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...
We got back from an amazing two weeks in France over a week ago now, and I’ve finally had time to sort through all the photos. Despite heading to the Charente-Maritime, the region of France with the highest number of annual hours of sunshine, we didn’t have the best weather. Our...
*in association with Brecon Carreg Keeping the kids entertained for the six-week school summer holiday can be expensive business, so anything that makes life cheaper is a good thing in my book. I’m excited to be teaming up with Brecon Carreg, Welsh natural mineral water, and Cadw to promote their...
*in association with HSBC UK City Ride Cardiff What are you doing this Sunday? How about a day of family cycling on traffic-free closed roads, with entertainment and activities en route too? And all for free! That’s exactly what’s on offer with the HSBC UK City Ride, which comes to...
International smash hit musical comedy Hairspray comes to Cardiff later this month, kicking off its new UK tour at Wales Millennium Centre. And you could be there for free with this fantastic giveaway for a family ticket for the 5pm performance on Friday 25th August. It’s Baltimore, 1962, and Tracy...
The last time I watched The Addams Family was in the early 1990s, when Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christina Ricci and Christopher Lloyd portrayed the kooky family on the big screen. Who could forget that finger clicking da-da-da-da tune and Wednesday Addams with her plaited black hair? That film, and...
It’s not always easy managing to exercise when you’re a mum. A lack of time, a lack of childcare, and generally feeling more exhausted than you ever thought possible can often mean it’s the last thing on our minds – despite the fact we know doing so can make us...
Just over a week into the school holidays and we’ve got still the whole of August left to go. If you are looking for ideas on how to entertain the little ones, here’s what’s going on in and around Cardiff this month. Events are broken down into eight different categories...
*in association with Reading Eggs Five-year-old Little Man O really wants to improve his reading over the summer holidays. We’re signing up to the Summer Reading Challenge at our local reading library, we’ve bought some new Welsh language reading books (my children are all in Welsh medium education), and we’ve...