Today after dropping JR at school for his 1st day back after the summer holidays, Me, Mr M&TTT, TP & LA headed off in the car to Drayton Manor theme park to watch a screening of the new Thomas the Tank Engine movie – Tales of the Brave.
Q is for Quick – Alphabet Photo Project
A few years ago I spent my birthday at Silverstone for the Renault World Championships. All of the race cars were very fast, but there were also show races by some of the best formula 1 teams. This was my attempt at taking a photo of the passing lotus F1 car. I’m linking this to Continue reading →
P is for Paintbrush – Alphabet Photo project
This weekend I attended a walking photography course in Birmingham City Centre. Whilst we were meant to be photographing The architecture of Selfridges (The building with the silver domes) I spotted this giant art installation of a paint brush and i couldn’t resist taking a sneaky shot of it. I’m linking this to Podcast’s Alphabet Continue reading →
JJ Cole Essentials 5×5 picnic blanket *Review*
Over the 6 weeks holiday, thanks in part to clever planning we have been lucky enough to enjoy quite a few days out. The one thing we always do for day trips is pack a picnic, the cost of food at tourist attractions is just too high to be justified. The one thing we have Continue reading →
Web climber extraordinaire! Black and White Photo Project.
This week we took the kids back to cbeebies land at Alton Towers, when we visited in June I brought any time return Bounce back tickets and we decided to use those. JR and TP were full of beans all day and as we’d been on all the rides we wanted to once we let Continue reading →
O is for Outdoor cooking – The alphabet photo project
A few weeks ago my local outdoor adventure park hosted a free fun day at a local park, one of the activities available was to cook popcorn and toast marshmallows on a campfire, JR is scared of fire but still absolutely loved watching the popcorn dance around in the pan as it popped.
N is for new tattoo -The alphabet photography project
This is my new tattoo that Mr m&ttt paid for me to get for my birthday! As you can see I finally got LA’s name to join the boys!
Lollibop 2014 – Hatfield House
A few weeks ago now I started religiously entering any competition i could find to try to win tickets to Lollibop 2014,I think I would have ending up buying tickets anyway had I not won a family pass with The Boy and Me. I had read loads of reviews about it over the last couple of years Continue reading →
Family Fun at the park
Just lately the weather has taken a bit of a turn for the worst, but whilst that doesn’t usually stop us having fun like everyone else we really do prefer being dry. Today after a morning of waiting for a storm that never appeared, but kept threatening to arrive, we decided to put the kids Continue reading →
M is for My little Monkey – Alphabet photo Project
A couple of weeks ago me and JR were lucky enough to be invited to the opening of the Wyre Forest Go Ape Junior Tree Top high ropes course. After completing the course JR was given a goodie bag which included a medal & certificate. But the item which pleased JR the most was this Continue reading →
L is for Loom band Olaf – The alphabet photo project
There is absolutely only 1 thing that this weeks alphabet project, it could only be those little multi coloured elastic bands! Yep you’ve guessed it it’s Loom Bands. This is my favourite creation so far it’s Olaf from Frozen. I’m linking this to podcast alphabet project come back next week for ‘M’
Just 4 Canvas – review
I am forever taking photos of everything my family does whether it’s JR reading, TP playing or LA learning a new skill. I also never leave the house without my camera. The only trouble is that that’s where they usually stay, on the memory card or on the computer, so when Just 4 Canvas asked Continue reading →
K is for Kwazi – The alphabet photo project
Today we took the kids to chessington world of adventures where outside their sealife attraction, the kids were able to meet some cbeebies favourites the octonauts including Kwazi the cat! I am linking this to podcast’s alphabet project come back next time for L
Looming good fun!
You may have noticed I’ve not been blogging much just lately, well that’s because my evening have been taken up by small multi coloured elastic bands. More commonly known as Loom Bands! It all started when JR was laughed at because he didn’t have any, so I brought a couple of packs to make a Continue reading →
Back to school with Stamptastic
Almost every parent of school age children up and down the country will soon be starting the dreaded back to school shop. You know the one where you drag your little darling’s around clothes shops and supermarkets to try on and buy uniform ready for September. I have been ultra organised this year and are Continue reading →