If there is one thing I have learned it’s that if you wait too long because you think Christmas is too far away then it’s going to come quicker than you think. Personally my family has no free weekend until after the New Year now – and I don’t know how we are going to … Read more
I don’t know about you but I have really got out of practise with reading – well apart from on the internet, and it isn’t really setting a good role model for my children. I don’t often get the time to read a whole book and guess that’s what keeps putting me off. I also … Read more
I was sent a review copy of the Beano Annual 2014 which celebrates 75 years old laughter. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without an annual if you ask me. Even I got a Justin Bieber one last year (can you believe they were selling them off for 20p after Christmas!). Anyway I digress. Reading is such … Read more
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
Buying a gift for a female is not easy – I know I am one! I have no idea what I would like but plenty of ideas about what I don’t. The usual suspects – foot spas, body lotions, slippers – they just do not do it for me, and I certainly do not want … Read more
Skylanders SWAP Force is the latest big thing to hit our house and definitely going to feature on the top of many children’s Christmas lists. I know my son definitely wants to add to his SkylandersSWAPForce Character collection this Christmas. We had eagerly awaited the launch and were just thrilled when the big day arrived. My … Read more
Birmingham National Sea Life Centre launched a new parent and toddler rate of £12 and currently Poppy Cat is there (until Sunday 29th September 2013). We went to visit and review Birmingham National Sea Life Centre to see exactly what people would be getting for their money. One of the first things that the boys … Read more
I was sent this lovely Book (with a lovely personal message from the author Jaylen Grace; thank you very much and great pen) called Omzak the Space Cat Warrior RRP £10.99 for a hardback. I think it was for my children to read but unfortunately for them I got my hands on it first. I … Read more
September 19th 2013 sees the launch of the new DC Super Friends magazine, available in newsagents and supermarkets for £2.99. It is a new Super hero magazine catering for pre-schoolers aged 2-5 years old. The Super Friends (Batman, Superman, The Flash and Green Lantern to name a few) feature throughout the magazine in a variety … Read more
Back at the start of the school holidays, I ended up at Dick Whitington Farm Park quite by accident. My husband had taken my two oldest children to a theme park, celebrating my son’s coming of height – yes now he is 10 years old he had reached the magic 1.4m mark required to … Read more