Paid collaboration Please tell me I am not the only mum who regularly has a meltdown over the laundry? With three kids and two grown-ups in the house it is seriously never ending. Regular clothes, school uniforms, husband’s work shirts, more socks and pants than I can count, not to...
In association with Visit Rhondda Cynon Taf and Barry Sidings Country Park I’m so looking forward to the summer holidays and having lots of adventures with all three of my children. I miss Little Miss E, 7½, and Little Man O, 5¾, so much during term time and can’t wait...
*in association with National Museum Wales Dinosaurs? On the loose? In Cardiff?! It was a week or so ago when the news broke on social media that giant dinosaur claws had appeared on the roof of National Museum Cardiff. Huge, great big claws grasping onto the iconic roof of the...
Children’s animated television favourite Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom comes to the stage this summer with a live theatre show currently touring the UK. Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom Live on Stage will be at the New Theatre Cardiff on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th July 2017 – and you...
Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival is one of the highlights of the summer for theatre fans in South Wales Taking place in Sophia Gardens, this year’s festival is already in full swing with six shows throughout June and July. The grown-ups have already had Spamalot and Hello Cabaret in the...
It’s two weeks until the schools here in Cardiff break up for the summer holidays. Most kids I know are besides themselves with excitement at having six weeks off school. However, it can be challenging for working parents when schools are on holiday and breakfast and after-school clubs are not...
I love the Cardiff Mums Facebook group – it’s such a great resource if you have any questions on local parenting issues, schools, activities, clubs etc, as well as being a buy and sell site for kid-related items. Earlier this week, one of the members said her nine-year-old daughter enjoyed...
Mountain View Ranch is one of our favourite places to visit, with over 10 acres of open space and free-range activities for families. One of the things that keeps us going back is that they are always adding new activities and developing the existing ones. It’s changed quite a bit...
*Paid collaboration with Cymraeg i Blant Tafwyl, Cardiff’s annual celebration of Welsh arts and culture, returns this weekend, with a two-day event at the city’s Llandaff Fields. The family-friendly festival has been running since 2006 and is a lively mix of live music, literature, drama, comedy, art, sports, food and...
*in association with Visit RCT and Rhondda Heritage Park As my children ran around the playground at Rhondda Heritage Park, the Museum of Welsh Mining, I couldn’t help but be drawn to the huge metal structure of the former Lewis Merthyr Colliery towering over us. It felt so surreal watching the...
I find the mainstream fashion press so frustrating. A lot of the clothes are lovely, don’t get me wrong, but completely impractical when you have small children to run around after. It’s also hard when your body has been up and down through pregnancy and perhaps also breastfeeding. So many...