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Welcome to Dirt, Diggers and Dinosaurs!! I’m Emma, wife to ginger Yorkshireman Ben and Mummy to Stanley, James and Eli…yes, we fall into that weird grey area that is a family of five! Follow for tales of our day to day activities, joyous moments of motherhood, massive Mum fails and life from a small terraced…

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Would you like to work with me? Go on, you know you want to! I am a PR friendly blogger and would like to discuss reviews, sponsored posts, advertising, competitions or any other opportunities with you. I am happy to review products & experiences that are appropriate and a good fit for my family. My…

Snow, Slime and a Stegosaurus!

By: Dirt, Diggers and Dinosaurs 28th March 201911th May 2019

Family Activities, Product Reviews, ReviewsCreativity, Dinosaurs, Family time, Fun, gelli snow, Gifted, Ideas, Messy play, Review, Sensory, slime, slime baff, Zimpli Kids5 Comments

#ad You may recall that I’ve partnered with Zimplikids before, back in early January we tried out their Snoball Play pack and had a great time having a snowball fight up at our local park. Read more about it here. We were sent two more Zimplikids products to use and this time we got a…

WIN a Family Ticket to see Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels at Buxton Opera House

#ad Hold the phone!!! I’ve got a cracking giveaway for you… You may remember that back in February I told you that my animated favourites Wallace & Gromit are coming to Buxton this summer with the Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels UK tour. Read my original post here. The show comes to Buxton Opera House…

Parenting Alphabet Challenge

By: Dirt, Diggers and Dinosaurs 19th March 20191st April 2019

Everyday Moments, Parenting29 Comments

Thanks to The Wandering Pram for nominating me for the #parentingalphabetchallenge and to Yule Times for creating it. Mines a bit of a mixed bag to say the least (what’s new?) but I’ve enjoyed taking part, and believe me it’s harder than it looks! So, read on for MY a to z experiences of parenthood.…

Teething Times with Fiddle Beads

By: Dirt, Diggers and Dinosaurs 14th March 20191st April 2019

Product Reviews, ReviewsAd, Development, Family, Fiddle Beads, Gifted, Product Review, Recommended, Sensory, Small Business Support, Teething5 Comments

#ad Firstly, sorry for the radio silence, but for the last few weeks I’ve been dealing with a full on slobbery, red cheeked, clingy, sleep regressing 4 month old monster albeit a cute and cuddly one, who has hit teething hard. Luckily for us, some relief came with the arrival of two #gifted teething products…

Five Go Underwater! Blue Planet Aquarium

#ad For James’s 2nd birthday treat day out we needed somewhere that would keep both him and Stanley entertained (no easy task!), be predominately indoors (gotta love February birthdays), and have plenty of facilities for Eli. Blue Planet Aquarium Chester was our chosen destination, and is roughly 1.5hrs away from us and so there was…

How We Became Local Legends: Leek Life

…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…

Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels

#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…

Banishing The Bottle With Silasip

#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…

Our Unconventional Christmas

By: Dirt, Diggers and Dinosaurs 10th January 201928th March 2019

Everyday Moments2018, Christmas, Christmas day, Everyday Moments, Family, Family of five, Family time, Food, Food for thought, Fun, Parents, Sprouts, Unconventional13 Comments

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…

Snow Much Fun, Whatever The Weather

#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…