Parenting advice, news, opinion and life with my mini moo
This is a partial review of Chessington World of Adventures and more my first impressions of going with a baby – my 16 month old, who wasn’t quite walking yet at that stage. We ended up leaving early because both my daughter and husband started feeling unwell (nothing to do with Chessington!) so didn’t get... Continue Reading →
What’s it like at Sutton Sports Village and Trampoline Park soft play? You’ve got to have a lot of energy to go to soft play – at least until your children are old enough to explore by themselves! There are two types of soft play – a room where soft play equipment is set up... Continue Reading →
Think back to when you were a child and celebrated your birthday. I’ll bet there was cake, and you can probably remember some of your favourite cakes as a child, right? I was obsessed with Sarah Lee Double Chocolate Gateaux and often had one of those for my birthday but I also remember very clearly... Continue Reading →
This is a sponsored post Every year we seem to get fewer and fewer Christmas cards - actual Christmas cards, that is. With an increasing focus on climate change and the environment, it just doesn’t seem right any more to be sending out dozens and dozens of cards - not to mention the cost of... Continue Reading →
Where can you find an aquarium, a butterfly house, some alpacas and a natural history museum all in one place? In central London this would involve a considerable amount of trekking back and forth - but did you know you can actually enjoy all these in one place that is only in zone three? If... Continue Reading →
My daughter got to have two birthday cakes for her first birthday, as had a party with her dad’s family one weekend and a celebration with my family (who live a few hours away and weren’t able to come to the first party) a week later. So of course I had to make her two... Continue Reading →
Eating out takes on a whole new dimension when there are young children in the equation. I know some parents firmly believe their child should eat what they eat, and there’s no need to go to ‘child friendly’ restaurants with kids menus. I agree that I want my daughter to be encouraged to eat more... Continue Reading →
There are so many Christmas traditions to share with your family that you may not even realise are traditions- leaving a mince pie and carrot out for Santa and Rudolph, placing the Christmas stockings in a particular spot (mine and my sister’s were always at the ends of our beds), chocolate coins for breakfast on... Continue Reading →
I'm really looking forward to my baby's first Christmas and thinking of all sorts of ways I can make it special. I wanted to have a handmade keepsake of some sort that would hopefully be in our family for years, and I hit upon the idea of an advent calendar - consisting of little stockings, each... Continue Reading →
