So… I haven’t landed on any monopoly squares with my Bugaboo Bee recently and now that it’s summer I simply must get back on my game! My Andy Warhol happy bugs hood is perfect for summer in the city so I just need to decide where on the board to go next! I decided one hot sunny morning that we would take a trip on the Emirates Cable Car from the o2 on a round trip and take a look […]

We have lots of children’s CDs in this house. Mainly of the Disney variety and almost always Florence’s choice is what we get to listen to in the car. It’s tough being a little brother! Sometimes it’s good to take a rest from the princess themed songs (enjoyable as they are) and listen to something else though but for children what else is there? Nursery rhymes… Yes, but what else? Well, we think we’ve found something. Something a little bit […]

Asked would Florence like to create a magical fairy garden using a craft box fairy kit and I knew immediately what her answer would be. Probably what every little girl’s answer would be! A fairy garden just sounds so lovely and pretty and girlie so of course it was a yes please! Interplay make the kit which encourages craft and using your own imagination to make the garden beautiful and fit for a fairy as well as providing everything you […]

Jimmy, at two, is a little young for lots of the board games we play. When he was tiny we would put him in the door bouncer so that Florence could have a game with us but that doesn’t really cut it with him any more. Instead we have to wait for a rare occasion when he has gone to bed and it’s still early enough for Florence to stay up and then we get to play some board games […]

We visit Pizza Express probably around once every month. We often take advantage of the deals they offer and even save up our club card points for money to spend in the restaurant. We are generally very big fans. They do an excellently good value children’s meal which both of mine really enjoy and the food is always very good. Most of the time the service is excellent too and we have high praise after almost all of our visits. […]

When we went to Drusillas Park for the first time last year we absolutely fell in love with it! It was Jimmy’s first birthday and for the whole day he was able to just run around and not be confined to a buggy. The park is such that it is completely safe for a really small one to do this and everything just seems to be at a height which caters for all. It really is one of the best […]

We went on a mini holiday last weekend. We started in Brighton and moved to St Leonards before coming home via Kent to take a little trip down memory lane. We went for lunch in Eynsford which is somewhere my Mum remembers visiting as a child when my Grandpa played cricket for Wilmington. It was a lovely sunny day and after lunch I suggested we go and visit my Grandma and Grandpa’s old house before we drove back to London. […]

I’m not going to lie, breastfeeding was not easy for me to get started with and it has been problematic at times even as an old hand! After just a couple of days with my first baby my nipples felt (and looked) like they might be about to drop off, I later got mastitis and was so ill I just didn’t think I could carry on, then I had to express for hours on end… It was a fight but one which I won and […]

I’ve never really been the outdoorsy type of gal. There have been fleeting visits to the camping world when I was in my teens and Jonny and I attempted it once in a very unsuitable one lined tent which fell to pieces the moment it was up but mainly I’m a luxury type of holidayer. However, since having children, with finances being stretched and with their desire to try it, we have dipped our toes into the world of glamping […]

Last year I was invited by Colgate to a Teeth Tingling Dinner to find out more about Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief toothpaste. I had a wonderful evening and came away with some of the amazing paste to keep me eating all the teeth displeasers I love. I’m a tooth grinder you see so I do suffer sometimes! Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief rocks! I’ve used it since and it really does make a difference. When I’ve used other pastes I can totally notice […]