My First – The Night Before Christmas! The My First production of the season, The Night Before Christmas has launched and is now in full swing until December the 31st at Norwich venue The Garage (a stone’s throw from Chapelfield Gardens) where your little ones can enjoy perhaps their first taste of live theatre in an immersive production which, as they always offer, a setting which is inviting, non frightening and doesn’t mean they have to sit on their bottoms […]
Mountain Warehouse Is A Bit Of An “Animal!” We were in Polzeath at the beginning of the summer holidays, just at the same time as Board Masters was going on a little way down the coast. Florence, an avid (almost all year round) surfer was in her element but insanely jealous that she isn’t yet old enough to attend the festival – one day! She followed it closely on social media as she went out to surf all day, every […]
Shop Like It’s The Y2K! I don’t know if you’ve noticed but nineties and noughties fashion has never been more in fashion! Well, since it WAS the nineties and the noughties at any rate! Slogan tees and special custom prints are all the rage and I just love y2k shop at Cherry Kitten who get that totally! It’s all about the Y2k tops where “custom” is fun and wearing your heart on your front is key! And if you’re of […]
Cycle Of Good! If you’re looking to make better choices and be more ecologically friendly this Christmas then do check out Cycle Of Good who turn rubbish into beautiful things, not only that but they’re offering my readers a whopping 20% off at the checkout using the code ROCK20!! Not only do they take old, disused postal bikes and up”cycle” (see what I did there?!) them into beautiful every day use “Elephant bikes” but with that ecologically thoughtful approach to […]
What To Do For Halloween In Manchester! As we steam roller into Autumn from the summer months of, let’s face it, quite Autumnal weather actually, we’re gearing up for Halloween with aplomb. This, the once forgotten holiday in the UK, is now big business for decorations, big invites for frolics and games, and big fun for anyone wishing to celebrate! For us it will be family based activities when the half term holiday coincides with the 31st of October and, […]
Summer Holidays 2023 – Week 4! The weeks are just rolling on by as if it’s not totally obscene that we are over half way through the holidays and they are perfectly valid in going so fast. I’m fuming! Ha ha. I love nothing more than all my children being at home with me and the thought that there are only two weeks left is making me a little anxious. Realistically, were this the Christmas break we’d still have it […]
Exploring New Jersey’s Laws Regarding Cannabis Use If you’re a New Jerseyan, or if you’re planning to move to the Garden State, you’ll be interested in knowing about the state’s laws when it comes to cannabis use. As of 2020, adults over 21 years of age are legally allowed to purchase marijuana from a dispensary for recreational purposes. This blog post will explore all aspects of cannabis legalization in New Jersey, so that you can make informed decisions about whether […]
Dearest Florence – You’re a Teenager Miss 13! Dearest Florence, You’re a teenager my little Miss 13 year old and like I say on all birthdays I’m just not sure how this can have happened so quickly. I mean, thirteen? A teenager! Bit much isn’t it, when I know that it was really only just 13 minutes ago you were born, not YEARS surely?! Honestly, when you were born Little Miss Florence Ladybird, it was like life suddenly became in […]
A Winter Wonderland Party For Florence Is 13! Quite why we decided a birthday party two days before Christmas was the ticket is a little beyond me now. In the throes of the organisation, with the load of Christmas creating on top of me, this felt like a very mean feat indeed. However, Florence’s 13th birthday party with a Winter Wonderland theme managed to be tremendous fun and go swimmingly! Thanks mega time to Gram for making another of her […]
A Christmas Packed Lunch! Jimmy has always hated school dinners and even on school Christmas dinner day he won’t entertain the thought of it. He doesn’t, however, like to miss out on the fun food and Christmas party element of the festive lunch so of course, I step up with a themed packed lunch! This year I bought Christmas tree shaped vol-au-vent cases from Aldi which I filled with tuna mayonnaise (his fave), he had a Christmas tree shaped chicken […]
