As soon as Florence saw Little Live Pets, which was in the summer of last year just as they were being launched, she absolutely loved them. The little birds which whistle and repeat what you say are absolutely gorgeous; we don’t know anyone who has played with one who hasn’t fallen in love! We have a little bird and both the children play with it regularly, in fact my Mum bought another different one for Florence as an Easter present […]

As massive Frozen fans (of course), we were mega excited for the much anticipated new ‘short’, Frozen Fever, which accompanies Disney’s latest blockbuster, Cinderella! Of course we were excited to see Cinderella too but really, if I’m honest, it was second in our priorities when it came to the watching… Little did we know though that Cinderella would steal out hearts so much that we’d forget we’d even seen Frozen Fever until we were half way home, still smiling about the […]

Florence has always been very crafty and even before she turned one I can remember her sitting and sticking on her own very engrossed in what she was doing. It was no surprise then, that when we went to an event for Save The children’s Christmas Jumper campaign, that she was totally interested in knitting. She finds it a little hard to do with needles because her hands are so small but she loves to do finger knitting and knitting on […]

Yesterday we kicked off the Easter holidays in style by finishing school at 2pm and promptly taking a trip to the Westfield shopping centre near us so that we could sit on Italian Vespas and eat ice cream, it’s just how we roll! When Jimmy and I rocked up to the school gates for the early pick up we had sun shine beaming down on us and it was saying CELEBRATE! How could we refuse… Ice cream was the perfect […]

I’ve been faking it for years and I doubt very much that I’m in the minority of women when I admit that! Get your head out of the gutter, I know what you’re thinking but believe me, that’s not it! I’m talking about something far more important here… I’m talking about beauty! My Grandma told me that in the war her friends and she would tan their legs up with tea bags and then draw a black line with eye […]

Florence has been a little fan of blue noses friends and Tatty Teddy for a while now and when I showed her this gorgeous Easter T.Shirt she’s been sent from the ‘Me To You’ clothing range she immediately declared ‘Oh! I love it, I’m going to wear it for Easter!’ Pink and sparkly it was bound to appeal and having the added appealing bear on the front it’s a sure fire hit! Sometimes Florence isn’t very keen on modelling for […]

when I was a child I used to love Saturday night television which I used to watch with my parents. My favourite was Noel’s House Party which used to make me laugh and laugh and laugh. My second favourite was Blind Date with Cilla Black and I remember my Step mum and I peeling in fits of giggles with tears streaming down our faces watching it one weekend when a particularly large lady went on a date dingy sailing. Over […]

Florence is a big fan of Monster High and before Christmas one of the dolls was high on her present wishlist. I’m not really sure what exactly it is that attracts her (and all the other little girls of course) but then I guess as the grown up I’m not supposed to and what does it matter anyway, at the end of the day she adores them and that’s all that matters! She bought one of the Monster High DVDs […]

Image source: Neal.  Remember when you looked forward to the school holidays, counting down the days until you could play all day and not think about times tables for two whole weeks? Then you became a parent. Now, as the Easter holidays loom, all you can think about is how much it’s going to cost to fund two weeks of entertainment and additional child care – not to mention all that chocolate. George Osborne may tell us that things are […]

I’ve not visited a Cafe Rouge for quite some time although I’m not entirely sure why? I’ve always enjoyed their food in the past but somewhere along the way it dipped from my radar and the delicious dishes that they’ve been preparing since 1989, when it was originally called ‘Cafe Bleu’, have not been enjoyed by us. Last night when I was invited to their Covent Garden restaurant to sample the all new (but with a little bit of the vintage) […]