Sometimes I feel like I’m rushing through the day so much that I miss whats going on around me. Every minute is accounted for,  from crawling out of bed in the morning and getting the children ready for school and nursery then running for the bus, jumping on it just in time, spying a seat […]

Mccain Wedges fans are being invited to collect limited edition McCain Wedges sharing bowls in an exclusive on pack offer available in supermarkets across the country, the promotion started in July and will continue until late September 2013. The Caribbean-inspired bowls are made from stylish ceramic making them the ideal centre piece at every barbeque, […]

So Mummies As promised to celebrate a year of mymummyspennies we have some birthday bonanza competitions with lots of pretty amazing prizes from some of my favourite brands!! Firstly our Grand Prize, An amazing PlayDuvet bundle, including the playduvet, a waterproof cover, 2 x cushion covers and coordinating luggage strap… If you are a babywearing mama you’ll […]

Cloth Nappy company, Bambino Mio are celebrating their 15th birthday with a big competition! Dubbed #thebigonefive Bambino Mio have teamed up with 15 of their favourite baby brands to offer a fantastic prize bundle worth £1500!! Find out more here… http://mymummyspennies.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/thebigonefive.html You may know that the Bambino Mio two part system were the first cloth […]

We love camping! Our family Christmas present to ourselves was a brand new tent and we can’t wait to take it out on our next outdoor adventure! Tonight on the way to pick my eldest up from Beavers I popped into our local Morrisons and saw this t – shirt in their Nutmeg range…  I […]

I’m sure you know what you need to make pancake batter, but just in case… For around 6 large pancakes you will need… 1 tbsp melted butter And to create your yummy Shrove Tuesday treats…. Sift the flour into a large bowl (this a fun and easy bit for children to help with, although they *may* […]

On Sunday we put away the last of the Christmas decorations so finally had time to put up the Megabloks table that Father Christmas kindly brought for Elizabeth, she absolutely loves it and I was thrilled to catch this shot of her that shows the joy on her face! Today was the start of the first full week […]

My children love exploring the outdoors an while my eldest as away on Beaver camp I promised my daughter that we would visit the Incredible Edible Forest Garden open day at Prestwich Clough, unfortunately I was not well enough to go. However Nanna stepped in and took my little fairy to explore this local woodland […]

So I’ve had a busy few weeks and I’ve not had the chance to post my pictures on here but have been taking them each day ad sharing them on Facebook and Instagram.  Here I am going to ‘catch up’ by sharing a collage of the last two weeks photographs. Thanks to out trip to […]

                                        A few weeks ago we were sent some of the new Mighty Lights from Walkers for our family to try and I have to say they were a big hit, especially with the children! (and […]

My children love pirates, in fact my three year old daughter currently thinks she is one (when she’s not Captain America of course!) So when I heard that Scamp Theatre were bringing Pirate Gran to the Lowry during half term I knew we had to go and see it! Pirating isn’t the life for everyone, […]

A few weeks in to the new year and just over a week into the new term at school, a familiar letter came home in my daughter’s school bag. A case of headlice had been found in her class… The now familiar letter meant getting out the nit comb and checking her hair for eggs. […]