I saw a picture of myself the other day and it reminded me that these days I no longer feel I have to scrutinise photographs and discard the ones where my moles are too obvious! Having my two facial moles removed at the Harley Street Dermatology Clinic was a brilliant idea and I am so grateful to Dr Adam Friedmann for looking at me and just saying a simple ‘yes, these are easy to remove’. I’d spent years hating looking […]

On Saturday we were invited to the Christmas Ideal Home Show by CEWE Photobooks. They asked would we like to come and look around the show with them, have a spot of lunch, take to the ice for some skating and learn how their photobooks work. Now, I have used CEWE Photobooks before and I liked their site so much I bought a canvas picture from them too so I didn’t need persuading to make another book with them! I […]

If you’re looking to surprise the kids this year and dress up as Santa Claus, you might think that a red suit lined with white fur is enough. Think again, as there is actually a difference between dressing as Santa and dressing as Father Christmas! Most of us would think that they are the same characters, but there are quite big differences between the two. Both characters have different origin stories that are very interesting to learn about this holiday […]

Florence is learning how to read and write. She may still only be three years old but her nursery is attached to the school we hope she’ll go to and they put a lot of emphasis on learning as well as play. She is well ahead of the game and when it comes to reading and writing, having that new code unlocked for the very first time, I think early can only be a good thing! They do have lots […]

On Sunday we had a long day in London doing lots of fabulous things! We went to the cinema, the theatre and saw the Christmas lights in the West End. It was a lovely family day and to end the fun we decided to have dinner in Garfunkel’s in Leicester Square. I don’t usually eat out in central London with the children on account of the fact that I find lots of restaurant unfriendly, expensive and not particularly great quality. […]

On Sunday I got to do something VERY exciting with Florence! We got to be members in one of the very first UK screenings of the new Disney film ‘Frozen’! It’s not even out until 6th December so we felt very privileged to be invited! We arrived outside the cinema in London’s Leicester Square to much excitement, flashing lights from the press cameras and lots of snow! And guess what else was there to meet us and greet us into […]

Playing real out and about Monopoly with my Bugaboo Bee again this week and I managed to land on FIVE squares… I didn’t get a whole set this time unfortunately, I landed on one I already own and seem to owe a bit of rent to Family Four Fun but never mind! She and her Bugaboo Frog landed on one of these squares a couple of weeks ago and Tweeted me the evidence so I can’t really get out of […]

In the run up to Christmas I’m doing lots of festive things with the children but when I was invited to join a Warner Bros Studio Tour of ‘Hogwarts In The Snow’ it didn’t even occur to me to take Florence. At nearly four I assumed she’d probably be too little (although she is a fan of Harry Potter) and it was in the evening so instead I took my mega fan friend Sam! Sam’s been on the tour not […]

I found myself saying this about another buggy brand the other day and now I’m saying it again; the Dutch sure do know how to make a great buggy! Why? I’ve no idea! But they do. I love buggies and I have to say that if I know they are designed in Holland then I can be pretty certain they’ll be good. Nuna, who are new to me actually, are no exception it seems. Yesterday I went along to have […]