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Posted by My Mummy’s Pennies at 12:00 Labels: Silent Sunday

This year I did not make resolutions, I’m too rebelious and find they are made just to be broken! I did, however set myself some challenges, one of which was to post more recipes on here. As it is the 1st February today and I haven’t written any up so far I am not doing very […]

The Bopps are back with a second series on Nick Jr! The Bopps duo are Stan Cullimore (founding member of 80s British pop group The Housemartins)and Keith Littler (producer of hit UK kids shows such as Merlin and Little Red Tractor). Each episode begins with a slapstick comedy sketch usually featuring Stan Bopp playing a trick on […]

The brand new CBeebies Swashbuckle Magazine is out in shops today priced at just £2.75 and we were lucky enough to be sent an early copy to take a look at! My four year old daughter Elizabeth is pirate crazy and Swashbuckle is her favourite CBeebies show! The first issue of the Swashbuckle magazine comes […]

Posted by My Mummy’s Pennies at 11:05 Labels: family, Silent Sunday

So I’ve never been particularly skinny but i’ve always been quite comfortable with my ‘normal’ pear shaped, size 12 body. That was until I started having children! During my first pregnancy I put on quite a bit of weight and it took a while and quite a few failed diets for me to get back […]

Posted by My Mummy’s Pennies at 08:08 Labels: family, Silent Sunday

As you may be aware the TMNT ( Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles) are back and are as big as they were in the early nineties! I was a big turtles fan when I was a child and I love that my seven year old is loving them too, Ben has lots of turtles LEGO and loves […]

This Wednesday from 2pm until 4pm we’ll be co-hosting a fun twitter party the folks from @UKMumsTV and @PlasticineUK would love for you to join us on the #PlasticineSofteez hashtag. There will be lots of activities to join in with and of course prizes to win! We’ve been sent a fabulous bundle of goodies and will be hosting our very […]

Last Friday we were invited down to Matalan Headquarters in Knowsley for a different kind of event. As well as being shown some of their latest lines in children’s fashion, school wear, and accessories, we also got to meet the professional buying team and technical services staff and get an exclusive peek into their work. […]

Posted by My Mummy’s Pennies at 02:28 Labels: family, Silent Sunday, zoo

My husband and I share a love of travelling and we have a long list of places we would love to visit together at some point. Although our family holidays have all been in the UK so far we have managed a few trips to Europe as a couple. Our first holiday together was to […]

So it’s officially Autumn! The leaves are beautiful shades of brown and the horse chestnuts are falling from the trees… Nothing feels more autumnal to me than wrapping up warm and going on a hunt for conkers! My children were very excited to discover the huge horse chestnut tree (or Aesculus hippocastanum if you want to […]

While we are away camping at Low Wray in the Lake District the lovely Fiona from Mama’s Little Baby Loves has kindly written this fabulous guest post to share with you her one of her top tips for Camping with toddlers…. This summer I went camping for the first time. Well technically, I’ve been camping […]