* In association with Love Food Hate Waste I’ve been working with Love Food Hate Waste this month on their #giveupbinningfood campaign, which is asking people to reduce the amount of food they waste over Lent. The organisation hopes to inspire households to change their eating, shopping and food storage...
Nestled in the small rural village of Catbrook, just a mile above Tintern in the Wye Valley, Foxes Reach is a beautifully quaint holiday cottage, perfect for family getaways in the area. We were invited to stay earlier this month by the owner, Fiona Wilton of Monmouthshire Cottages, as part...
What’s it really like…? is a new series on Cardiff Mummy Says looking at the realities of parenting for different types of families. From a home-educating mother of two and a grandmother who looks after her grandson four days a week, to a mum and dad who took shared parental...
It’s lambing season at St Fagans National History Museum, with more than 150 expected to be born this month. I took my toddler along today to see the newborn lambs, as part of our role as blogger ambassadors for the open air museum, which is home to more than 100...
Are you brave enough to be in the same room as a poison dart frog and a praying mantis? Or maybe a carpet python or a whip scorpion? All these creatures and more will be the special guests as children’s television presenter Naomi Wilkinson bring her Wild & Scary show...
Parc Play has long been one of my favourite play centres to take my children. It’s nothing like your typical play venue. There’s no ball pits or multi-coloured bright plastic climbing structures. Instead, it’s a part outdoor, part covered-indoor-but-with-an-outdoor-feel venue which encourages fresh air play all year round. For older...
In association with Love Food Hate Waste We’re two weeks into our challenge by Love Food Hate Waste to reduce the amount of food we waste this Lent. Their #giveupbinningfood campaign hopes to inspire households to change their eating, shopping and food storage habits to help cut down on the...
A few weeks ago I wrote about what life was really like being a parent of three children. The article got a great response, both from fellow parents of three sharing details of their own lives, as well as those who were intrigued to have an insight. It inspired me...
Dinosaur-obsessed kids will love Dinosaur World, coming to St David’s Hall in Cardiff next month. The interactive family show features a whole host of impressive creatures, including a Triceratops, Giraffatitan, Segnosaurus and, every child’s favourite flesh-eating giant, the Tyrannosaurus Rex, to name a few. Children are invited to grab their compass...
Paid collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste As I mentioned last week, we’ve been challenged by Love Food Hate Waste to reduce food waste for Lent. Their #giveupbinningfood campaign hopes to inspire households to change their eating, shopping and food storage habits to help cut down on the amount of...
The Royal Institution brings its live science show How To Hack Your Home to Cardiff this month – and you could be there with this prize giveaway! Making engineering fun for families, the hour-long show takes place at 6.30pm on Monday 13th March in the Reardon Smith Theatre at the...