A while back I was lucky enough to be invited to review Shrek The Musical in London’s West End! Florence was a little too young at the time as was only just two but she has remembered ever since that I didn’t take her with me! We have a game when we go on the tube where every time we see a production poster we shout out which one it is! Florence ALWAYS spots the Shrek ones! I was asked […]
Heard of Katsuma? Poppert? How about Diavlo? Well I hadn’t until this weekend but I had of course heard of Moshi Monsters (which they are by the way) as Florence has somehow had them on her radar for quite some time! Whenever she sees anything Moshi Monster related she shouts and gets excited – I may not get it but she sure does! They started, I am told, as a website where children could go in and look after a […]
We are avid theatre goers as you may well know. I write about our experiences of the stage on my blog often and I love that I get to take my children to see such a wide and varied amount of children’s theatre – we are very lucky as it’s an experience that is so wonderful for them. Our favourite theatre venue for children has to be Polka in Wimbledon (nowhere near where I live) because they consistently produce such […]
When I was pregnant with Florence I wasn’t even sure I WOULD breast feed let alone do it for as long as I did. It only became incredibly important to me once I realised I couldn’t do it easily and we were struggling. I felt like I was being told I couldn’t do something and I thought, you wanna bet?! I struggled through mastitis and cracked nipples for two weeks, finger feeding and expressing and feeling absolutely bloody awful. I […]
Last year we went to see Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas at the Lyric Hammersmith and we wrote just the other day how looking forward to going again this year we were! Today was the day and yet again we have come away absolutely bowled over with what a wonderful production it is! It is ridiculously clever and so beautifully done. It’s so perfect in fact that it’s almost as if the illustrations from this popular book have just danced off […]
I really enjoy using social media. As a blogger it is of course imperative and I have found being without my usual phone access (while mine is in for repair) quite annoying! I check Twitter and Facebook all the time as usually they are on my phone and with any lull in the day, moments when I am in a queue for example and it is my phone that I reach for to alleviate boredom. I love reading my friend’s […]
Perfection at Christmas, so what could that be? Mum’s up at 4, boy it makes her grumpy! She sings in the kitchen, it wakes us all up I turn back to a teen and shout ‘Do shurrrrup’! We all get out of bed, stockings ripped apart Big grins are on, forgotten the early start! We nibble on smoked salmon breakfasts, I’m not sure why? With bagels it’s tradition without it we would cry! It’s time to get dressed, […]
Last night I was invited to a very exciting party! After a major refurbishment, Mothercare’s flagship store on Oxford street was celebrating and weren’t we lucky that we got to help them do it! Hosted by Myleene Klass who designs their BabyK range it was an all star studded event with flashing lights, the whole caboodle! Myleene introduces the store. She also launched the Mothercare 25 sleeps campaign! Check out their Facebook page for festive fun and frolics! Florence and […]
Tonight I am off to the opening of the newly revamped Mothercare store on Oxford Street. It’s going to be terribly exciting with lots of celebrities, the biggest of whom being Father Christmas! Myleene Klass who designs the Baby K range for Mothercare will be hosting the evening and launching their 25 sleeps to Christmas campaign! If you have little impatient ones who can’t wait for the sleeps to be over then you need to keep an eye on the […]
A few weeks ago my Mum bought Florence a coat to keep at her house over the winter. My Mum often buys clothes and bits to keep at hers so that if we forget to bring stuff it doesn’t matter or just to help us with the packing. She’s really good like that and it’s always helped me out that I don’t have to pack masses of stuff! She doesn’t spend a fortune on things though and just picks up […]
