I keep seeing people on social media getting the hump because it’s ‘only November’ and Christmas is all over the place… Well, to those people, you might want to look away now! I’m well up for it this year and am just itching to get that tree up. Except it’s in the loft and Jonny won’t get it down until it’s at least December… Perhaps I’m being a pathetic woman here but loft duty is NOT something I consider my […]

A while back we were invited to the launch party of Pebli Town, a new interactive toy from Toys Alive. Unfortunately we couldn’t make the date but I’ve kept hearing about it ever since and was super pleased to finally get the chance to check it out for myself this past month while we’ve been reviewing it. Pebli Town is a connected pre-school toy which uses fun traditional play pieces and a physical play board that interact with a tablet to bring […]

One of the things I’m going to miss about living in London is that I won’t be so close to an IKEA. We are moving to Norwich where they have just opened up a new style store which is great but I’m not sure it will quite fulfill my IKEA needs. The good thing is that it is going to sell all the ‘bits’ from the market area of the store and these are the things I mostly go to […]

Two years ago for his birthday, Jimmy was given a Thomas The Tank Engine which you could make up out of building bricks. He took him everywhere we went and I knew, at some point, he would get lost. We tried very hard to keep a hold of Thomas, we tried to persuade Jimmy to leave him at home because he was the clear favourite of all of the toys but the inevitable happend and we’ve now spent a long time trying […]

On Wednesday the children and I were invited into central London to attend the evening performance of Elf The Musical at The Dominian Theatre. I didn’t tell them where we were going, just that we were off to something exciting, as I know Florence has been itching to see it ever since the posters arrived on the tubes. We met some other bloggers for a mulled wine reception and as Jimmy climbed over my head repeatedly and Florence moaned that […]

You might have noticed that this blog has all gone a bit festive of late! I LOVE Christmas and the build up is, for me, the best bit. I often talk about how a Friday day time is the best part of the weekend with the excitement of it all to come and it’s the same when it comes to Christmas. Christmas Eve has us all in fever pitch with excitement and it’s the best feeling ever. So that we […]

This week has mainly been spent running the routine of normal life with a few little gems thrown in to make life worth living. Not big things, they rarely float my boat as much as the tiny bits, but little moments of lovlieness making the dark mornings and early evenings much more bearable. The things which have made me smile: The school photos have been ordered and I love them, the children have (mainly) been getting on well, Florence’s dance […]

I love pickle. I love it so much that I have with all sorts of food most people wouldn’t but I think it’s hereditory because my family also do the same! I like all sorts of pickles, onion pickles, dill pickles, pickle pickles… I lke them smooth, small chunk and chunky… I’m not that picky about pickles I just like them! Like I said, I have them with lots of different types of food, not just your regular ‘Ploughman’s’ and […]

I absolutely love Christmas in London. The lights, the glamour, the atmosphere… It’s a truly wonderful time of the year to visit our Capital City and even when we move we shall be coming back to do our favourite festive activities. From amazing theatre trips to ice skating, London has it all on offer and with something for every budget you just can’t go wrong. It took me a while to whitte down my top ten favourites but here they […]