So… Last week saw us sending a squirrel to jail on our giant real life game of Monopoly as we make our way round London with our wonderful Bugaboo Bee and today we have been and collected our Water Works property! You’ll simply never guess where we took the eye catching Andy Warhol Happy Bugs buggy today? Well… We took him to the Olympic Park for the press preview of the opening of the Aquatic Centre! He gets around that buggy doesn’t he! Here […]

How do you fancy swimming in a pool of champions? One of London 2012’s best-known venues opens its doors to the public on Saturday 1st March 2014 so the question does not pose a prospect you have to wait for and having seen it for myself, I have to say, as far as legacy goes… it’s a pretty great one! Today I had a sneaky peak at what the public have held in store for swimming in East London and […]

I love taking the children out to eat, a restaurant who can cater for little ones and not patronise them, or us as parents, is a fantastic experience and why shouldn’t they enjoy the ambiance of a restaurant? But… It’s not every establishment that gets it right with children, even if they try, really hard! Chicken nuggets and chips is, well, just not good enough thanks. I want my children to enjoy a similar level of food to that of […]

We are ever in search of that perfect sippy cup… I’m not sure if it actually exists? We’ve had some shocking ones in the past, some not too bad ones and occasionally some pretty decent ones really. The ones we’ve been trying out this week are in the latter category. Are they completely leak proof? Well, not 100% but it has taken a LOT of vigorous shaking to get some drips so in my eyes that’s pretty darn good! On […]

I have had a funny relationship with dummies. I started out absolutely not wanting Florence to have one because I couldn’t bear the way they look and then through exasperation one evening when she wouldn’t sleep, I tried one. She took it for about half an hour and that was that! Never again. I was gutted as the dummy had provided just a bit of a break that evening and I relentlessly tried to give her one afterwards but just […]

I’ve talked before about what a wonderful deal I think the Kids AM screenings are at Vue cinemas! We go lots and at £1.75 per person, adult or child, it’s easy to see why! The films are usually only a month or so after they came out and very rarely do we now ever take Florence to see anything if it’s not on the Kids AM. I’ll admit last week we did go to a special sing-along version of Frozen which […]

A while ago, when visiting my good friend Ra Ra, one of the best Aunties in the world, she got her toy box (all good aunties have these) for Jimmy to play with. Florence was staying at my Dad’s and Jimmy and I were having a night with Auntie Ra Ra who lives close by. She doesn’t have any children of her own but a rather fantastic niece (real) and quite a few nieces and nephews (adopted) from friends. It […]

I LOVED The Baby Show the first time I went; I had masses of fun as a customer and with my sister-law pregnant I convinced her to buy a Bugaboo Cameleon. Now anyone who knows me will understand why that was so exciting for me, I adore Bugaboos! She bought it from Mothercare having found a deal elsewhere which they did a show special and matched! That way she managed to get the best deal but with the utter assurances […]

My boy very fast became a fan of Olly The Little White Van when we reviewed the new DVD. Jimmy is a fan of most wheeled things and when he gets to have the TV free of Princesses he would choose nothing but car, train and any other type of vehicle shows to watch! He’s become really fond of Olly and his helpful little ways and I think the show has a really great message to help other people! I […]

Travelling on London’s tube network with small children in buggies is no mean feat! The system is so ancient that there are very often not even escalators let alone lifts! Heaving buggies, babies, toddlers and bags up and down flights and flights of stairs is hard work, often nobody offers to help you and it’s down to us super Mum’s to get ourselves from A to B. I guess I don’t mind that so much but boy is it appreciated […]