Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – The Pabobo Dream Theater Night Light
Finding the right night light is a tricky thing, ins;’t it? You need something soft and soothing – but not too dim so that you can nappy change or soothe a poorly child without additional lighting. And settling a fretful small child is so much easier with some gently moving light to watch for sleepy eyes, I find. The Pabobo Dream Theater is one of the very best I’ve seen – I LOVE this little lamp! Firstly, the...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Peppa Pig Jumping in Muddy Puddles
You just can’t go wrong with Peppa, can you? Tell me who DOESN’T love the show?! And I’m loving this year’s latest Peppa Pig toy – she actually jumps in puddles for real! Well. okay, not actually IN puddles – the puddle water might do her some damag. But she does actually jump! And whilst she’s jumping, she talks to – she has 4 phrases; ‘Oink, I love jumping in muddy...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Sylvanian Families Log House
I think we all love the Sylvanian Families, don’t we? This is a top spot we found on Amazon for Christmas – I’ve not seen the Log Cabin cheaper anywhere. It’s a great little home for the families (no figures or furniture is included, you just get the two hammocks and the hot tub), and it also connects to the Tree House if you want to extend! Naturally it’s sturdily built, with plenty of attention to...
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 – 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 – Clara, The Dress Up Doll. LOOK!
Have you met Clara yet? Oh, you’re going to LOVE her. Y’see, Clara is grumpy. She does not like having to stand around in her grumpy pants AT ALL. This gorgeous set of two oversized postcards & extra outfits has all you need to dress Miss Clara up in her favourite clothes. Reminiscent of the paper dolls we used to play with when we were little – and I admit it, I’ve not cut these up, I have stashed...