I love seeing all the amazing pictures of children’s bento boxes that some bloggers seem to whip up daily and I always feel inspired to give it a go. Until now I’ve merely dabbled with the odd cut out shaped sandwich and a few grapes on a stick but today I felt prompted to really go all out and produce a proper bento box for lunch. One problem I thought! I don’t actually own any bento stuff, no picks or […]

I have long been planning Jimmy’s second birthday party, a Teddy Bear’s Picnic. It all started with some gorgeous baskets I saw from East2Eden which have red gingham linings and were just a fiver at the Ideal home Show. I built the rest of the party around them really and I have so enjoyed the planning, making and eventually pulling off! It’s been brilliant so I wanted to share it with you. It was quite an inexpensive party really although […]

I love American diner food. Burgers and chips (sweet potato chips in particular) washed down with a milk shake and nothing could be finer! Jonny and I have been to some superb burger joints around the world always favouring a proper burger when we first arrive on holiday anywhere. It’s become a bit of a tradition. We’ve found some stunning ones, as I mentioned, but we’ve also found some pretty inedible ones which we’d never revisit! The burger is not […]

It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote a diary at the bottom of a rant so I thought I’d better do a whole post on what we’ve been up to, to catch up! Easter was lovely in Norwich with cold weather and warm! Don’t you just love England! We had gloves on doing our egg hunt then when we went on our little holiday to Haven in Caister we were in shorts and T shirts on the beach! […]

We’ve had a lot of bath toys in our time. Some of them good and some of them, well, not so much but we enjoy playing in the bath so when we do find a gem we keep hold of it! The very best bath toy we have ever played with, I assure you this is absolute truth, is the Fisher-Price Swimming Mermaid Dora which we have had for quite some time. Florence saw it on an advert and wanted […]

I have never been to Britmum’s before. Last year I didn’t really think too much about it and it was only when I heard how great it was that I thought I’d really like to go this year. So many of my friends and blogging colleagues have told me of the benefits to attending, how much they learned and let’s face it, what a giggle they’d had! I couldn’t afford to buy a ticket of my own but have been […]

We were asked by Mothercare and ELC if we fancied doing some exploring for them and because we said yes they sent us a pack with all the things we would need for a proper day of being adventurers! We had an explorer kit for Florence, a pair of binoculars for Jimmy, some walkie talkies and they were even spent special clothes to go exploring in! It was an extra surprise for when we arrived at the beach for our […]

With the new venue Hatfield House having been announced for Lollibop already, we have just been waiting to see the new line up for this year too! I’ve been sent some info telling me some of the latest acts to be confirmed and it’s good news I can confirm! LolliBop, the UK’s biggest kids festival, has announced its most exciting line-up to date! If I say Justin and Fletcher then I may as well be saying Elvis and Presley! For […]

Over the Easter holidays we visited one of our favourite places for children, Bewilderwood. I have written about it loads on the blog and will do so again I’m sure because it really is one of the best days out for children! After this most recentl visit I thought I would pop up some answers to questions I think people might have about visiting! I thought it might be helpful as before we visited for the first time we had no […]

Last week Jimmy and I popped into town to see the new Autumn/Winter collection at Joules. The adult stuff is of course lovely, I was impressed with the men’s collection and saw some gorgeous jackets I just know Jonny would love and I also saw a fair few bits I wouldn’t mind for me but it was the children’s clothes which really caught my eye. I am very particular about what my children wear and I like, if anything, a […]