Unless you have frequent, free and on the doorstep child care from willing grandparents or other family, date nights once you are a parent are few and far between. It’s one of the things you hear parents complaining about a lot, but in reality we know this when we go into parenthood. We shouldn’t expect […]
The potty training journey
Potty training, much like parenting itself is a journey. A journey unique to every child. So far I’ve potty trained three children and still have one to go. Each child has been totally different, but the most important lesson I have learnt as a parent is not to rush them and to try to relax. […]
#GoJettersGo
If you are a regular reader of the blog, you might have noticed that we are holding a #GoJettersGo party this week. You can join in with the fun on twitter and win prizes. If you aren’t familiar with Go Jetters, it’s a super new programme with a catchy theme tune on CBeebies, that little ones love. If […]
Win the Obelix House in celebration of the new movie
ASTERIX franchise has sold 355 million albums worldwide and had been translated into 110 LANGUAGES – pretty amazing right? Kaleidoscope Entertainment is pleased to announce that the hugely popular ASTERIX franchise is returning to the big screen with its first ever feature length 3D adventure! Featuring an all star voice cast that includes Jack Whitehall as Asterix and Nick […]
Win Alpha and Omega: family vacation on DVD
ALPHA AND OMEGA: FAMILY VACATION JOIN THE WOLF PACK THIS SUMMER HOLIDAY AND PREPARE FOR A HOWLINGLY GOOD ADVENTURE!! We love family movie night in our house and the summer holidays are a perfect excuse for a few more of these. The film for this week is the new Alpha and Omega movie. Kate, Humphrey and their […]
Developing gymnastics skills
Gymnastics has always been something the children have been interested in, attending lessons once a week since the age of three. With so many other things on during the week and other sports taking priority though, the children haven’t been able to develop their gymnastics skills as well as they would have liked. However, they […]
Making a rainbow cake with the children
The children love to bake. I don’t feel like we’ve done as much of that recently, but with the school holidays almost upon us hopefully we can fix that. Two of the boys love rainbow cake and they’ve been asking for ages to make one so at the weekend, armed with our rainbow cake tins […]
Win fishtales on DVD
A BRAND NEW AQUATIC ADVENTURE YOUR WATER BABIES WILL LOVE THIS SUMMER! Lionsgate Home Entertainment UK invites you to dive into the magical underwater world of Fishtales when the new animated adventure is released on DVD on 18th July! When their best friend Ollie the octopus is chased by some mean sharks, Cleo the angler […]