Bestest Christmas Gift Book Guide – When It Snows
One of our top tips for a Christmas book this year – When It Snows is SUCH a magical book. The story is very simple; when it snows, the world is blanketed and stops. But for one little boy and his teddy, there seems to be no reason not to keep right on going. And there’s a clever little twist at the end to make a small child think, blink… and then want to read it again. But alongside the charming story run the...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – have you met AbeBooks? You MUST.
You kn0w how, sometimes, you come across a company or website that is so brilliantly perfectly simple that you are staggered that you never found it before? Well – AbeBooks is going to be one of THOSE moments for you. I found them through a newspaper article a couple of years ago – listing the 50 Books Every Child Should Read. Since then I’ve been a regular visitor, have never ever failed to be made happy –...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – LEGO Hero Factory
Way way back, many centuries ago, my then-7yr old son fell in love with LEGO Bionicles. Remember them? For my LEGO-mad boy, they were the ultimate in amazingness. Big robotic-looking creatures with an entire world created around them. the figures came in tubs, and were magnificent when arrayed along a shelf – and excellent to play with too, having jointed limbs and awesome weaponry involving waving ice swords and actually really...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Amie Gift Set. Gentle skin care for Teens
I’m loving the Amie range. It’s so gentle it’s perfect for the that pre-pubescent skin that has troublesome little spot outbreaks, but which you really don’t want to submit to the harsh chemicals of the ‘spot treatment’ gubbins. Lots of girls have lovely skin that experiences episodes of extra-oiliness and breakouts during their teens and twenties. In their quest for effortlessly blemish-free skin,...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Farmville Hungry Hungry Herd
For all the digital gubbins in my children’s life, I find there’s still a place for the old traditional board game. There’s nothing quite like being gathered around the table on a wet Sunday afternoon, yelling and shouting at each other as you desperately try to win (competitive? us? ). One of our old trusty favourites form when the boys were really small was Hungry Hippos – and it’s still as madly fought...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – the Photo Calendar
I used to resist, thinking they were a bit… tacky. Shocking, I know. But in recent years, I was requested by the Mother In Law to create a photo calendar with the last year’s pictures of the children for her kitchen, which I willingly did. Last year, I could resist no longer and ordered a second copy for myself… and I have just thoroughly enjoyed completing this year’s. Apart from the joy seeing the...