Ok, this is going to make me seem like a right geek but I have, for a long time, been trying to find a peeler that works as well as the one my Grandma gave me when I first moved out of home and which broke a couple of years ago. It didn’t look to be anything special, it was just a regular peeler but it worked so well and I loved it. There you are. I’ve said it. I […]
I’ve long been a fan of the Aldi version of Pimms. Austin’s Summer Punch tastes EXACTLY the same. Honestly. There is quite literally no difference that I can detect whatsoever. Apart from the price… £5.99 (70cl) a bottle is all you’ll pay for Austin’s which is clearly a marked difference. Even when it’s on its best offers you never get a 70cl bottle of Pimms for that price. So… When it tastes the same why pay more? I used to […]
This weekend, to celebrate the very almost summer holidays, we took a trip to Paultons Park and Peppa Pig World! We first went when Florence was just 18 months old and she loved it so much that she still remembers and talks about that trip! What I loved about it was that there are lots of little people rides throughout the park, not just in Peppa Pig World, the grounds are beautiful and there are lots of animals. It is […]
Cruises have become one of the most popular ways to travel, with around 20 million people choosing to take a cruise each year. Families make up a large percentage of those taking to the seas and given the on-board facilities available it’s not hard to see why when cruises from UK starting destinations take all the hassle from the travelling element of a holiday. Traditionally described as floating hotels, cruise ships are now much more than simply ocean going accommodation. […]
How do you budget during the school holidays? Can be tricky huh! Lots and lots of empty days to fill but still the same old purse strings… You might be interested to know then that Voucher Codes are putting together a Summer Survival Guide to compliment their popular Kids and Family Finances paper which they wrote for New Year. The guide will include tips from other parents and experts on how you can spend your time having fun while saving […]
We love to get in the garden and after growing our own tomatoes last year the children were very keen to grow more this year. We don’t have a garden though, so when QVC asked if we would like to take part in their ‘Watch Them Grow’ campaign we knew we wanted to join in but thought it might be a problem unless we did it at my Mum’s just like last year. We ordered a Little Growers Vegetable Kit […]
This week I was accused by some low life on Twitter of running a ‘dime a dozen review blog’. It’s true I do do reviews on the blog of course but I also write about a whole lot more besides – if he’d ACTUALLY read my blog then he’d have known that, just as he’d have known that when I do review things I review them honestly and fairly. Seeing as this post is actually going to be a review […]
Every year when we’ve been to the Lollibop Festival it has mainly been for Florence’s benefit. The first year it was just her and I and the next year Jimmy had only just been born. The year after that, at just over one and again he just tagged along with Florence, enjoying it but without having too many ideas of what HE wanted to do. I did take him to some of the lovely things they lay on for babies with […]
We’ve been hearing more and more about the world’s first ‘living doll’ Cayla and on Saturday we got to go see her at her official launch! I have to be honest and say that on first hearing about a doll that would interact with your child via an app which runs from Google, I had my reservations. I envisaged a rather sinister dolly from a film that scared me back in my youth called ‘Dolly Dearest’ and I can admit […]
For the most part Florence is a very well behaved little girl. We get complimented on her impeccable politeness all the time and it makes me feel even more incredibly proud of her. She is however only four years old and with that does come a certain degree of monkeyitis! If she’s tired or I don’t know, just having a rare grump then she CAN test her boundaries a little too far and I am not going to allow her […]
