We headed to Dare Valley Country Park over the weekend for some rural escapism from city life. A 45-minute drive from Cardiff, the Aberdare beauty spot is built on the site of former coal mines and encompasses 500 acres of woodland, mountains and lakes. It’s free to visit, with parking...
After a day in the beautiful sunshine yesterday, the last thing we wanted to do was come back to the house and cook. And so we decided to be spontaneous and head to Street Food Cardiff in Sophia Gardens. One of the highlights of the Cardiff foodie calendar, the event...
Looking every bit as though it had jumped off the TV screen and straight onto the stage, my children loved Paw Patrol Live at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena this morning. The live action stage show is in the Welsh capital this weekend as part of its UK tour, with three performances...
It’s a bank holiday weekend! Yay! And there’s plenty going on to entertain the family in and around Cardiff. Events are broken down into eight different categories – Family fun days and festivals; Theatre, culture and performance; Museums and historical; Arts and crafts; The Great Outdoors and nature based; Science-based;...
An uninterrupted shower! Reading the Sunday papers! No one complaining they don’t like their food! Having someone cook for me and tidy up afterwards! A morning lie-in without a three year old jumping all over me or trying to prise my eyes open! The sound of silence! I didn’t realise...
Would you co-ordinate your outfits with your children? It’s a trend that really divides people. I wrote a couple of years ago about the day I went out wearing an almost identical dress to Little Miss E because she was desperate for us to look the same…. I felt pretty...
Paid collaboration with Cymraeg i Blant Back in January, I wrote a post on 14 bilingual Welsh and English picture books my children love. It had a great response from readers of my blog, so I thought it was time for a follow-up, looking at books for children up to...
This summer hasn’t been the best weather-wise, has it? I’m sure I’m not the only parent who has found keeping the kids entertained throughout the school holidays challenging and more expensive than they would have liked. So with the forecast dry all day today, we wasted no time in grabbing...
Bright, colourful, energetic and uplifting, we absolutely loved Hairspray at Wales Millennium Centre last night. The new production of the Broadway and West End smash has just begun a year-long UK tour, starting with a two-week stint in Cardiff. We thought the show was utterly brilliant. Full of upbeat, catchy...
Now that she is 7¾ and about to start year three, Little Miss E is so over the character lunchboxes and backpacks she has previously adored. The shift happened somewhere in year two, when suddenly Frozen and the likes were no longer cool. She agreed (reluctantly) to make her lunch...
We love our National Trust family membership! We’ve had it for about three years now and it has proved to be great value, costing us £9.25 by monthly direct debit. We visit our two nearest properties (Dyffryn Gardens and Tredegar House) a lot. It helps that they always have different...