Days out as a family
LEGOLAND Windsor have now officially opened LEGO Friends Heartlake City. I am a huge LEGO Friends fan and so was delighted to be invited around to have a look. This also coincides with the new LEGO Friends rooms available in the hotel. There is a Heartlake Shopping Mall (which I was lucky enough to receive … Read more
Travelling to France from the UK can make for an inexpensive holiday abroad. Sometimes it is cheaper to book things separately rather than go through a tour operator (such as the transport, hotel & attractions). You can chose to fly to France using a budget airline, use the Eurostar or save more money by driving to … Read more
Who doesn’t love a bit of Basil Brush? Now the great news is that The Basil Brush Show is going on Tour. See the full list of dates and locations for 2015. You can follow Basil Brush on Twitter and there’s a new internet series. We are going to be going to review the show … Read more
Ice-Skating as a family is a magical way to spend time this Christmas. Having taken 4 non-skating children, and an out of practice adult, with me previously I knew that this could end in tears. Luckily though we went to Webbs Garden Centre in Wychbold, who really pulled out all the stops to make this … Read more
Following on from the success* of the anniversary celebrations of The Gruffalo** The Forestry Commission England, in conjunction with Magic Light Pictures, are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the book The Gruffalo’s Child. There’s no better way to help develop children’s knowledge of the world, language development, sensory learning and numeracy than by getting them … Read more
My children love parks. In fact if you pay to go somewhere (like Legoland for example) and it has a park they will make a beeline for it. If I wrote about every trip we made to the park I am sure you would be bored. But our trip to Regent’s Park Play Area was … Read more
We have gone a bit Gruffalo mad this Summer. After The Gruffalo Trail at Wyre Forest I saw what else was happening with the Forestry Commission Gruffalo 15th anniversary celebrations and discovered the Great Gruffalo Forest Tour was at Beechenhurst Lodge, Forest of Dean. Getting to Anyone who knows me will know that I do not really drive, especially places … Read more
Lollibop 2014 was the Big Bash for Little People. It ran from Friday 15th August until Sunday 17th August 2014, 10am-6pm daily. Taking on feedback from last year, the location for this year’s Lollibop was Hatfield House, situated in Hertfordshire. Described as an amazing stately home with surrounding lawns, gardens and woodlands. Boasting the hottest … Read more
Dinosaurs Unleashed – The Eden Project The Eden Project is one of those attractions that I had heard that if I were in Cornwall was a must-visit place to go. So when we heard that there summer holiday fun was Dinosaurs Unleashed it seemed a sure thing. Of course I love dinosaurs and our 6 year … Read more
Sunday 6th July 2014 saw Day 3 of Wireless Birmingham. It is the first time the Wireless Festival has come to Birmingham and free transport was included in the ticket. The headline act was Kanye West who had been all over the media for his rant on Friday at Wireless London. Organised into three stages, … Read more