Spotted! – Most gorgeous of t-shirts on Etsy. MOO!
Feb15

Spotted! – Most gorgeous of t-shirts on Etsy. MOO!

So there I am, browsing Etsy, like you do (Oh yes you do) – when all of a sudden my attention is nabbed by the MOST lovely t shirt. Just how gorgeous can one pig print get? Best of all, being Etsy and therefore all hand printed (my fave bit – stamped with locally-grown potatoes)  it comes in sizes from itty bitty 6mths to galumphing great 6 years! Now tell me you haven’t just fallen in love with this cleverest little...

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Pushchair – The Micralite Toro Review
Feb09

Pushchair – The Micralite Toro Review

  As always, we’re pretty excited for the Micralite Toro Review – who doesn’t love a new pushchair to put through its paces? ‘Toro’ means ‘bull’, a label which doesn’t accurately describe this buggy. Which is a good thing, because after all, who wants their little cherub catching a lift off a runaway bovine? So let’s start from the only aesthetically bully feature, the push-bars. Adjustable to suit your grip,...

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Bobux Soft Leather Childrens Slippers review
Feb09

Bobux Soft Leather Childrens Slippers review

I have to admit I’m a bit of a late convert to slippers. Never wore them myself, and never really got why a thick pair of socks wasn’t better for the children’s feet than restrictive slippers. Then I did start to wear them myself (get thee away from me, cold feet), and was persuaded that they were quite nice – but still felt a pair of socks was better on small growing bones. Then the lovely Caroline at Ollipops (probably rolling her...

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Hello, Good morning and welcome… to 2010.
Jan20

Hello, Good morning and welcome… to 2010.

So – here we are at that back-to-normal mid-January Flump. Work is muttering from the sidelines as I sit here (meandering around blogosphere) valiantly ignoring its rumbling discontent. Instead, I’m thinking about all that ‘stuff’ we had for Christmas. and what was really, truly, the best bits. For No.1 son we did good this year. the most successful of his loot was the lego – his ultimate passion –...

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Bestest Christmas Gift Ideas No.25 – Gorgeous Bobux slippers
Dec17

Bestest Christmas Gift Ideas No.25 – Gorgeous Bobux slippers

I have to admit I’m a bit of a late convert to slippers. Never wore them myself, and never really got why a thick pair of socks wasn’t better for the childrens feet than restrictive slippers. Then I started to wear them myself (get thee away from me, cold feet), and was persuaded that they were quite nice – but still felt a pair of socks was better on small growing bones. Then the lovely Caroline at Ollipops sent me...

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Bestest Christmas Gift Ideas No.24 – The most perfect vintage Bingo set
Dec16

Bestest Christmas Gift Ideas No.24 – The most perfect vintage Bingo set

Oh oh OH! How amazing is this set? I know we featured a Cloth-ears item yesterday, but browsing on the site I couldn’t resist this (do go and have a pootle round the site, it’s just stacked to the ears with yummy retro and vintage items that you’ll go ‘ooh!’ over). My boys all LOVE playing bingo – its a timeless classic that they may groan at when it gets pulled off the shelf, but within two minutes...

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