paid association with The Red Dragon Centre I’m going to start this article by saying that my children generally eat a healthy diet – plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and the likes. Yes, there are less virtuous moments but it’s all in moderation. Every so often, however, I see...
*in association with Scottish Friendly When the kids went back to school after the summer holidays, I thought it would give us a chance to get our spending back on track. With three children off school for six weeks, and the weather pretty rubbish, inevitably it ended up expensive. I...
paid collaboration with National Museum Cardiff Usually when we go to National Museum Cardiff we spend the majority of our time in the natural history and evolution galleries — who doesn’t love the dinosaurs?! However, our visit today focused on the art galleries. The museum has one of Europe’s finest...
With the sun shining again we headed to Tredegar House for the day today. We’ve been National Trust members for around three years now and it’s proving great value. South Wales might not have the same numbers of properties as other areas of the UK – but both Tredegar House...
In association with St Fagans National Museum of History We made the most of the autumn sunshine yesterday with a trip to St Fagans National Museum of History. The open-air museum has plenty going on for Halloween and half term – not to mention more than 50 beautifully-preserved buildings to...
In association with Petplan This is Squigglet. Part rabbit, part dog, with a cat’s tail, one eye bigger than the other and a fluffy coat full of rainbow spots and squiggles. Squigglet is a girl. Well, if you ask Little Miss E, my nearly-eight-year-old daughter, that is. If you ask...
Have you have ever been scrolling through Facebook or Instagram, seen a photo of a friend’s child and thought “I have that exact same photo of my kid”. It’s been happening to me a lot recently so with that in mind I put together this list of 19 photos I...
It’s 40th birthday season for me. My own isn’t until the summer but the celebrations are now in full swing with friends born earlier in the academic year than me. This weekend, I headed away for the weekend with my uni girls for the first of two big celebrations we...
This half term has been a long one! We’re seven weeks in and still one more to go before the schools in Cardiff break up on Friday 27th October. My kids are certainly ready for the break. Me too! One of the plus points of the holiday being later than...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for inviting us to review Slava’s Snowshow. “This is bonkers,” Little Miss E whispered to me midway through Slava’s Snowshow at Wales Millennium Centre last night. And indeed, it was bonkers. Not to mention surreal, a little bit eerie, very beautiful, and quite unlike any...
Get ready for some spooky goings-on as St Fagans National Museum of History gets ready for its Halloween Nights this October. Tickets are now on sale – but you could be there for free on Sunday 29th October with this giveaway for a family ticket. All the familiar friendly buildings...