Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! Writing this particular post is sticking in my throat a bit as currently I’m having a bit of a ‘set to’ with my husband and it’s all about how great he is! I have to give him some brownie points, despite him having annoyed me, as this week I have kind of realised quite how much Jonny does around the house… So… We came away this week to stay with my Mum and usually while I’m […]

Well, do I have a great competition to offer one of my readers here! I can now offer one lucky family a ticket for an exclusive screening of the upcoming animation movie ‘The Croods’! To be held on the 10th March (a whole 12 days before general release) in London! To celebrate the release of this year’s biggest family spectacle THE CROODS, opening on 22nd March 20123 and featuring the voice talents of Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds and Emma Stone, we […]

Alcohol is such a lovely treat but these days I like to stick to only drinking once in a while. One reason is that with two small children who want to get up early, being dehydrated from drinking alcohol doesn’t really work and the other reason is just that it’s so bad for you! Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going teetotal or anything, I definitely enjoy a drink but I’m just not as into drinking as much as maybe I used […]

I’m a sweetie fan… I can’t help it I just am. I like chocolate too but not anywhere near as much as I like sweets… Jonny’s the chocolate head in our house and could consume vast quantities of it given the chance, in fact Florence and I often say to each other ‘don’t leave chocolate out or Daddy’ll hoover it up’! Florence, being a combination of the two of us seems to like both in equal measures – and lots! […]

I have just been sent an electric toothbrush from Colgate to trial and review for the blog. I’ve never really used an electric toothbrush  before so it’s going to be a whole new experience for me! I have to admit that ordinarily I just buy whatever toothbrush is on offer or the cheapest, I’ve even been known to opt for the value ones in the supermarket that cost just 11 pence or something so this is really quite a departure […]

We love testing toys in the Rocknrollerbaby household and heard today about a great competition to become a ‘Play Patrol Toy Tester for Bigjigs Toys Ltd! We especially LOVE wooden toys and Bigjigs sell some absolutely fabulous looking ones. I particularly like the wooden balance bike and duck skittles for out in the garden! Their toys are really focussed on fun but educational too and they are all really beautiful with an old-fashioned edge! While I was looking at their […]

Florence went to the ‘Build A Bear Workshop‘ for a birthday party not so long ago and came home having had loads of fun. Even though I was there at the time I was really only on the periphery and didn’t really get to join in much myself. At the end of it, although she’d enjoyed herself, I wasn’t really sure what had happened at the party. Too busy gassing as always! I was really thrilled then when we were invited to […]

Since Christmas and her birthday Florence has been massively into playing board games and the like. At just three she’s the perfect age as she understands the concept of everyone having a turn and we all have great fun playing with her. It’s something we do when Jimmy has gone to sleep or is in his door bouncer so it gives her some totally undivided Mummy and Daddy time and it’s just really great fun, lovely to see her enjoy […]

A couple of weeks ago we were all poorly with either a sickness bug (the children) or (proper) flu with a sickness bug and a chest infection (us)… It was horrible and we felt absolutely grim. At the tail end of it when we were feeling well enough to leave the house but still not great we came to Norfolk for a quick weekend to celebrate a friend’s engagement and unfortunately we managed to pass on some of our germs to my […]

I love toys. My children love toys. Absolutely, but… For some reason children, babies in particular, take great delight in playing with just an ordinary old box. Boxes, card board, wrapping paper… Jimmy is always happy banging two ordinary wooden spoons together – think he might be a drummer like one of my brothers, as a baby Ali was always banging sticks too! Obviously toys have their place but having a play with these types of materials is obviously great fun […]