When I was a child I remember being dragged shoe shopping and it was always to Clarks. Back then Clarks didn’t do pointy shoes like I wanted. They didn’t really do colourful shoes like I wanted either and they definitely didn’t do shoes with heels like I was desperate for. Clarks did shoes my Mum called sensible… And I’ve never been a ‘sensible’ lover… There was one pair I liked but only one and I still remember the shock I […]

In the sleeps up to Christmas we are doing a little bit more than just opening the doors of our advent calendars! This year, we have elves! I wrote about our elfing plans last week; about how we are having two cheeky elves doing minxy things every night to surprise the children! Sometimes they are bringing little presents and other times they just do funny or even rather naughty things to amuse us! So… A few days into our elf adventure […]

Help Save the Children Make the World Better with a Sweater! This is what my invitation said when I opened the email last week. We were invited to come and have a special story time with Save the Children at their Woolly Wonderland station based in the Westfield Stratford shopping centre and learn more about a special project they have on… So, what’s this Woolly Wonderland all about then? On Friday 13th December 2013 Save the Children is calling upon people across the UK […]

When I was little my Mum and I went on lots of lovely holidays. I was very lucky and she worked extremely hard as a single Mum to make sure we had those experiences together. It gave me the holiday bug and taught me so much about life in other countries, with other cultures and beliefs. It gave me an education which I have never stopped subscribing to the school of. I’ve since passed on my holiday vibe to my […]

Jimmy isn’t particularly a pre made baby food fan and neither was Florence! It could have been a handy little time saver for me on occasions; I am totally the sort of Mum who would bung them a jar now and again but I have never really been able to on account of how they just refuse them! The only ones either of them have ever really eaten (and I’d still say not very frequently) are the fruit puree pouches. […]

Wauwaa is a new parenting website. How many times have you heard about a new one of those? Yes, yes, I know! There’s quite a few isn’t there but this one is really quite different. It’s a super easy to navigate around site with information, blogs and vlogs on pregnancy, birth and parenting in general as well as a shop selling discounted designer wear for children. The contributors are both experts and real parents with real problems, even bloggers like […]

A while back I was lucky enough to be invited to review Shrek The Musical in London’s West End! Florence was a little too young at the time as was only just two but she has remembered ever since that I didn’t take her with me! We have a game when we go on the tube where every time we see a production poster we shout out which one it is! Florence ALWAYS spots the Shrek ones! I was asked […]

Heard of Katsuma? Poppert? How about Diavlo? Well I hadn’t until this weekend but I had of course heard of Moshi Monsters (which they are by the way) as Florence has somehow had them on her radar for quite some time! Whenever she sees anything Moshi Monster related she shouts and gets excited – I may not get it but she sure does! They started, I am told, as a website where children could go in and look after a […]

We are avid theatre goers as you may well know. I write about our experiences of the stage on my blog often and I love that I get to take my children to see such a wide and varied amount of children’s theatre – we are very lucky as it’s an experience that is so wonderful for them. Our favourite theatre venue for children has to be Polka in Wimbledon (nowhere near where I live) because they consistently produce such […]