At Ever After High the teenaged children of some of Fairytale’s finest turn tradition upside down as they explore their own storis and destinies. The show has been a mega success on Netflix, Florence is a big fan, and the dolls to accompany the series are, in her mind, just as much of a hit! We recently reviewed Apple White, the daughter of Snow and Florence loved her beautiful clothes and accessories. She made a Vlog about the doll on […]

The new feature film Pan is out in UK cinemas on October 16, 2015 and we got to go and see it on Monday night at a special screening held at Warner Brother’s HQ in Central London. It was AMAZING! It’s not often I am gripped by a film of this genre but Pan is absolutely outstanding and Florence along with her friend Zhane thought so too. It’s certified PG so might not be an obvious choice for 5 and […]

We go to Pizza Express fairly frequently because it’s a great restaurant for the whole family. Great food, vibrant atmosphere (which usually hides a multitude of children sins) and you can pretty much guarantee everyone will be happy. We go so often that yes there is occasionally a mistake here and there (probably only noted by me because I am so famliar with how it ‘should be’) but 9 times out of 10, things are perfect. The children love it […]

Last Thursday night I was able to go out, out, out as my Mum came down to baby sit and for the first time in ages I was able to have a mid-week letting down of the hair! My friend and I headed off to Brentwood (I troweled on the make-up of course – when in Rome) to do a spot of wine tasting with the Essex Wine School. And not just wine either! My absolute favourite tipple of all […]

I’m pretty certain ALL children enjoy learning to cook. I think it’s one of those things that even if you don’t grow up to be wonderful at it or have a great desire to do it for fun anymore, when you’re little, baking cakes with your Mummy and the like is something really special. I’ve spoken to lots of my friends and we all remember doing it when we were small and now, with little ones of our own, we’re […]

That’s right, Tiny Tears is fifty. FIFTY! That’s amazing don’t you think? Generations of little girls, in some families probably daughters, mummies and Grandmas will have ALL enjoyed playing with the iconic doll who was the first to cry real tears and do a wee wee after being fed water! I definitely had one when I was little although sadly my Mum doesn’t seem to have saved her amongst the toys she kept. Florence has her own one though, an […]

It’s been what feels like a long week already and we’re only just over the hump! Moving house is, I am beginning to remember, not as easy as pie and there are lots of obstacles in the way. Everything feels like a catch 22. Mortgage companies don’t like to give mortgages until you have been in a new job for six months but the majority of people moving, I assume, are like us and moving BECAUSE they have a new […]

Jimmy is at nursery half the week now and the other half of the week we get to be fancy free and live it up in London – while we still can and before we move to Norfolk! I am trying to make the most of our time together before he starts big school next year and being in the capital city, we are, thankfully, spoiled for choice when it comes to choosing things to do! In London we have […]

If you live in L.A then you’ve probably heard of urban hiking, apparently it’s very de rigueur! ALL the shiny people (by that I mean the celebs) are doing it and if it’s good enough for them, well, then surely it’s good enough for us! However, we’re very new to the term in the UK so we need to learn all about it, make sure we’re doing it properly and find the best places to actually do this urban form of […]

My Mum bought Jimmy a balance bike not very long ago but unfortunately it just isn’t right for him at the moment. It’s simply too big and although we hope he will use it at some point (it converts into a proper bike with pedals) as far as balancing goes it’s just a no go for him. He’s quite teeny you see, my little Jimmy. Where some boys of his age might have legs the right length his just won’t […]