With Valentines Day starting off the weekend on Friday it could only have been a weekend to celebrate love don’t you think?! I didn’t actually get a card from my husband but I did get a present which he’d put some thought into so I have to give him brownie points for that! He has always been a bit hit and miss when it comes to celebrating Valentines Day so I think to get anything at all is a bit […]
It’s here! Half Term! I simply love the holidays and having Florence home from nursery the whole week. I know some parents dread having the children off school but for me it’s honestly and truthfully the same feeling as when I was at school myself and got a break – it means one thing! FUN! We have loads lined up… I do like a chocka block schedule! On Monday we are going to my friend Denise’s for lunch with other […]
I love the way Florence describes things. At four years old she uses both knowledge and imagination and her way of telling us how things work or where they come from makes us laugh so much but also feel incredibly proud of how bright she is! This week she’s been telling me all about potatoes…
A week ago and I was jetting off to, err, Manchester for the day with my lovely friends Katy from Modern Mummy and Alice from An Essex Wife! Those girls have fast become good friends of mine and make blogging even better because not only are they pals but also colleagues to bounce ideas, enjoy trips and work together with. I am so pleased I have them and last week, when we were all of us invited to the Pampers […]
I was watching a programme this week where a celebrity was on with her newborn baby girl talking about how she’d paid for IVF in order to have her in her fifties. She’d had her first baby at 17 and now, much later in life has chosen to do the same again. Should we judge? I don’t think we can help it and my judgement was one of disapproval I’m afraid. I just don’t think women should be having babies […]
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We love WOW Toys in our house. We were sent some to review a while back and both the children absolutely love playing with their fire engine and camper van. We have a little collection of the people and animals now too and I would say that they come out of the toys box pretty much daily! I don’t know anyone who has WOW Toys and says anything other than complimentary things about them so we are not in the […]
A while back when Florence was about 18 months old I was in a local soft play with her. Lots of the Mums sat outside the play area chatting but Florence was too little, in my opinion, to be left to her own devices so I stayed in the play area with her. She got to the top of the slide and a little boy, a bit bigger than her, pushed her. Ok I thought, they’ll sort it out and […]
We have a lot of plastic toys. I don’t mind them really, I’m not one of those Mums who only wants wooden and old fashioned toys on the basis that my children really enjoy the plastic and flashing lights. Saying that, it IS nice every now and then to have a really classic piece, something that looks lovely as well as providing entertainment and play for the children. I like to have a bit of both and why not?! With […]
I’ve been to The Baby Show a number of times now and in a number of capacities. I’ve been as a customer (well I’m always that but I mean JUST as a customer), as a VIP Baby Show Blogger, a case study with the Red Cross for the main stage and with various different companies as something to do with my blog. The children always have fun when we go, they love playing in the creche and seeing all that’s […]
