My favourite days with my children are the ones when they come home from a day outdoors with clothes and skin so grubby, everyone and everything needs a wash straight away. We had one such day last weekend with an afternoon exploring Coed y Wenallt, the beautiful ancient woodland at...
With the school summer holidays in sight, there’s a whole host of family-favourite films ready to hit our cinema screens. Here’s a round-up of what to expect in July and August, plus a few newly released films still showing. I’m really looking forward to the release of The Lion King...
The weekend sun couldn’t have appeared at a better time for us, with a two-night camping trip in the Gower. We were there because a friend had invited us along for her 40th birthday celebrations – a total of 14 families, including 35 children ranging in age from one to...
*paid collaboration with Tommy’s It feels incredibly poignant to be writing this blog post just hours after hearing that the baby of someone I know died during childbirth yesterday. It also feels incredibly poignant to be writing this just a few days after a friend messaged me to say her...
You can probably tell by looking at the photos that this visit happened a good few weeks ago. The sun has been a rare sight since the few beautiful days we had over the Easter weekend. But don’t let the lack of summer sunshine put you off visiting Marcross Beach...
The news that the majority of mums feel guilty about taking time away from family life to exercise came as no surprise to me. The survey of 1,006 mothers of children aged six and under found that while more than three-quarters (77%) of mums want to do more exercise, three...
In the famous words of Elizabeth Andrew, “Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart.” It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot recently with several of my children’s activities and clubs winding up for the year. Yesterday saw the end of year presentation at my...
What are you planning on doing with your child’s school uniform when the term comes to an end next month? If it’s too small, or they’re leaving the school, and you don’t have anyone to pass it on to, then Cardiff and Vale and Barry School Uniform Donation would love...
We spent the May Whitsun bank holiday weekend at the in-law’s caravan in Borth. The seaside town in Ceredigion is somewhere we’ve been to a lot over the years and, having visited pretty much everywhere within a 90-minute radius, we decided to venture further afield this time with a trip...
The irony of me – the least sportiest girl in the class who hated PE with a passion – turning up at BBC Radio Wales at 7.45am this morning, in full workout gear having already done an hour’s session at the gym, to discuss draft proposals that some believe could...
If you’ve been reading Cardiff Mummy Says for a while you’ll know we’re a family of book lovers. Reading stories to my children has always been one of my favourite things to do and it’s been a big part of our bedtime routine ever since my eldest was a few...