Win a £55 bundle of preschool activity books with #SpringIntoLearning
We’re really excited to be working with HarperCollins in a brilliant campaign this Spring. As any parent knows, this time of year is marked by a Series of Unfortunate Events – some by the name of SATS, 11+, Mocks, GCSE’s and A Levels, others simply end of year exams. But it’s not just about children cramming for exams – we ALL love to stretch our brain by learning new skills and trying new things. When...
Child under 8? We need your opinion… (win 3 x £50 Mothercare vouchers too!)
We know from recent conversation on our Facebook page (we LOVE hearing from you over there – please do stop by and say hello, it’s getting harder and harder to reach you all, and we miss you…) that you’re an opinionated bunch. And not only opinionated – but thoughtful, and interesting and insightful too. Most of all, you’re not afraid to say kit like it is – and that’s exactly why...
Show us your #PetsCaughtOnCamera and WIN!
Have you ever wondered what you might see with your #petscaughtoncamera ? Thanks to Argos Pet Insurance, you can send in pictures of your Pets Caught On Camera for a chance to WIN a Motorola Scout 83 Pet Camera worth £100 plus a £100 Voucher to spend at Argos! Regular readers will know this is Blue. Our super-fierce, totally scary Rottweiler. Uh-huh. She spends an inordinate amount of time like this – Blue’s world just...
Dear Daughter. Please, Be Always #LikeAGirl
Dear Bear You are eight now. Eight years old, and magnificent (I know, I know, but you’re my girl, and I’m allowed to say that. And it’s totally true). I love that you’re improbably kind to everyone and everything, and too funny for your own good, and smarter than anyone ever expects. I love that you always sing (usually the same song 633 times in a row, but hey, singing is singing). I love that you’re...
Enjoying some ‘Me Time’ with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Thanks Netflix!
On Wednesday I had the pleasure of whisking up to London for a couple of hours of indulgence, courtesy of Netflix. There was a hotel and fellow bloggers. Cocktails may have been on hand, and massage and nail beauty may have been involved. (on a side note, there is possibly nothing weirder than having a really really great back, neck & scalp massage while seated on a low stool in a room rammed full of strangers, all speaking really...
The Family Cookbook – Mother’s Day Gift Guide
I know, I know – it doesn’t sound terribly exciting. But actually, I LOVE this book. Really very much a lot. Like most people I have a collection of recipe books (and like most people I always seem to fall back on the same three), but my most-used recipe collection is a lever arch folder. In it I have loosely-organised sections (dinners, baking & Christmas pretty much covers it), and I keep in there the recipes I cut...