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The Boy in the Bubble: The Uncle Bubble Mega Loop (and GIVEAWAY)

By: Dirt, Diggers and Dinosaurs 29th April 201917th May 2019

Family Activities, Product Reviews, Reviews, Things to DoAd, Blogging Community, family fun, Family time, giant bubbles, mega bubbles, outdoor activity, outdoor fun, product testing, Review, Uncle Bubble Mega Loop5 Comments

#ad Everyone loves bubbles don’t they? I prefer mine chilled and in a glass, but I happen to know two little boys who like to chase and pop them, make beards from them in the bath and wave a wand and watch them fly high into the sky. And, don’t get me started on the…

Five Go on a New Adventure! Just So Festival 2019

#PressTrip Have you ever experienced proper excitement? I’m talking the kind that makes your tummy flutter with butterflies and your arms go all goosey! Yep? Well imagine trying to hold it all in for nearly 2 months! So, you can appreciate how excited I am to finally be able to tell you that we have…

Five Go Barging About! Heritage Narrow Boats

By: Dirt, Diggers and Dinosaurs 16th April 201928th May 2019

Activities, Day Trip Destinations, Special Events#narrow boat hire, Boat hire, Canal barge, Canal trip, Days out with the kids, Family activity, Family friendly, Family time, Five Go!, Fun, Gifted, Review16 Comments

#ad March can be a tricky month to predict weather-wise, in the past we’ve had glorious sunshine and warmer no coat days and then again we’ve had snowdrifts and road closures. So it seemed an impossible task to try and arrange a special family day out for Ben’s 40th (in case you were wondering, I’ve…

I Picked a PukkaPaca: Charnwood Forest Alpacas

What defines a mid life crisis? Well, probably secretly booking up a 90 minute session to walk a South American camelid as a Mothers Day treat to yourself! Technically I blame my sister, she put me onto it but I needed little no persuasion. We booked via Groupon…oh we do love a deal…and grabbed the…

Five Go National Trusting!

By: Dirt, Diggers and Dinosaurs 5th April 201911th May 2019

Activities, Day Trip Destinations, Five Go!Days out, Days out with kids, Family, Family friendly, Family time, Five Go!, National Trust, Outdoors, Recommended, Weekend activities15 Comments

We love a bit of the National Trust, have been members for 3 years now and we’ve always got our monies worth from our membership fee. It’s something I highly recommend to friends with young families, as the National Trust has worked hard over the last decade to become more family focussed and shake off…

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…