Before this year I’d never really got into the Great British Bake Off. I’d heard loads of really good things about it but for some reason it wasn’t on my radar or timetable or something. Anyway, it’s all change this year as I’ve discovered it and now, I look forward to Wednesdays all week (and Friday’s for the Jo Brand spin off ‘Extra Slice’ show)! The things is, Florence has also discovered it and I’m not sure why I didn’t […]

At the weekend the children and I were invited to a launch party for the new Lalaloopsy Super Silly Party Dance With Me Doll; Florence, in particular, was thrilled! She’s long been a fan of Lalaloopsy, the modern day rag dolls who all have an individual tale of where they came from and as she’s had her eye on some of the latest releases I knew this would be a mega hit in her eyes! She’s ALREADY started making plans […]

As you may have noticed, we’re going a bit Klanger crazy here at Rocknroller Baby towers and have been having a fabulous time playing with all the new Clanger toys to go with the series from Character! Jimmy especially has been enjoying them and in him I have seen a whole new way of playing while he uses them. He becomes very calm and quiet as he plays and as he makes the little figures have conversations with each other […]

When Florence was tiny we bought her a Miss Zoggy Bobin swim jacket from Zoggs. It has 8 floats in idividual pockets and has been brilliant for helping her learn to swim. You can remove floats as they get more confident and Florence still wears it even now sometimes although she can actually swim without it. It just makes her feel that bit more secure when swimming out of her depth or comfort zone in a new pool and it […]

During the summer holidays the children and I were invited to a premiere screening of Fireman Sam’s latest big screen foray, ‘Fireman Sam – Heroes Of The Storm’. We couldn’t make it as we were on holiday so the lovely folks who extended the invitation decided to send us the movie on DVD along with a pretty special Fireman Sam helmet toy to make up for it! Are’t we lucky! The DVD is just the ticket for the weather right […]

This week has been a little bit better than last. I’m getting used to be on my own during the week but am still exhausted come Friday and very ready for Jonny to come home and give me a bit of a break! This weekend my Mum is coming with him as Jonny and I are off the the theatre tomorrow to see Memphis and then out for dinner. We’ve also got our open day tomorrow when troops of people […]

In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Asda’s Tickled Pink campaign has launched a range of gorgeous pink products to help support the incredible work of Breast Cancer Now and Breast Cancer Care. Warburtons Soft Brown Sandwich Thins are a part of the range which a 10p donation of each sale will go to the 2015 Ticked Pink fund, helping to support the over half a million women in the UK currently living with or after a diagnosis of breast […]

I think it was horses that we had first with our Schleich collection and over the years they’ve been added to with more of the same, a dinosaur here and there and a whole host of gorgeous zoo animals. Jimmy loves them and despite having a tendency to turn his toys into weapons (something a medium sized Schleich animal could prove rather nasty with) he’s actually only played really lovely games with his. It’s true that sometimes Jimmy will have […]

Do you remember a while back I wrote about The Treehouse at Number 9? It’s a free musical e-book about a gang of friends, The Genies, who all have differences in their abilities. It’s written by Sara jackson who devised the concept at the time when she had a two year old and a baby sone who had just been diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder. The app is completely free because Sara and her friend Karen, who illustrates the stories, […]

We’ve long been fans of the Monster High doll range by Mattel and over time, as we’ve collected more and more, we’ve become very familiar with all the characters. There’s the original ghouls like ‘Draculaura’ (our favourite), Ghouls, Fright-Mares… Even Mansters (we really want a Manster) and they all kind of mix in with other ranges. Recently we’ve discovered the Freak Du Chic range of Monster High pals! The Freak Du Chic circus has arrived to Monster High and each […]