I spend a lot of time dreaming about my ideal house, almost as much time as I spend playing the Rightmove Game! and in each ‘dream home’ scenario there are a few features that keep cropping up, ones that I would really love. Here’s what they are and why! A mezzanine level Ideally this would either be a bedroom or…
Although France is of course one of the world’s top tourist destinations, and certainly a popular one in Europe itself, it is true that many people don’t really appreciate fully what there is to do and see there. Probably you have an image in your head of Paris, but the truth is that there is so much going on in…
The space under your kitchen sink is important for concealing the pipework and ensuring that even the cheapest sink, as it says at fame magazine, will look amazing in the space… Of course, it can also be utilised effectively for storage especially now that there is finally a solution to utilising all the space in that miserable cupboard under the…
Are you bored all of the time? Do you feel like you don’t know what to do with your spare time anymore? Have you grown a bit uninspired in general? If so, rather than sitting around and fretting about how bored you are, it is time to take action. You need to look for ways you can cure this boredom…
We had our first proper family games night at the weekend, and it was so much fun! Arlo at three and a half isn’t quoite old enough for games with too many rules or games where you have to wait a long time between turns – he simply gets too impatient! Little Tikes sent us a family games night box…
Athena is definitely a stereotypical ‘girly girl’ and although she loves to play trains and cars with her brother and will climb on any tree or wall she sees, she really really loves the colour pink, wants to wear makeup and loves a frilly dress. It was for that reason that knew she would love the Kekilou range of toys,…
For the last few months and especially over the Summer holidays when the kids had quite a lot of a tablet time in order for me to keep up with my workload we’ve been using Hopster TV on their kindle fires. They have one each, and I prefer them to regular tablets as I am able to completely control how…
Arlo loves dinosaurs, and if you watched my Instagram stories this morning you would have seen him making his new T Rex eat a load of farm animals – sorry about that if you were eating your breakfast! Schleich are the world renowned maker of realistic animals, from farm animals to Dinosaurs and even make believe creatures too, like Mermaids…
At the moment Athena is definitely more ‘arty’ than she is scholarly, although I know that may change as she gets older! At the moment if you give her a choice of practising reading or doing something with colours and paper she’ll always choose the latter. The smART Sketcher has made her even more keen on drawing now as she…
When you’re travelling with children jetting off to exotic tropical islands may seem like a challenging feat. Many people assume that the world’s island paradises only cater to adults, but this doesn’t have to be the case. Tons of islands around the globe actually serve as perfect destinations for family getaways. So don’t feel like you are limited when it…
I’m desperate for a ‘proper holiday’ next year, although realistically I’m not sure it will happen as Sam as just went self employed, so there will be a bit of an adjustment to our finances, and we’re also far more restricted to school holiday dates too which will bump up the prices! However it doesn’t stop me from browsing and…
Arlo has always loved marble runs, first obsessing over one at a friends house so much that I ordered one to arrive the next day. Now though he’s got the creme de la creme of marble runs to play with: the Space City from Hape. Not only can it be built in lots of different ways but it glows in…