A few days ago I wrote about how my most stressful part of the day is always the home school run at 3.15. What I failed to mention was the most annoying part of said school run – the rain! You see it feels like every single afternoon since JR started school that it has Continue reading →
A stressful part of the day!
I know the part of the day that a lot of parents find most stressful is bedtime, but that’s not the case for me. For me the most stressful part of my day is the school run. I don’t mind the morning school run, you see JR walks really, really well to school and when Continue reading →
Pirate pursuit a Galt toys review
Until christmas the boys didn’t really play board games, we’d had a few but they never really seemed to keep the boy’s very short attention spans and i’d end up packing them away before the game was finished. However for christmas the boys recieved a couple of memory type games and i noticed when playing Continue reading →
Heroes of the city review and competition
Heroes of the city is a cartoon by the swedish television company Ruta Ett DVD AB about rescue vehicles in a city where everybody gets to be a hero. It has currently been sold to television stations in more than 180 countries around the world, and they are currently in the process of recording the second Continue reading →
Time for a new bed
5 years ago as a housewarming gift my parents brought me and Mr M&TTT a nice new double bed. It was a lovely wooden bed and it had a really, really comfy mattress. I say ‘was’ and ‘had’ because that was before we had 3 lively toddlers who haven’t got a trampoline so use our Continue reading →
A 3 My pal scout family
A few years ago now, when TP was 1 his uncle Pedro Carrot (don’t ask as I don’t know why!) brought him a My Pal Scout for Christmas. Straight away he absolutely adored it especially when it said his name, he still does in fact. We were so impressed with it and the quality of Continue reading →
I’ve seen lots of lovely sibling posts over the last week, and it has inspired me to join in so here’s my effort.
I love in this photo Jr is encouraging TP to try to do a long jump into the puddle.
I love this photo because it’s rare to get all 3 together at the moment especially now LA is walking.
Learning to skate
For Christmas both boys were lucky enough to receive a skateboard and a pair of training skates. Christmas Day was spent skateboarding (to a fashion) across the lounge between opening each present. When Boxing Day came it brought with it a chilly but bright day so we took the kids out for a Boxing Day Continue reading →
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To link up with mini creations this week I have decided to showcase JR’s lovely autumn artwork which he made at Forrest school. Every Tuesday morning as part of his reception class is spent in his schools very own Forrest school. This was made from the leaves he found on the ground whilst there.
He was 5 when he created this.
Angry Birds – The Great Egg Hunt. An Egmont books review
At the beginning of December JR received a copy of Angry Birds The Great Egg Hunt press out and play book. br /> This book is a push out and play version of the Angry Birds game. Each page acts as a level, and tells you which pieces you need to build each structure and Continue reading →
Construction eating set – IWOOT review
We were recently lucky enough to be sent a construction eating set to review, these are available to purchase from IWOOT for a price of £9.49. The set consists of a fork, spoon and bulldozer, in the yellow and black colours of JCB’s. The bulldozer is a useful tool for pushing beans and peas etc Continue reading →
2013 – the unexpected year!
So what has 2013 meant for me? Well for a start if you’d have told me this time last year that I’d be writing a blog and people would be reading it I’d have laughed at you. I only got a C in GCSE english and that was a shock. Even more so if you’d Continue reading →
Michael Morpurgo Christmas stories (review)
About a month ago we were sent a copy of Michael Morpurgo Christmas stories to review. Most people will know of Michael Morpurgo through his incredible story War Horse, and if that book is a favourite of yours this one will not fail to impress you. Contained in this book are 4 stories each around Continue reading →
Will UK Holiday breaks be all the rage next year?
It’s been a couple of years since we’ve been on a proper family holiday. This year we managed to have a couple of day trips but nothing overnight. Next year we have a cottage farm holiday booked for February half term, but what about a summer holiday? Should we choose another U.K. break or a Continue reading →
The perils of being Santa (infographic)
The Seven Perils of being Santa was created by First4Lawyers disclosure this is a collaborative post