We’ve been busy doing lots of Christmas crafts this past week and been having so much fun making cards and decorations! One of the things we’ve been making are some rather special Christmas cards for the Grandparents – We are actually really rather proud of our creations – even if we do say so ourselves!! We bought a poster paint set which came with a brush from ELC (£4) and some cheap canvasses (you can often find them in the pound shops – they’re not […]
Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! As the mother of a girl and a boy I am prepared for the social responsibilities I have with both of them. I’m aware that my role as their mother, although similar, will be slightly different for Jimmy to Florence. I will have to concentrate in detail on certain things with her and other things with him while they both will need to know everything of course. I expect the worries I will […]
Jimmy has been using hooded towels since he was born and we think they’re fab for little ones because it means that as soon as they come out of the bath their little heads can be kept warm. (They also look super cute wrapped up too!) Unfortunately the little towels he had been using, which were just plain white ones, are really too small for him now so we’ve been on the lookout for a bigger one. We also wanted […]
Thinking of toys I remember from my childhood and there are a few stand out ones which always spring to mind. If you think back to your play grounds and friend’s back gardens I bet you’ll remember the same toys I do because there are just a certain few which were the best and we all knew it! It’s not really a surprise then that some of these toys are still on the market today! One of the most well-loved from my […]
When I was pregnant with Florence I was convinced that we would only have traditional wooden toys in our house. I had visions of old-fashioned rocking horses and her skipping down the street with a hoop. Obviously when she was born it quickly became apparent that although she did very much like the wooden toys, she would also like to have some all singing, all dancing plastic tat! The carefully selected toys I had chosen to compliment our living room […]
We are big fans of the Early Learning Centre in our household and having small children it’s the perfect shop to buy lots of presents which are value for money, will last a long time, be loved by the children and never go out of fashion. The HappyLand collection is just one of the many ranges they offer which is a major hit for us and we have steadily been getting a rather magnificent collection of our own. This Christmas Florence will have […]
We were thrilled to bits when we were asked to come and see Stick Man – Live on Stage because we absolutely loved it last year and have talked about it ever since! The show is so good no wonder it’s back in the West End again this Christmas and we were not disappointed in the slightest. Even though we’d seen it before (and a year is a long time when you’re not even three yet) we couldn’t have felt […]
I was asked if I’d ever seen these really cool prints from www.dollyandjack.co.uk around this time last week and although I hadn’t, I decided immediately that I liked them! When it comes to my little ones room I try to choose eclectic things to give it a modern yet traditional feel – these ‘quote prints’ are just perfect especially as both my boy and girl share a room – not too frilly and not for boys only either! It was funny then […]
Win Family Fun at Peppa Pig’s Treasure Hunt this Christmas A Christmas treat for Peppa Pig fans! We have 1 family ticket up for grabs to see Peppa’s theatre show, Peppa Pig’s Treasure Hunt, at the Criterion Theatre this Christmas. The lucky family will see the stage production on Friday 7 December at 11 am. A family ticket is for 4 people, minimum 1 adult. In this new theatre production Peppa Pig and her friends set off on a […]
Askamum love my blog, ooo-errr how exciting! Sometimes I wonder if I’m too polite to other mothers? There’s a Mum etiquette and some use it, some don’t. I think I try to just be as polite as possible and I often find myself not saying what I really think in order to save the feelings of others around me. I don’t know if it’s perhaps a desire to ensure others are happy and feel right in what they are thinking without […]
