I’d never stayed in a Travelodge before, in fact, because I used to book them for people I worked for when they travelled, I’d assumed they were very business trip related and not associated them with family travel at all. I knew they were very inexpensive but I’d also heard on the grapevine that they were quite basic. One friend I remember complaining on her Facebook page about not even having a hair dryer. So… When I arranged to go and review […]
This week I have to moan about the Doctor I saw at Whipps Cross hospital. He was absolutely useless! About three months ago my left eye started going blurry and I was very worried. My local GP referred me to the optician and he in turn referred me to the hospital after diagnosing some sort of infection or allergy. I was relieved it was nothing serious but I find it very uncomfortable and irritating so I was looking forward to […]
Yesterday we kicked off June with a trip to In The Night Garden Live! We knew it would be awesome because we’ve been before. In fact, it was Florence’s fourth trip and although I thought she might have been too old for it last year even, she loved every second! It’s become a bit of a tradition now and seeing the show live is so enjoyable that she wouldn’t want to miss out! Arriving at the Showdome (a specially inflated […]
I love Tiffin Cake! It’s quick, easy, requires no real cooking (just a bit of melting) and tastes amazing! Prince William loves it so much I heard he chose to have one at his wedding! This one is taken from a recipe passed to me by my Step Mum but I have made it my own by adding Nutella into the mix… Hey why not?! It’s hardly slimming so the adding of just a few more calories is a mere […]
If you’re looking forward to the Lollibop Festival as much as I am then you will already be planning a very busy day indeed with masses on your agenda! I am definitely planning on getting a moment of calm in the day too though, a smidgen of chill out amongst the mahem of fun! Just to, you know, relax and re-charge! The new literacy area is going to be just perfect! Of course it’s not really going to be all […]
We had been hoping for some stonking weather over half term. Like the kind we’d experienced the weekend before when it was so sunny it felt like we were in the Med. Alas, as with any bank holiday weekend the May Day half term week was more Britishly typical and quite literally poured down for most of it! We’d gone to stay at my Mum’s in the hope of garden games and long days outdoors; instead we took soggy walks […]
Florence has been super keen on Lalaloopsy for quite some time now. They’re these strange looking dolls which are meant to be made from buttons and have crazy hair or something similar and for some reason she absolutely loves them! We have a couple of the dolls and more recently have become owners of one of the newer Lalaloopsy ponies! Our pony has elastic band hair and has just become a pet for Princess Elsa of ‘Frozen’ fame… All the […]
I saw a little blogging competition which involved creating a ‘healthy superhero’ so I decided to ask Florence if she would like to create one! Of course being the keen artist that she is she said absolutely and set about drawing up a storm of a superhero! Now I don’t have the same problem as other parents seem to when it comes to food. I am often cajoling them to eat some of the other thing as well as the […]
