When you are planning a children’s birthday party there are so many options available with regards to what theme you can go for. How do you decide? If your children are very young and don’t yet have a favourite character, older and too cool to have a favourite character, or if you are worried about […]
Developing individual style
Are your daughters, or sons even, starting to become interested in style? Do they like to pick out what they wear? Do they have an opinion on what they think looks good and what doesn’t? Do they have a preference for certain colours or fabrics even? Do they prefer to wear their hair a certain […]
The benefits of character toys
Does your child have a favourite TV character? Who is it? Peppa? Dora? One of the Teletubbies? Fireman Sam? Or something else? Do they have toys that match these preferences? How educational do you think these toys are? I wrote recently about encouraging creativity in children and how character toys that already have personalities and names […]
Hypnotise your children to sleep
It would be fair to say I’ve not been blessed with four little darling sleepers. They’ve all had their moments, some ‘moments ‘ have lasted longer than others and we aren’t through the other side yet. It’s fine. It’s hard but it’s fine. I’ve embraced it as the norm. The good night’s are the unusual nights […]
Family-friendly days out: part fourteen
Welcome to part fourteen of our series on family-friendly days out. Spending quality time together is really important to us, as are spending fun days out with friends and making memories. With children spanning a wide age range, it can be a challenge sometimes to find things that appeal to everyone. We recently visited Legoland […]
Teletubbies teaser
We have a bit of a teaser to share with you today. On Christmas Eve we received a very special parcel from Character Options which we will be opening on the 11th of January. We have no idea what’s in the box, other than that the toys inside are from the brand new Teletubbies range. If […]
Dinosaur crazy
It all went a little bit dinosaur crazy when Jurassic World was released earlier this year. I’m yet to watch the movie but I do love the original three and am a bit of a secret fan so I’m hoping to do that over the holidays. As if that wasn’t enough, it’s time to go […]
On the fifth day of Christmas…
Welcome to part five of our #12daysofparenting series when we join a whole host of other bloggers to write about a range of topics over 12 days. Today we are looking at ideas for Christmas craft with the children and I am following on from Mummies Waiting. For full Terms and Conditions of the #12daysofparenting please […]