Thank you to Scamper Holidays for inviting us glamping in exchange for this review I wasn’t bothered about having a big celebration for my recent 40th birthday. The age thing didn’t worry me; I just didn’t really want a huge party. But with so many friends pulling out all the...
Those of you who’ve been reading Cardiff Mummy since the beginning will know what an emotional mess I was when my daughter, my eldest child, started full-time school back in September 2014. I had my children in just over four years, and the days when I had my little gang...
Thanks to Seussical Jr at Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival for inviting us to review the show The family production at the Everyman Cardiff Open Air Theatre has become one of our favourite annual summer traditions. While the grown-up performers take on Shakespeare, classical musicals and comedies, each year the talented...
I don’t know about anyone else, but I am finding the end of school year so hectic and busy. My mind feels like it is about to explode with all the end of term events – discos; concerts; trips; permission slips; so many letters and texts; teacher gifts and cards...
*paid collaboration with The Red Dragon Centre With the schools about to break up for summer, the cinema is full of family-friendly films for all ages. Whether you’re looking for animated adventures for younger children, sing-a-long feel good musicals or superhero action films, there’s something to suit all tastes. This...
With the heatwave continuing, I took my youngest child to Victoria Park splashpad in Cardiff to cool off. We’d arranged to meet a few friends – three other mums of three with just our youngests not at school and all determined to make the most of these last few weeks...
Thanks to the New Theatre Cardiff for inviting us to review Cirque Berserk To the left of me, my four-year-old son is open-mouthed and wide-eyed not quite believing what he is witnessing. To my right, a man in his 70s says ‘wow!’ over and over, clapping for each act as...
Thanks to Capital FM Cardiff Bay Beach Festival for providing us with access to the rides plus food and drink for the purpose of this review The idea of an urban beach seemed pretty odd to me when Cardiff Bay Beach first came to our city in 2013. I’m sure...
We’ve been holidaying in Borth for at least 12 years now, thanks to the in-laws having a caravan there. The small coastal village, half an hour from Aberystwyth, is quiet and low-key with a pebble beach, plenty of B&Bs, a youth hostel and caravan parks, a couple of pubs and...
It’s 13 weeks today until I take on my first half marathon – the Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon. I’m running for Ty Hafan, the children’s hospice for Wales, as part of our family mission this year to raise £1,000 for them. They are an incredible charity doing so much...
*Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for inviting us to review the show National Theatre’s War Horse is an incredible piece of theatre; one of the most profound productions I have seen in a long time. Based on the acclaimed 1982 children’s book by Michael Morpurgo, and adapted for The National...