Sea Life is one of our favourite family attractions. It’s somewhere that all the children enjoy, despite their age differences, and they always learn a lot. We’ve been to the Blackpool venue a couple of times and also London. It’s not a day out as such, but something to occupy 1.5-2 hours, and ideal to fit around […]
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 […]
#BlackpoolHasItAll – part three
If you are a regular reader of the blog you might have read our recent #BlackpoolHasItAll articles. If not and you fancy a look you can find the first article here and a specific focus on Blackpool Zoo here. The first stop on our Blackpool adventure was Madame Tussauds. I honestly thought that we would be around here […]
Things to do in Barton Square Manchester this summer
Manchester is one of my favourite cities in the UK. You don’t have to head right into the city to have fun with the children though. In and around the Intu Trafford Centre for example, you will be spoilt for choice. Rocking up at the Trafford Centre on mass with children might seem like a terrible […]
Making an ocean collage
With the summer holidays just around the corner many of us are hoping for some sunshine. It seems to have been rather illusive this week though, and it was actually quite chilly here for a couple of days. It’s been a wet week for us but to brighten things up we thought we would make […]
Spring fashion essentials for the busy mum
Whether you have school runs to do, work, many errands to do or all of these things, the life of a mum is never boring. So when it comes to making fashion choices, we most likely will be airing towards the choice of comfort over style. Am I right? It’s not that we don’t want […]
Things to do in Blackpool with a family
We’ve been to Blackpool a few times over the years. It’s about an hour and a half drive for us so it’s not too far for a day out. We’ve still never been to the illuminations though. Something for the list maybe? Have any of you ever been? A few years ago we visited The Pleasure […]
Winter beach adventures
The beach is a great place in the summer months but it can be lots of fun in the winter too. Look at this happy little face, all togged up and ready to play. I’ve been taking the little boys to the beach a lot lately when the big kids are at school. They love […]