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Last week we were lucky enough to be invited to Visit Father Christmas at his Grotto hidden in the REAL snow at The Chill Factore in Manchester.  We live quite close to the Chill Factore and have been wanting to check it out for a while so were very excited! The visit to the Grotto […]

I have a love hate relationship with clothes at the moment. I love them, but they seem to hate my body!  I am bigger than I want to be and am working on changing that but in the meantime I HAVE to wear clothes (I’m not allowed to live in my dressing gown apparently!)  Over […]

As someone who believes that managing your budget and finances is a skill that should be learnt from a young age, I wasn’t surprised to read that research conducted by Think Money showed that three quarters of parents would like financial education to start in primary school. I agree that as children learn the basics […]

If you follow my social media channels you will know that we have recently been looking at houses to buy. I have well and truly had enough of renting and can’t wait to have a house that I can be creative with and fill with beautiful design. One of my favourite rooms in a house […]

Make Pa the star! I’m really pleased to be able to offer one lucky reader the chance to create their own  My dad… love2read personalised love2read book in our fabulous competition with love2read! Daddys will love being the star of the bedtime story, so love2read has come up with the perfect Father’s Day gift in […]

As you may know I don’t drive. I’ve taken lessons and took my test when I was 7 months pregnant with my daughter, but after failing I have not yet built up the courage to try again. And it’s not (just!) the fear of of failure that’s putting me off. One of my main worries […]

You may have noticed my son, Ben loves his LEGO and like many little sisters Elizabeth is always wanting to emulate her big brother. With the small LEGO bricks not being suitable for her yet at just 2 years old, we bought her a few LEGO DUPLO sets at Christmas which she loves playing with and building […]

James Villas, the leading villa tour operator in the UK celebrate their 30th anniversary this year (It’s not just me turning 30 in 2014!) and to commemorate the occasion they commissioned a study into the changing travel trends over the last three decades. The study of over 2700 Brits uncovered some fascinating insights into how […]

Infacol, the UK’s leading colic relief treatment, is offering one lucky person the chance to win a £500 worth of baby goodies and raising awareness of colic in the process.  Infacol’s new social media pages officially launched on 3rd October 2011 (Facebook / Twitter / Blog / YouTube) and together, are dedicated to creating the […]

So yesterday, the 21st of October was National Apple Day! When I heard that Incredible Edible Prestwich & District were holding an Apple Day at Phillips Park to celebrate, I knew we had to go and see what it was all about! Ben, my 4 year old absolutely loves gardening, growing veg and anything to […]

Ben loves Christmas and gets very excited about Father Christmas coming to visit. He has been lucky enough to visit two fantastic Grotto’s recently, Firstly hidden in the snow at the Chill Factore and then last week his grandparents took him and our daughter Elizabeth to the Santa Steam train on the East Lancs Railway. […]

I’d like to welcome the lovely Clare from Emmy’s Mummy and Harry’s too who has kindly shared a lovely spring craft tutorial; how to make paper daffodils in a vase… Spring is here and we are surrounded by beautiful flowers emerging – Tulips and Daffodils are plentiful at the moment but sadly they don’t last […]