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
Getting kids active this Summer The school six weeks holidays are nearly upon us and this can mean for a lot of children that they will not get the 60 minutes of activity they need a day (79% of boys and 84% of girls ages 5-15 years). With one in five primary school children being … Read more
Our 7 year old son loves his bicycle. He is the first one of our boys to get the hang of riding a bike early on. For Christmas he asked for a bicycle with gears – despite the fact that he had not grown out of his previous one. He uses it twice a day … Read more
Pirate Science If you haven’t already the wonderful Science Sparks has an app you can download from iTunes and Google Play. It was whilst I was having a look on it that I noticed that there’s a lot of lovely Pirate Science. We love Pirates and it has become a bit of a theme this … Read more
Fans of Thomas the Tank Engine™ will be delighted to know that this Bank Holiday Weekend Thomas and Friends will be at the Dean Forest Railway. We have previously taken our boys who were huge fans and they loved the fact that they got to shake hands with The Fat Controller. The ticket price covers the … Read more
My oldest son has been into Pokemon for a long time. He had his first hand held games console and Pokémon game back in 2003 when his younger brother was born (we do gifts from the new baby to the older siblings). So when he heard that Ruby and Sapphire were being released with new … Read more
For this half term I decided that the best plan of action was to have something to look forward to. So for the Saturday before the boys went back to school we booked the night in the LEGOLAND Hotel. As the LEGOLAND Windsor resort is closed in February there was a Junior Builders Week. This … Read more
Whilst LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Park is not open this February half-term, it is not too late to book a special rate stay in the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort Hotel, during Junior Builder Week. From just £130 for a family of 4, guests will have an overnight stay in a LEGO themed room, breakfast, the chance to … Read more
My son’s birthday wish was to go out as a family. He initially said that he wanted to go back to Legoland, but then we all got talking about trying somewhere new. You see the thing is we were going to go last weekend, but well I don’t really like paying too much to go … Read more
Sometimes blogging opportunities are that amazing that I cannot even tell you about them. That’s right, for example, currently we have a copy of the Transformers: Age of Extinction comic and I cannot really tell you too much about it because it is embargoed until the sale date of 27th June under Hasbro’s copyright. This … Read more