Thanks to the Sherman Theatre for the review tickets As its name suggests, Tiddler and Other Terrific Tales brings four of Julia Donaldson’s much-loved children’s picture books together in a wonderfully entertaining and highly visual production for young children. I took my three children to see it today at Cardiff’s...
We have a special visitor this half term. The teddy from Littlest’s playgroup is with us for the week. The whole week! You know, the bear (or in our case a dog) which gets given to the child who has achieved well that week. The bear which you have to...
Paid collaboration with St Fagans National Museum of History Usually when I write about St Fagans the focus is on the different historical buildings – the old farm houses; the school; the miners’ cottages; the chapel; the mill and so on. That’s not surprising given there are around 50 original...
*paid collaboration with Aviva Community Fund Isham Kasi’s face beams with excitement as he pushes open the door and enters Rebounders. His eyes light up and a big grin appears as he sees the trampolines in front of him. He proudly shows his Pokémon t-shirt to his coach Carmel Royston...
It’s half term next week here in Cardiff with most schools breaking up this Friday. As ever, there’s loads going on to entertain the little ones, from theatre productions to outdoor nature trails and everything in between. I’ve rounded up everything I can find for half term and also for...
I’ve never really been a fan of Valentine’s Day. I find it overly commercialised and cheesy and, if I’m honest, rather cringeworthy. I don’t think there’s anything romantic about being 10th in line to buy a dozen red roses three times their usual price in your local supermarket, or sitting...
* Thanks to The New Theatre for the review tickets Way back in the summer of 2009, I saw The Sound of Music stage musical for the first time. I’d been working as a freelance PR for a theatre where it was being performed and I had lived and breathed...
“Wow, Mummy! They’re amazing,” was my nearly-four-year-old’s response when he saw The Great Brick Safari this morning. And he’s right; wow indeed! The 12 statues which are currently on display in Mermaid Quay are incredible. In Cardiff for just two weeks – from Saturday 10th-Sunday 25th February – the wild...
I love reading my children books which challenge conventional thinking and take a quirky twist on the norm – and both The Day The Crayons Quit and The Day The Crayons Came Home do exactly that. They are lovely picture books with a quirky sense of humour and intriguing illustrations....
*paid collaboration with St Fagans National Museum of History Let’s face it; the weather hasn’t been great so far this year. We’ve still been donning our waterproofs and wellies and getting out and about when we can but the cold, rain, wind, ice and even fog of the last few...
A fun and quirky take on children’s counting books, I Can Only Draw Worms never fails to make us laugh when we read it. It’s a simple book with basic illustrations and very little text but it’s such a great concept that it’s become a firm favourite in our house....