We are big fans of the retro ice lollies here and the freezer is well stocked with them for summer. I’m talking about things like the Twister, the Rocket, the Fab, the Strawberry Split and the good old Nobbly Bobbly. What if I told you that you can now get some of these as chocolate lolly […]
Making ice cream
We love ice cream in our house, all year around, not just when the weather is warm. When we realised that ChillFactor make an Ice Cream Magic Tray that means the children can easily make their own ice cream we were quite excited. The Ice Cream Magic Tray creates ice cream in minutes (providing you […]
The New Citroën Grand C4 Picasso: what the kids think
What the children think of the family car is really important. Not only do they spend a lot of time in it, but these are the drivers and buyers of the future. In addition to this, it’s also really interesting to see what they pick up on, what they consider important, or not and so […]
In search of The Enormous Crocodile
We were feeling very brave this week so we set out to track down The Enormous Crocodile. Did you know that he lurks in Dairy Wood at Tatton Park? Go see for yourselves. We had a quick check of the map before setting out on our epic adventure, to see if we could figure out where […]
Developing gymnastics skills
Gymnastics has always been something the children have been interested in, attending lessons once a week since the age of three. With so many other things on during the week and other sports taking priority though, the children haven’t been able to develop their gymnastics skills as well as they would have liked. However, they […]
Making a rainbow cake with the children
The children love to bake. I don’t feel like we’ve done as much of that recently, but with the school holidays almost upon us hopefully we can fix that. Two of the boys love rainbow cake and they’ve been asking for ages to make one so at the weekend, armed with our rainbow cake tins […]
Building a sand box with a little helper
Little helpers rock don’t they? I have a whole bunch of little helpers that love doing all sorts but one day this week when the big kids where at school and my youngest was having a nap, my remaining little helper decided that we should do a spot of construction – Bob The Builder style. He […]
Win fishtales on DVD
A BRAND NEW AQUATIC ADVENTURE YOUR WATER BABIES WILL LOVE THIS SUMMER! Lionsgate Home Entertainment UK invites you to dive into the magical underwater world of Fishtales when the new animated adventure is released on DVD on 18th July! When their best friend Ollie the octopus is chased by some mean sharks, Cleo the angler […]