I remember growing up watching the Raymond Briggs film, The Snowman each Christmas, and now my children get to watch both the original along with it’s sequel. Released 30 years after the original, The Snowman and The Snowdog is a great traditional film which will be shown on Channel 4 this Christmas that we’ll be sure …
Wallcreate Canvas Review and Giveaway
Everyone loves turning their photos into canvasses to adorn their walls, so when Wallcreate contacted me to try out one of their canvas prints, I was keen to see what they were like. Having spent the previous weekend at our local National Trust property, I knew I had a picture of the children looking over …
Kitchen Appliance Wishlist
With a view to moving house in the near future, I’m always on the lookout for items I’d love in my new kitchen. I love the colour silver, therefore stainless steel and grey coloured appliances always appeal to me, and being neutral means you can brighten up the kitchen with other cheaper accessories. One must …
Our Family Halloween Weekend 2014
This year the children were very excited about Halloween and couldn’t wait to celebrate. Miss M was keen to dress up although Mister B just wanted to wear his scary hat. Miss M wanted a new outfit so we set off to Tesco and she picked a sparkly black and silver dress and mask. She …
e-cloth General Purpose and Kitchen Cloths – Review
With a busy household and two messy children to clean up after, I’m always on the look out for ways to make it easier and quicker. I’d heard of e-cloths but never tried them before, always a little sceptical at the concept of just using water rather than adding cleaning products. I was sent the …
Threadsmiths Water & Dirt Repellent T-shirt – Review
Threadsmiths is a clothing technology company based in Australia that have created a rather new and interesting patented nanotechnology that can make fabric both water proof and dirt proof. Sounds amazing, so I couldn’t wait to see what it was really like. They have produced a line of T-shirts currently only available in adult sizes, …
Frozen Princess Elsa Dress Up Costume – Review
Frozen is the hit Disney film has created a huge buzz among young girls this year and Miss M is no exception, so when I heard that Otley Run Fancy Dress have added a selection of children’s Frozen costumes to their website I was eager to check them out. Miss M has decided on a …
Read with Biff, Chip & Kipper App – Review
Biff, Chip and Kipper, the characters from the much loved, popular reading scheme for children have been turned into apps by Gazoob, a leading designer of children’s educational and games apps. The apps feature six levels of reading and phonics books and with 48 books in total, there is plenty to keep your little ones …
Mister B’s 4th Birthday
A couple of weeks ago my dear Mister B celebrated his 4th birthday. He was so excited, although had been quite specific in his requests for his special day. He only wanted a few friends round at home, for dancing, pass the parcel and musical statues so that’s exactly what we did. After opening his …
Barbie Malibu House – Review
Barbie Malibu House from Mattel has to be every little girls dream house to for their Barbie dolls to live in and it certainly brought a huge grin to Miss M’s face when she received this to review. The Barbie Malibu House comes in a large box but only partially built so does require some …