Win the complete £140 set of Big Cat Reading Lions books #BackToSchoolBooks
So you’re back for day two, huh? Of course you are – it’s flipping brilliant round here this week :) Now, firstly, let’s not forget why we’re here; Collins Parents pages is totally worth a visit for any parent – they offer not only practical tips, but also what to expect at each stage of your child’s education and a boat load of useful resources. There’s also an online 25% discount for parents on all Back...
Win a £65 bundle of preschool activity books #BackToSchoolBooks
We’re really excited to be working again with Collins on a brilliant Back To School competition event for you. As any parent knows, September’s a sad/glad month. Summer’s over, school starts… and life inevitably takes on it’s winter humdrum routine. But tinged with the massive mix of HappySad, there’s a lot of upheaval and organisation to work out – you seem to especially need to sort out a lot of...
How to have fun with a #HolidayAtHome
I admit it – I’m a bit fed up this summer. We had a fabulous trip to the Dordogne early in June; but we’ve no more trips booked in for the summer. And with No.1 son re-entering the school system for A levels in a couple of weeks, there’ll be no more out-of-season spontaneous travelling to cheer us. In fact, the next holiday we’re looking forward to is a short UK break in October half term *sigh*. And of...
Introducing the UDOO Neo – Tech Stuff for Baffled Parents
As any geek parents will know, the original UDOO board was pretty amazing. It was the next logical step on from the fabulously ground-breaking Raspberry Pi, and combined the Pi with Arduino, letting you run the tiny computer as well as control electronic projects. Well, this year the people behind UDOO created a new kickstarter – the UDOO neo. It includes the Raspberry Pi and an Arduino board as before, but this time...
Doing It. Top 5 Tips for a hot & healthy marriage #MondayMoments
Relationships are a bit like parenting. When you’ve been doing it for a while, you think you’ve Got This. And then something unexpected happens and you realise that comfy seat you’d foolishly thought you’d settled in was all an illusion – and you’re back at paying attention and working at it again. When you’ve been together for a while, what started out by being a totally comfortable groove...
Affordable Laptop? Check the Dell Inspiron 15, it’s under £250!
Okay, so your laptop is groaning, creaking and clattering in an alarming fashion, huffing and puffing when you have the outrageous cheek to expect it to open emails before the kettle has boiled. Your child has clattered the keys to death Minecrafting, and your hard drive is bursting at the seams with your photo library – which you can’t ever look at because the bitter groaning and wheezing begins in earnest when you even...