It’s important to stock up on the best equipment and resources for your university course. That’s not always easy when you live in a new area where you don’t know the best places to shop or you are low on funds having spent most of your loan on computer games and going out in Fresher’s week. Therefore, to help you prepare for the year ahead, we have come up with some tips on how to get the best stuff for […]

It’s been a weekend of baking in my house. We’ve made bread (in a machine obviously), pizza and even a cake. Now I can knock up a fairy cake or two but when it comes to a big cake I don’t have the best track record. I once made a cake that was black in the middle (before you ask, no I didn’t microwave it) and could have been used as a weapon so whenever I say I’m going to […]

We received a lovely package over the weekend containing lots and lots of those little stars you stick on the ceiling which then glow in the dark. We’ve had some in the past but over time they lost their glow so it was lovely to have some new ones and even better that this time, they are also glittery making them very appealing and twinkly even when it’s not dark! What’s more, this brand, Great Explorations by University Games, promises […]

We go in for Halloween in our house. I know traditionally it’s a bit of an American holiday and us boring Brits like to shut our curtains and pretend we’re not in to the trick or treaters but we love it and Florence has always had such fun at this time of year. We always do a ‘Halloween hunt’ like an Easter Egg hunt and play games like Apple Bobbing while (of course) dressed up in our Halloween costumes! I […]

I’ve travelled to a lot of different countries and have soaked up culture all over the place. I was always very lucky as a child that my parents took me on lots of trips and holidays and when I got to put pins in a map at a party recently, to show where in the world I’d been, I felt very proud to have lots of places covered. The thing is however, it showed me that I haven’t really visited […]

A while back I wrote about being a Plum ambassador. It’s a most excellent role as we get to play with lots of toys and play equipment with a view to letting you know what we think. Not exactly a hardship I have to tell you! We even went to visit the Plum HQ and see the whole range in all it’s glory, up and ready for the children to have a play on. It was like some sort of […]

This week Jimmy has been an utter nightmare when it comes to sleep! I thought we’d turned a corner a while back, I really did! He was sleeping well and going to bed easily but now! Oh NOW! He is like a maniac in the evenings and races around as if he’s fired up on something destroying everything in his wake. A few nights ago he eventually fell asleep standing up on the sofa having previously been sitting on my […]

It was bound to happen sooner or later that one of the children would choose Peppa Pig as the theme for our Friday Night Treat Tea. This week it happened and I had the task of trying to make some fun Pappa Pig food for Florence, Jimmy and two of their friends. This is how we got on! Next week’s theme may very well be Tinkerbell but nothing is set in stone yet. See you then!

Just the other day I realised that my DKNY Be Delicious perfume is running out and when I checked my other scents it was a little annoying to find that they too were on the way out. I was always told you should never buy yourself perfume you see but with my birthday having just been in the summer, my anniversary (as if he’d remember in enough time to buy a present anyway) last month and Christmas still a couple […]

If you’ve not yet ‘swung out’ in the woods of BeWILDerwood then you’re missing out on one of the best day’s out this country has to offer! We love it any time of year but just before the end of season and to celebrate Halloween is one of our most favourite times to visit and share with the Boggles and Twiggles (whose story books the wooded tree house adventure park is based on) a fun day of zip wires, slides, den building, boat […]