Are you still enjoying the summer holidays with the children, or counting the days until they end? HelloFresh UK have carried out a study of 2,000 mums and dads, which highlighted that more than half of parents long for September and the routine that comes with it. Are you one of them? Eighty-two per cent of parents […]
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 […]
28th July saw the release of Peter Rabbit on DVD. We first saw this movie during the Easter holidays at the cinema. We all loved it, it was one of those inclusive family movies that goes down well with everyone that we come across every now and then – so the release of the DVD […]
With the kids off school for six weeks, do you know how to keep them entertained throughout summer? Here we discuss how to beat your children’s boredom. “Mummy I’m bored.” “There’s nothing to do.” “I’m bored!” “MUM!” Sound familiar? If you are the parent of a child on their summer holidays, the chances are that […]
Why have holiday insurance? Insurance is one of those really annoying things. If we don’t get it, we need it and if we do get it we more than likely won’t need it. I totally appreciate why people choose not to take out travel insurance BUT I also think that when you are travelling with […]
Planning for a festival doesn’t have to be stressful. We always pack far too much with the six of us, but I’m sure it’s possible to pack light and just take the essentials, or have a few things that serve a few purposes. Keeping warm If you are doing the full on festival thing you […]
The children love to make things. It doesn’t matter if it’s a craft activity, baking, cooking dinner, or just making a slush, they just love creating things. This week they’ve been making popsicles with ChillFactor Pull Pops . They are so easy to make, simply pull up the liquid you want to freeze (like a large […]
As we near towards the end of August I feel the need to ask how all you parents are holding up? Social media has been awash with anxious, frustrated, tired parents at the end of their summer holiday tether. I don’t feel like that myself but I know that lots of people do. I personally […]