Oh, I do love a good end-of-year round up. There’s something quite satisfying about all those top 10 of 2014 lists, whether it’s films, songs or dodgy celebrity haircuts. It puts things in perspective, in some kind of order, and reminds you of things that happened several months ago....
Sherman Cymru has gained a reputation for creating exceptional theatre for young children. Their annual Christmas-time show is a festive highlight for many families in Cardiff, mine included. Five-year-old Little E and three-year-old Little O still talk about last year’s show, Corina Pavlova and the Lion’s Roar, even now so...
I love Christmas, I love books and I love living in Cardiff – so you can imagine how much I love this book:...
Our elves have been having so much fun the last couple of weeks. Every morning Little E and Little O can’t wait to get downstairs to see what they have been up to. Tallulah, Sammy and Georgie have not been too mischievous thankfully, they just like to play about at...
Toddlers and pre-schoolers everywhere – how many of these classic tantrums can you successfully tick off your list? Get those wobbly bottom lips at the ready, practice those wails, make sure the tears are flowing and do your best to tick off all 50 before your 5th birthday. Your parents will...
Our elves have been busy since they arrived at the start of the month. Little E, Little O and Baby I were thrilled with the Advent boxes Tallulah, Sammy and Georgie brought with them on December 1st. We have had lots of fun reading the new Christmas books and they absolutely love wearing their Christmas pyjamas...
What Mummy really wants for Christmas Santa, are you listening? I promise I’ve been good. I know you don’t deliver to mums, But I really think you should....
Our elves have just landed on the kitchen table, ready for the countdown to Christmas! I can’t wait to see my children’s faces in the morning! Each elf on the shelf has written a letter of introduction and brought lots of goodies with them – wooden advent calendars, Christmas pyjamas, Christmas jumpers,...
I genuinely had a tear in my eye when I saw these photos of a decaying Barry Island fairground being demolished. I might live in Cardiff now, but I was born and bred in Barry and as pretty much all my family are still there, we’re back and forth a...
Baby I is coming up to nine months old now. He is amazing, even if I do say so myself, but his life has been so different to that of his big sister and brother. Little E went to baby music classes, baby massage and baby yoga; Little O went...
Thanks to everyone who read and shared my recent post on festive family things to do in Cardiff. It’s great to see so many people getting excited about the festive season. I’ve had a few people ask me the best places to see Father Christmas in and around Cardiff. The...