Like a lot of families, playing with Lego is a daily occurrence in our house. My children can’t get enough of the stuff. My middle child had a Lego-themed seventh birthday party recently and my four year old can’t leave the house without a pocket-full of Lego mini figures. So...
Paid collaboration with St Fagans National Museum of History To begin with, my children weren’t quite sure about yesterday’s Halloween Nights event at St Fagans National Museum of History. We’d only been there for a few minutes and a ghoulish witch crept up on us. It felt like she appeared...
With half term covering both Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night there are so many amazing family-friendly events going on over the next week or so. I can’t even tell you how long this events guide took to put together… ages! Please please please help me out and give this a...
Thanks to the Sherman Theatre for providing me with tickets to Lord of the Flies in exchange for this review When news emerged last summer that a female Lord of the Flies film was being discussed in Hollywood, there was one meme that stuck in my mind. It said that...
Paid collaboration with St Fagans National Museum of History St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff has always been one of my favourite places to visit (even before I took on a role as family blogger ambassador for them). The open air museum really brings history to life with...
Paid collaboration with CJCH Solicitors Cardiff Mummy Says is delighted to be working with CJCH Solicitors on an ongoing series of articles exploring legal matters relating to families. The series has already covered how to appeal a school admissions decision if your child didn’t get into your first-choice school; why...
We love Roald Dahl in our house and we also love Lego so you can imagine how excited we were to see the fantastic Lego sculptures of some of the author’s most famous child heroes, currently on display at Wales Millennium Centre. The characters actually arrived at the Cardiff Bay...
*Paid collaboration with Bassetts Vitamins After the chaos of the summer holidays I thought the new school term would bring a sense of normality. But a month in and we’re still finding our new routine. The last few weeks have been a blur of helping my youngest settle into full-time...
My daughter’s homework this week is to paint a picture using the Victorian water colour techniques they had been learning about at school. They were asked to do a portrait of someone who is important to them – a family member, a hero or a friend. “I’m going to paint...
Wow! What an amazing day! I’m so proud of our beautiful city for hosting the UK’s second biggest half marathon and the first Commonwealth Half Marathon. Around 25,000 runners took part today. Runners of all shapes and sizes and all different levels of running experience – from world class elite...
I was chatting to some mum friends a couple of days ago about pantomimes and Christmas theatre shows. Off the top of my head I named about 10 they could take their children to see at different theatres. “I’m in the middle of writing a family theatre guide,” I offered...