hotel Gloucester

Hallmark Hotel Gloucester Turkey Dinner

About Hallmark Hotel Gloucester The Hallmark Hotel Gloucester is a great base for staying in Gloucestershire; just on the outskirts of Gloucester City Centre with good links to the M5 (and M50/M4/M6 from there), the Cotswolds and Gloucester airport. The 3-star hotel has stunning views and a lounge/bar, restaurant, beauty salon, tennis courts, gym, indoor … Read more

Halloween Entertainment ideas

HARIBO Halloween giveaway

October Half term is just around the corner but what I like about these school holidays is that it is also Halloween – which means there’s always lots to do. Indoor Halloween Fun If you do not fancy going out then there’s a wealth of ideas online for activities to do indoors. They can be … Read more

Help when a Son goes to University

Help when a Son goes to University

It doesn’t seem five minutes ago I was worrying about my son starting school and now he is starting University! Such a rollercoaster of emotions as I (try) to let go and let him begin his adventure into the World. At first I left him to it – just giving him the odd nudge to … Read more

Argos have Christmas Covered for 2015

Argos Christmas 2015

Thinking about Christmas then Argos is great for convenience – you can look through the catalogue (or give the book to the kids) and buy in store, or online. Things are organised by age and toy type in the catalogue or searchable through the use of technology – Christmas shopping couldn’t be made easier. There’s such … Read more

Disney Infinity Play Without Limits 3.0

Disney Infinity Play Without Limits 3.0

Disney Infinity Play Without Limits 3.0 Disney Infinity Play Without Limits 3.0 will be available to buy in the UK from Friday 28th August 2015 – so we were invited along to a sneak preview at what the new game is like. The boys happily played the new Disney Infinity 3.0 Star Wars and Inside … Read more

LEGO Pirate Party

LEGO Pirate party cakes

Holding a LEGO Pirate Party needn’t be a complicated affair, here’s how we did it with the thanks* to Gloucestershire based company Fabulous Partyware (see links to individual products). Making a LEGO Party Table The first most obvious thing to me was to make the table look just like a LEGO brick. This is very … Read more

How to make a LEGO Pirate Ship

LEGO PIRATE SHIP

We made our LEGO Pirate Ship in the days leading up to our stay in a Pirate room at LEGOLAND Windsor. It was an adaptation of RedTedArt’s Pirate boat. We made it smaller than the original because we didn’t have big enough pieces of card, and I also believed it would make it a much … Read more

Lego Top Christmas Toys

Lego Top Christmas Toys

Now the children are going back to school you may start to be thinking about Christmas. It is around now that you can grab some really good bargains. If you know what you are after that is even better. Lego itself is always going to be in the top toys for Christmas but it is interesting … Read more