...not that we weren't already, you understand!! Hands up if you love where you live...I know I do! We call Leek (a small market town on the edge of the Peak District in the Staffordshire Moorlands) home. And, in my opinion it is an absolutely brilliant place to live and raise children! Why? Because there's … Continue reading How We Became Local Legends: Leek Life
#ad Hold onto your Wensleydale my old chums, I have some exciting news for you! Wallace & Gromit are back in a cracking live tour celebrating the 30th Anniversary year of the cheese loving pair. (c) and TM Aardman/W&G Ltd. All rights reserved. In May and June 2019, Carrot Productions will tour Wallace & Gromit's … Continue reading Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels
#ad Meet James, my 23 month old blonde bundle of mischief. James's favourite things in order of importance are; his bottle, chocolate brioche rolls, fire engines and dinosaurs. James We have tried to wean James from his bottle with little success, it has proved much more difficult this time round as we just haven't had … Continue reading Banishing The Bottle With Silasip
2018 was our first Christmas as a family of five. Eli was only 8 weeks old. So, we decided to do things a little differently this year. Christmas normally goes one of two ways, we either host or we drive a car packed to the rafters with children and all their paraphernalia, clothes and presents … Continue reading Our Unconventional Christmas
#ad Were you dreaming of a white Christmas? Fed up of your little ones constantly asking when it's going to snow? Need an activity that's snow much fun that it will distract them while you eat what's left of the festive goodies? Loving how many times I have mentioned snow in this paragraph? It's Snow … Continue reading Snow Much Fun, Whatever The Weather
#ad Christmas is all about the kids, right? Absolutely! And at Amerton Farm both big and little kids are catered for. We were very kindly gifted tickets to attend one of their Christmas Events. A Twilight Christmas Adventure This event sounded absolutely magical, going out when it's dark still holds lots of excitement for Stanley … Continue reading For Kids from 1 to 92 : Christmas at Amerton Farm, Staffordshire
#ad It's the time of year for wearing new pj's (dinosaur ones here obviously), hot chocolates, cosy cuddles and a good story before bed. So, naturally we were excited to read Frank's First Christmas from The Adventures of Frank and Diesel series. We were kindly gifted our copy in exchange for this review, however all … Continue reading The Adventures of Frank and Diesel: Frank’s First Christmas
#ad Anyone who knows me in real life will know I love a bit of art and craft, and my boys love getting stuck in with paint, glue, glitter and the like...basically anything that can get messy! We were sent a festive toucanBox, which was a complete surprise for Stanley when it came through the … Continue reading Christmas Craft: Gingerbread Friends by toucanBox
This year, I feel like I've skipped a couple of months somehow. November came around far too quickly and suddenly we're into December and up until now I haven't felt at all ready for the Christmas period. So, in order to try and get into the festive spirit I started looking into activities we would … Continue reading Our visit to The Lanterns at Chester Zoo
So, now that we are more than halfway through the month of Dinovember I thought I'd give you a round up of what our dinos have been getting up to. If you're thinking what the Triceratops is Dinovember then click here to read more. This year we've learned that the dinosaurs can't escape from our … Continue reading Dinovember ’18: The Story So Far…
