‘When LittleStuff went to Legoland (and rode on the Atlantis Submarine Voyage)
Yesterday we headed off to Windsor, in the rain, to try out the new Atlantis Submarine Voyage. After the soggy dash across the car park (did I mention it was raining?) we queued with the other journalists, bloggers and celebrities asked to come and try it out (Alex from Cbeebies was very lovely to Pink-the-4yr-old, and yes I should have been less polite and just asked for a photograph with her), and then skidded our way down the hill...
Book Review – Augustus And His Smile
We’re already big fans of Ernest, so when we saw Catherine Rayners ‘Augustus and his Smile’ land on the mat, we were a bit keen to step inside. So we just sat on the bottom stair, the then-3yr old Pink and I, and immediately did just that. Transporting ourselves away to somewhere utterly, totally, deeply enchanting. Oh Augustus. How I do LOVE you! Honestly? This is probably one of my very favourite books on...
Dr. Beckmann Colour & Dirt Collector Sheets
So school approaches – and with it the dreaded return of the laundry pile. I love the summer months, with its limited washing of shorts and tees – yes, even in the ‘summer’ we can expect in good ole Blighty. The trouble is – I’m a lazy laundress. I am. I’ll separate whites and coloured. Mostly. But term time the uniform all gets bunged in together – grey trousers, red jumpers and white...
Dr Beckmanns’ service-It
Dullness, I know. Washing. Machine. Cleaner. But don’t you get all sniffy yet. Because I was all sniffy – till I used it. And now my washing machine sparkles inside. more importantly my clothes smell better – and are definitely cleaning better. You know that bad smell you get when you leave the door closed on your machine? That’s from the bacteria build up in your pipes and oojamaflips inside the machine, where...
Nuna Zaaz Highchair review
Joe was just getting to the point where he thought he was far too grown up for a highchair – he is two after all… they grow up so fast these days! – and I was wondering what we would do for the next stage. If we sit him at the table he just gets down, so we needed him to be restricted, but not to feel too much like a baby. The Nuna Zaaz turned out to be absolutely perfect. For a start, it doesn’t look like a...
Boys Jeans. Good ones.
I consider myself to be a minor expert on boys jeans. I am, after all, the proud owner of three boys. Three boys of the outdoorsy/skateboardey/building-dens-in-the-woods-ey kind. (I’m not actually sure small boys come in other varieties, tbh). So – jeans are, of course, essential wardrobe fodder. but they need to be decent ones. The denim needs to be soft enough to be comfortable, but thick enough to withstand some...