It’s hard to believe that this time last week we were still sunning ourselves on the Algarve with endless sunshine, fun and family time. Today has hit me with a bump. It’s back to school day for us and no forgetting. How come when you’ve been away, it doesn’t matter what the distance is that you’ve travelled or how long you’ve holidayed for, the minute you get home it almost feels like you’ve never even been anywhere in the first […]

Jimmy really enjoys the gentle pre-school programme Bing which teaches children in a really sweet way, how to respond to situations such as when they might need to be kind, thoughtful, use their imagination or how to care for someone else. It’s basically a soft introduction into empathy, feelings and life in general and along with Flop, who is Bing’s guardian looking after him when he faces a problem, it essentially deals with morals of the world in a way that tiny people […]

Whenever we see a glitter tattoo station when we’re out and about, Florence and Jimmy flock to it. I don’t generally mind paying for them to have one as they seem to last an incredibly long time, often to the point of me having to remove them with baby oil, and usually I think they’re quite good value for around £3 each. My children would always choose a glitter tattoo over face painting at fetes and parties because not only […]

Thought I’d just send a cheeky little post card from our holiday in Portugal so far! We are in Lagos which is where we first visited many years ago pre children and fell in love with (we were already in love with each other)! We chose to get married here we love it so much and a family trip back (my Mum has come with us – actually more to reality, has brought us) was just what we needed – […]

I like Christmas Eve better than Christmas day and a lazy Friday afternoon at work always felt like the best part of the weekend to me… You’ve still got it all to come you see and once it’s there it’s just all rushing to the end when you suddenly realise normal TV is back on scheduling, the chocolates are eaten, it’s time for a diet and inevitably, it’s a Monday morning and you’re en route to work. I have been so […]

As you might have noticed on the blog before, we like a bit of Monster High and Florence has been playing with one of the new ‘Fright Mares Cantaurs’ collection this week. Monster High™ is filled with so many secret doors, passageways and portals, you never know what you might find within its halls, or even its walls – and deep within the catacombs of everyone’s favourite school live half centaur-half unique monsters! These spookeriffic monster mash-ups are real Fright-Mares™! […]

I love how Scooby Doo seems to transfer from generation to generation. I remember watching it when I was little and loving it and now Florence is just getting into this sort of stage as well. It’s a little sophisticated for Jimmy but he does love it when the monsters come out and of course when Scooby Doo appears. He’s clearly a little fan in the making. As soon as I saw the new Scooby-Doo toy, I knew it would […]

Originally produced at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, a new musical adaptation of the classic children’s Pinocchio is currently receiving its UK Premiere this summer at the Greenwich Theatre. On Friday, the children, some friends and I headed up there to check it out. Florence seemed to know a lot about the story of Pinocchio despite her only exposure to it being a brief interlude at Disney On Ice as far as I knew and she was super excited about seeing it. We […]

On Friday were invited to Hamleys to a very special launch party with a very special pop star and her new range of dolls. Florence has been rather fond of Pixie Lott since she was on Strictly Come Dancing but had been a little shy to go and say hello when we saw her at Mahiki for a Netflix even before Christmas. Pixie had, then, been sitting with her family and I think Florence just felt silly going over and […]