We joke in our house that a day out for Jimmy doesn’t really need to be much more than a ride on the tube. It’s almost true really as he loves the experience and enjoys going in and out of the tunnels. I think it’s a boy thing?! When it comes to the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) even Florence could spend all day going round and round on it. Heck, why not! It’s awesome and I love it too! It’s […]

Mastering the art of the roast dinner was something I didn’t find particularly easy. All the pots and pans and getting the timings right! I sometimes still do get it wrong when doing roast potatoes and parsips, the full shebang with all the trimmings! With my tiny oven there is usually something that ends up going cold and when you think about ALL that work followed by very little eating time to be concluded with masses of washing up, I […]

Yesterday the children and I were invited to a very special party before a very special screening to celebrate Postman Pat and his very special delivery service! We went to the WORLD PREMIERE of the (not released until 23rd May) Postman Pat movie! Us at the premiere! Not only did we get to see the film nearly two weeks prior to its general release but we got to walk down the red carpet with the stars as we went into […]

Last year we went to see Zippos circus and had a thoroughly brilliant time! We went for their press day at Easter and when we were invited again this year, having also seen them at Winter Wonderland in between, we were upset that the date clashed with a holiday and simply had to ask them if we could instead, come at a later date! They were very kind and said we could so Friday night I took the children to […]

I love seeing all the amazing pictures of children’s bento boxes that some bloggers seem to whip up daily and I always feel inspired to give it a go. Until now I’ve merely dabbled with the odd cut out shaped sandwich and a few grapes on a stick but today I felt prompted to really go all out and produce a proper bento box for lunch. One problem I thought! I don’t actually own any bento stuff, no picks or […]

I have long been planning Jimmy’s second birthday party, a Teddy Bear’s Picnic. It all started with some gorgeous baskets I saw from East2Eden which have red gingham linings and were just a fiver at the Ideal home Show. I built the rest of the party around them really and I have so enjoyed the planning, making and eventually pulling off! It’s been brilliant so I wanted to share it with you. It was quite an inexpensive party really although […]

I love American diner food. Burgers and chips (sweet potato chips in particular) washed down with a milk shake and nothing could be finer! Jonny and I have been to some superb burger joints around the world always favouring a proper burger when we first arrive on holiday anywhere. It’s become a bit of a tradition. We’ve found some stunning ones, as I mentioned, but we’ve also found some pretty inedible ones which we’d never revisit! The burger is not […]

It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote a diary at the bottom of a rant so I thought I’d better do a whole post on what we’ve been up to, to catch up! Easter was lovely in Norwich with cold weather and warm! Don’t you just love England! We had gloves on doing our egg hunt then when we went on our little holiday to Haven in Caister we were in shorts and T shirts on the beach! […]

We’ve had a lot of bath toys in our time. Some of them good and some of them, well, not so much but we enjoy playing in the bath so when we do find a gem we keep hold of it! The very best bath toy we have ever played with, I assure you this is absolute truth, is the Fisher-Price Swimming Mermaid Dora which we have had for quite some time. Florence saw it on an advert and wanted […]

I have never been to Britmum’s before. Last year I didn’t really think too much about it and it was only when I heard how great it was that I thought I’d really like to go this year. So many of my friends and blogging colleagues have told me of the benefits to attending, how much they learned and let’s face it, what a giggle they’d had! I couldn’t afford to buy a ticket of my own but have been […]