When we last went to The Baby Show, Fisher Price invited us to come and have a private party with them as part of our day and find out all about the Laugh and Learn range. Jimmy was rather taken with the vacuum cleaner toy in particular and last week Fisher Price asked me if I’d like to review it on my blog. The Fisher Price Vacuum Toy from the Laugh and Learn range! It arrived and Jimmy immediately got […]

Florence turned four on New Year’s Eve and we had a wonderful ‘I Can Cook’ party for her. I love a birthday party and so does she! Lots of her friends have turned or are turning four about now so we’re often at 4th birthday parties and the birthday party season (which is about now for us always) is a favourite time of year! I mean who doesn’t like going to birthday parties? Today we were off to another 4th […]

I don’t think winter warmer recipes have to be all about hearty food. Sometimes something lighter than casseroles and big chunky soups can be just the ticket but obviously it IS cold outside so a light salad just isn’t going to cut the mustard! This recipe is warming and filling but at the same time it isn’t massively stodgy and it does contain salad leaves all be them warm ones! I love the way the sweetness of the caramelised onions […]

The. Computer. Says. No! Such an irritating four words uttered by call centre staff and customer service teams everywhere on a daily basis! What I want to know is why? Ok, so my problem this week and the reason a computer said no to me was ultimately my fault. I’ll hold my hands up and admit my own failings but sometimes people make mistakes and need a bit of help and HOW is it helpful when a jobs worthy idiot […]

Eat less, exercise more! And I think that’s just about the best way of getting healthy and staying trim. Yes, it’s January and the whole country is on a diet and although I too want to lose weight, I just want to try and do it without any faddy diets or silliness. I figure if I eat less and exercise more then that should start me off nicely. When you feel good you look even better and the cycle continues […]

My little boy is rarely without a car or a truck in his hands these days. I even have to carry an array of them around in my handbag! It goes without saying then that the children’s television he is into also features motorised vehicles heavily! What is it with boys and wheels eh? We were sent an Olly The Little White Van DVD for review and I think it’s suffice to say it’s been a bit of a hit! […]

Lat year i was a Haven Holidays ambassador and as such I was given a complimentary trip to one of the Haven resorts in return for my honest review! We had a lovely time and we even went back to another resort because it was just so fabulous for the children. The second visit we obviously paid for but even then it was very inexpensive, especially as we saved up vouchers with the newspaper and got a The Sun Holiday […]

One of our fave things to see is In The Night Garden Live! We’ve gone every year since Florence was a baby and even though she was probably a little bit old for it last summer Florence was super upset when I told her I was going with just Jimmy. So upset in fact that I simply HAD to take her with us and actually it kind of renewed her love for the show which she happily watches with her […]

Have you heard about the fabulous New Year New You Style Project? My good friends Katy and Alice have started it on their blogs as an initiative for us ALL to join in with! They say DOWN with frumpiness and UP with being glam! We are mummies and we don’t have to be mumsy about it anymore! I, like them, had probably lost my way a bit with my style since having babies and what they have done is to […]

I have brunch most days. I don’t have time for breakfast and the children like their lunch at about half eleven so I pick at what I’m making them and skip lunch. My pickings of delicious morsels like the crusts from Florence’s sandwiches or a stolen half of Jimmy’s bag of crisps make up my daily brunch! So… I’m not unfamiliar with the notion… However, the brunch I had today was about as big far cry from my brunch ala […]