Thomas and Friends are back with a brand new double DVD just in time for Christmas. Thomas and Friends: Merry Christmas Thomas and bonus DVD ‘Big Bang Surprise’ is out to buy on Amazon now and we’ve been watching for a festive Thomas review on the blog! The Island of Sodor turns snowy as these six festive episodes see the gang at Christmas time tell fun stories which will delight little Thomas fans! I love the traditional style of Thomas […]

Today has been an awful lot about cake! It won’t have done much for my waist line but it has been rather yummy and very festive all in one as I attended the BritMums Christmas do – What Christmas do is worth its salt without cake anyway? Before I even left I was thinking about cake and arranged this in the kitchen for ‘Daddy Day Care’ to make brownies with the children while I was out! Little did I know […]

Last year I wrote about the fabulous time we had at the Lyric Theatre when we went to see Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas on stage! It was truly superb and we have talked about it ever since. In fact, most times we mention Father Christmas Florence says ‘Do you remember when he did a poo at the theatre?’ (There is a fiercely funny scene you see!) We absolutely loved this interpretation of the well known story and we asked very […]

You certainly know Christmas had arrived in London when Winter Wonderland open their gates for the first time each year! Hyde park goes from its usual quiet self to a twinkling, festive hub and visitors flock from all around the country to see the spectacular! For the past two years we were lucky enough to be invited to opening night and this year we were thrilled to be asked again! We adored it the first time and although we weren’t […]

Last week we very briefly went to see the new Clarks shoes range for Spring/Summer 2014! It was a flying visit at the end of a very long day and we didn’t spend long but we did see some pretty cool children’s shoes! I was always under the impression (from memories of my own childhood) that Clarks are stuffy, unfancy and definitely VERY brown and clumpy… It seems time has moved on and I never noticed though because the children’s […]

I understand why brands invite journalists and bloggers to see their upcoming collections so far in advance but I still find it really odd actually seeing it! In July for example we were out most days seeing Christmassy things! It’s super fun but totally strange all the same to walk into a hotel from the scorching heat outside and be faced with tinsel and Christmas nibbles! It really makes you feel a bit unbalanced but we loved it and fully […]

Yesterday the children and I were invited to a very fun sounding play date with Little Tikes. We got up early and headed for Milton Keynes which is where their head office is and very excitedly talked about all the Little Tikes toys we love. Of course the Cozy Coupe is our absolute favourite! It’s been around for donkeys and I remember my brother’s having a retro one back in the day while Florence and Jimmy play with a newer […]

We’re massive fans of ‘Stick Man’. It’s a Julia Donaldson story and is just one of her books that we are fans of. We also love ‘The Gruffalo’, ‘A Squash and a Squeeze’, ‘Room On A Broom’… Oh there’s a long list! Her books are fab but I think ‘Stick Man’ was the first that we read and it’s remained our absolute fave! We’ve also been to see ‘Stick Man’ live in the West End for the last two years […]

Give Florence a sticker book, something to colour in or make and do and she will be happy for literally hours! She is often given an activity book as a treat and one of the best brands there is as far as I’m concerned is Usborne. Usborne Children’s Books make lots of ranges from hard back big books of children’s stories to the ‘That’s Not My…’ series which we also absolutely adore and have written about They’re just super quality, […]