The Santa Spectacular At Willows Activity Farm 2018! Willows Activity Farm in St Albans is a mega day out whatever the time of year but come Christmas it really does come into itself! Placed in a rather handy location for London dwellers (it used to take us half an hour to drive there but is also accessible by public transport) it’s also on the doorstep for many other southern postcodes so no wonder it’s always busy and full to the […]

Christmas Tech Ideas! Yep, it’s nearly Christmas and the job falls to me to find something that Daddy wants. History has taught me that socks, pants and aftershave don’t really float his boat but just like buying for my boys seems to be a harder job than buying for my little girl, choosing something that my husband really, really wants is proving to be a very elusive task. Perhaps it’s a man thing… I’ve decided to plump for something technical […]

All Aboard For Santa At The London Transport Museum! The above picture was my gang and that of the Modern Mummy contingent this past weekend when we went for our annual festive trip to London to meet up with them and spend a day having fun in the city before heading somewhere after sun down to appreciate the lights of our beautiful capital city. It’s not the quick trip into town that it used to be now that we have […]

Stick Man Live – Leicester Square Theatre 2018! You are literally NEVER too old (or too young) to enjoy Stick Man at the theatre in central London. We’ve seen it nearly every year since Florence and Jimmy were tiny and never, ever, tire of it. There’s something about those books by Julia Donaldson which lend themselves to the stage so terribly well that you just couldn’t possibly not some away smiling from ear to ear and somehow even the illustrations of Axel […]

Give Your Sniffles The Cold Shoulder With Olbas Oil! Last week I was invited by Olbas Oil to attend an extremely informative event with their resident GP (and clearly a cold expert) Dr Roger Henderson. I met up with Sabina from Mummy Matters who was organising the bash to help banish cold symptoms along with a gaggle of other lovely influencers and we talked about all things germy this winter – namely how to avoid picking germs up in the […]

Pucker Up Piers! I realise the joy of Piers Morgan on our television boxes is so that he can enrage half of us and have the rest laughing as we nod away in agreement. America, he said (roughly), has ridiculous laws which allow GUNS in homes yet they have BANNED Kinder Eggs for their potentially dangerous toys. If little pieces of plastic get into the wrong hands… Think of the damage! Something along those lines anyway and most of us (I’m […]

My First Panto – Jack And The Beansprout – Norwich! This time last year we went with friends to see the ‘My First Panto’ at The Garage in Norwich and Raffie slept through pretty much the whole thing – which at just a few weeks old was to be expected! Jimmy loved it however and as he was at the top of the recommended age range I thought that was pretty good going. This year when I was invited to […]

The Full Monty Tour – Norwich Theatre Royal! I remember seeing The Full Monty for the first time and being blown away – this wonderfully fun and yet poignant tale made me laugh and cry and I remember thinking how incredibly clever the writing must have been to provoke that kind of reaction in the viewer. It’s a brilliant film, which on paper should translate well to the theatre – lots of fun and raucous energy from both the performers […]

The Snowman – Sadlers Wells – 2018! The first year we saw The Snowman performed by The Birmingham Repertory it was just Florence and I. We were invite in December 2014 to launch the Christmas Jumper Day campaign with Save The Children and we not only got the bug for knitting (which I’ve been avidly doing ever since) but we also we fell totally in love with The Snowman  I’m sure most people that see the show do! It’s a […]

Fat Freezing | CoolSculpting Treatment at Pulse Light Clinic Hey, I love the idea of body positivity and doing all we can to embrace our bodies, because they are brilliant, no matter how they look but… I do always feel better about myself when I feel fitter and trimmer and as well as hard work I think making an effort with treating myself to a bit of self-care can go a long way! I know my body is amazing but […]