This is an official petition to increase the length of each episode of Peppa Pig. Background Each Peppa Pig programme lasts approximately four minutes. FOUR MINUTES PEOPLE! How could anyone ever think that creating a show for pre-schoolers lasting four minutes was a good idea? Now, like many parents I don’t plonk my children in […]
5 Maternity/Baby Tradeshows to Attend in 2016
Trade shows aren’t just for business people and creative individuals; they are also for new mums and women who are preparing to have a baby. In fact, with so many great events throughout the world focused on motherhood, there is no reason why you can’t be aware of the latest and greatest products that are […]
Win a family ticket to In the Night Garden Live
We are kicking off the New Year with the most amazing competition – you can win a family ticket to In the Night Garden Live! If you didn’t read our review of the the 2015 live show, you can read it here. The dates for the 2016 tour are as follows: Blackheath (subject to licence), […]
On the first day of Christmas…
Welcome to part one 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 how to survive the holidays and I am following on from The Mummy Balancing Act. Holiday time is something many parents dread. I […]
Winter family fun: part six
Welcome to part six in our series on ‘Winter Family Fun’. Do you enjoy the theatre? Do your children? Now for me there has always been the theatre, and then The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which is quite simply theatre at its best. I have very happy memories of exciting trips to The RSC as […]
A parents guide to school plays and concerts
It’s that time of year again when our little darlings are all frantically rehearsing for their school concerts and plays. Any parent with a child who has been in school a few years will be very familiar with this, but if you have a new starter you might be wondering what to expect, so here […]
Let’s make it in a minute
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that we do quite a lot of crafting and the children love making things. I wrote recently about that here. We have been doing some Halloween craft this last week. You can see our little pumpkins below. We told you a while back that […]
Christmas gift guide: part two
Welcome to part two of our ‘Christmas Gift Guide’. I hope we haven’t put you off by mentioning the ‘C’ word too soon. You will no doubt be either really excited or totally put off having seen the title of this post but it is actually only a few weeks until Christmas. Have you started […]