Whenever my friend Denise invites me round for something to eat I know I’m in for a real treat. She cooks beautifully and truly is the hostess with the mostess! Even when our babies were tiny and the rest of us struggled to even brush our hair, Denise would invite us all round to her house for a yummy home cooked lunch! Not only is she a terrific cook in general but Denise knows how to cook proper Chinese food! […]

Today I went to see the new Stokke Chair, ‘Steps’, which has launched only this week! We liked it! Jimmy liked it A LOT! Jimmy trying out the new Steps chair by Stokke! I haven’t talked much about Stokke on my blog before, mainly because I’ve just not used any of their products. It doesn’t mean I don’t like them because who couldn’t like some of the things which carry the Stokke name, I just haven’t bought anything to date […]

Yesterday I decided to go into town and continue with my game of Bugaboo Monopoly using my Bugaboo Bee! #BeeInTheCity is my little project where I am aiming to take my lovely little happy Bugs Warhol hooded buggy around all the stops on the London Monopoly board. My friend and fellow blogger Emily from Family Four Fun joined me with her Bee and we rolled our dice hoping to hit some of the top spots… But yesterday was not my […]

Last night I was on line and saw lots of uncomplimentary comments about the new Silver Cross stroller, the Reflex. I thought that was a bit strange really? The Reflex was only launched yesterday and all these people had commented negatively on the basis of the pictures they’d seen. Personally I thought the pictures were pretty lovely but perhaps they didn’t do it justice? I was actually at the launch party and the stroller, I can tell you from personal […]

It’s great to have something hearty for supper in the winter time to warm your cockles! Casseroles, roast dinners, stews and big chunky soups spring to mind. I always assume meat will be used for a dish of this ilk but despite not being a veggie I’m rather fond of meat free food and I make a vegetarian lasagne which ticks all the boxes and is meaty in substance if not ingredients! My Roasted Red Pepper, Sweet Potato and Spinach […]

A while back we reviewed the ChillFactor Squeeze Cup Slushy Maker which makes instant iced slushies at the squeeze of the cup! Seriouly, it’s really good, check our my review if you want to see for yourself! Following on from the success of the slushy maker ChillFactor have just brought out a brand new product and this time, using the same principles, you can make your own ice cream! I give you the ChillFactor Ice Cream Maker! We were very […]

Around this time last year the children and I were invited to experience the who shebang at the Build-A-Bear Workshop! I wrote about what a fabulous time we had here and it really was wonderful, something Florence has talked about often! I think the whole process of choosing, giving the bear a heart, a sound, a smell even and finally creating it using the stuffing machine just was super good fun not to mention choosing an outfit! I remember that […]

My friend’s little girl, a friend of Florence’s ever since they were very small babies, is allergic to dairy products. She’s very good about it and always has been knowing that she can only eat food if it is ‘special’. She never moans and at only four you’d think she’d be entitled! Zhane has lots of yummy food because her Mummy is very clever and creative and also she sources dairy free products wherever she can. The thing is, it […]

I’ve written a lot about Warburtons Sandwich Thins over the last few months; it’s because I genuinely really like them and think they’re brilliant for children too. I was first introduced to them at a sandwich making experience and have never looked back, Even my husband says ‘Oh good, you bought the thin things’ when he sees them in the kitchen and to be honest, he doesn’t usually notice what food we have in just if there isn’t enough of […]

Being the mother of children who don’t particularly like to sleep it means that I don’t get a tremendous amount of slumber myself. When I was invited to the ‘Ultimate Sleep Party’ to celebrate Ibis Hotels launching a new style of bed with a promise of a room for the night afterwards I was almost giddy with excitement! To be honest I wouldn’t have cared if the bed had been the most uncomfortable in the world, I was being promised […]