Swimming is something I have always done rather sporadically with the children. We sometimes go every week, sometimes even more than once a week but then other times we don’t go at all for a couple of months. I think the cold weather of winter puts me off a bit… I notice that Florence always becomes quite swimming brave in the summer, especially when we have been on holiday and been in the pool daily but then sometimes when she’s […]

Everyone knows we love our Mothercare clothes in the Rock ‘n’ Roller Baby household. They’re good quality, excellent designs and they don’t cost the earth! What’s not to like? My absolute favourite is the Little Bird collection which even just the other day I was picking more bits up in the summer sale from. We’re off on a late summer holiday so that was perfect! While I was there I also picked up a wonderful dress for Florence from their […]

Last week I posted my Mum’s guest post ‘My Marvellous Mecca’. It was all about her love of the shop Aldi, how she has saved pounds by shopping there and what she recommends and likes best. Over time I have come round to the idea of Aldi myself. I used to think it was full of continental biscuits and cold meats with not much else but times have moved on and Aldi is most certainly up there with the supermarket […]

It’s summer holidays time and that only means one thing! Bring on the fun! With six whole weeks at home, it is up to us as parents to build entertainment for our little ones! Days out and entertaining children can be super expensive though so as well as the odd trip out to a theme park for a treat we need to do some brilliant things at home too! We’re taking part in the Asda #SaveSummer challenge! This means that every week […]

Yesterday we had an open air theatre experience in Regent’s Park. Florence was completely shocked that we were sitting outside and kept saying ‘I thought it would be inside Mummy’! She is of course a very seasoned theatre goer; last month I even took her to see Wicked in the evening for my birthday and she loved it! I wonder if she might be the only three-year-old to have that experience, she’s certainly in the minority! Florence is a girl […]

It’s summer holidays time and that only means one thing! Bring on the fun! With six whole weeks at home, it is up to us as parents to build entertainment for our little ones! Days out and entertaining children can be super expensive though so as well as the odd trip out to a theme park for a treat we need to do some brilliant things at home too! We’re taking part in the Asda #SaveSummer challenge! This means that every week […]

Florence looked at this toy when I told her it was for her age and said she thought it was a baby toy. It does look a lot like one of the baby toys she had when she was tiny, the one that Jimmy plays with now, so I could understand her reluctance to think that this one might be more exciting but I managed to persuade her that this Plan Toys Fun Sorting Toy was definitely for her and […]

This is a Mummy blog but occasionally I get invited along to some adult only events too. It doesn’t make them not about me of course, a Mummy is still a Mummy if she is having an evening off and I got invited to a pretty fab event of this nature just last week so I had to tell you all about it! Did I fancy an evening of art and wine in my old stomping ground Shoreditch? Well of […]

Ever been on a car journey with a child? Yep! Well then you’ll know! You need to pack many, many things to stave off the ‘Are we nearly there yets’! Food, games, magazines and colouring things are usually my staples but we also play lots and lots of games too. One of which, of course, is ‘I spy’. Just as with the children’s CD, which my husband eventually pretends won’t work as we have run out of signal – wonder […]

When Florence turned three she suddenly became very interested in playing board games. We were given one for her birthday and it really gave her a taste for the concept and now we have lots of games that we play as a family. She doesn’t even mind not winning, she just absolutely loves to play and would happily have a game every evening which I think can’t really be a bad thing! Lots of the board games we have encourage […]