Reading to your children everyday can be one of those things that slips away a bit during the holidays, with more late nights and less structure to the days. New research commissioned by McDonald’s to mark its fifth Happy Readers campaign, has found that just three in ten parents read stories to their children every day. […]
Things to do in Clearwater with a family
Hands up who has seen the Dolphin Tale movies? If you haven’t, you should, they make great family viewing, so perfect for a movie night. These movie’s are based on a true story, centred around the story of a rescued dolphin named Winter. Although parts of the story are created just for the movie, and […]
Adventures of the Micro Trike
We’ve been buying Micro Scooters products for nine years now. If anyone ever asks me to recommend a brand of scooter or helmet for that matter I tell them I’d never buy anything other than Micro Scooters. In my view nothing compares in terms of quality, durability and safety. The Micro Scooters products are built […]
THOMAS & FRIENDS™ BIG WORLD! BIG ADVENTURES! THE MOVIE
ALL ABOARD AS BRAND NEW CG-ANIMATED CHILDREN’S MOVIE OPENS IN CINEMAS ACROSS THE UK & IRELAND ON 20th JULY, 2018 New movie sees Thomas leave Sodor for the very first time to travel to Africa, South America, USA and China meeting new friends along the way including racing car Ace, guest-voiced by Peter Andre and first Kenyan […]
Things to do in the Albert Dock this summer
We love spending time in Liverpool and the Albert Dock in particular. Every year they seem to add more and more, making it a lovely place to spend a few hours as a family. If you are coming from further a field though, don’t worry as you could always spend the night at the Premier […]
Drayton Manor Park is the best value-for-money family trip to a theme park this summer!
So many parents are often looking for good value days out options to share with the family. The school holidays in particular can cost parents a fortune. If you are going to shell out for a family day out somewhere, you want to know that you’ll get your monies worth. There’s nothing worse than spending […]
How often do you visit the beach with your children?
How often do you visit the beach with your children? Our children absolutely love the beach and we visit day, night, rain, sun – anything goes. We can do that though as we live close to quite a few beaches. The bulk of the UK live no more than a couple of hours from the […]
A coastal family retreat: top rental properties
Are you a fan of the sea? I love the sea, there’s something so special about it. I don’t think it matters if it’s a calm clear day or if a storm is building and the waves are high – being beside the sea is a total sensory experience. Our four children are all utter […]