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Family life can be hectic and when it comes to the end of the day ad cooking an evening meal you may just have run out of steam. In a bid to avoid heading for fast food (because I am not organised enough to pre-plan dinners/use a slow cooker) I decided to try Tesco’s Family … Read more
How do you let go a man you have spent half your life with? Because that’s what I have to do. Yes my son is now 18 (the age I was when I had him) and this year is planning to leave home to go to University. Do not kid yourself that September/October is not far … Read more
Yesterday we watched LEGO Nnjago, Masters of Spinjitzu, the new series 2015 (episodes 1, 2 & 3) before their launch on Cartoon Network at 6pm on Tuesday 10th February. Here is my 7 year old’s account of things so please do excuse any errors in terms or spellings, or indeed of the account – it … Read more
Public Health England launches a Change4Life campaign every January. This year the focus is on ways that parents can encourage their children to eat less sugar. Teaming up with Netmums and Reading University they asked 50 families to help them understand the difficulties and impact of making small simple SugarSwaps in the diet. Myself and … Read more
This Valentine’s Day why not try the finest* a la carte Meal Deal for Two only £20. This is a saving of between £10.99-£16.00 if you bought the items separately. Best of all you don’t even have to both like the same things! Order 2 main courses, 2 side dishes and 2 desserts – then add … Read more
Boys and girls are different. But you know that right. They look different physically – and that is even their brains. So why is it, that people are so adamant that they should be the same and what to ignore these differences? Yes I know that all girls want to play with dolls and all … Read more
About The Toy Fair Toy Fair 2015 was the 62nd annual Toy Fair. It is the only dedicated toy, game and hobby exhibition in the UK, with more than 260 exhibiting companies all under one roof. These range from large internationals to the new start-up companies. Showcasing many toy types such as electronic, outdoor, educational, … Read more
I am really learning lots by myself just taking photographs of Lego. I was quite sad for my son this morning as we had a tiny bit of snow and he really wanted to play with his Lego City Arctic builds but had to go to school. I knew it would have all melted by … Read more
Organising paper must be one of the biggest time wasters of my life.I cannot be the only one who seriously needs help decluttering their paper, with piles and drawers of it everywhere. This weekend I decided to start tackling it. I spent a good portion of time declutering the paper and there is STILL a massive … Read more
Whilst we were at the Cinema we were excited to see a Peppa Pig: The Golden Boots trailer. We love Peppa and her family and really enjoyed visiting Peppa Pig World at Paulton’s Theme Park. Whilst we wait for that we were excited to see the new Peppa Pig Tv advert/video showing Peppa Pig and … Read more