My youngest child, Toddler Boy I, absolutely loves a certain climbing frame and slide in one of our local soft plays. The minute we walk through the door, he makes a beeline for it, yelping with excitement as he climbs up the steps, crawls across the platform at the top...
If you’re wondering what to do for your child’s birthday party, here’s a host of ideas from local children’s birthday party providers in and around Cardiff who can help your little one celebrate with everything from outdoor exploring, football and photography, to cookery classes, fancy dress and karaoke, as well...
Cardiff Daddy and I have a night out planned this weekend – dinner and some drinks in celebration of his birthday. I’ve told him I don’t mind where we go as long as it’s somewhere I won’t look out of place if I wear big killer heels and a dress....
As you’ll know if you’ve been reading Cardiff Mummy Says for a while, I’m a big fan of children’s books. I think reading is one of the most important things you can do with your child. Bedtime stories have been a big part of our routine ever since Little Miss...
There’s so much wisdom in children’s books – advice that we would all do well to remember. In honour of World Book Day this week, here are 16 of my favourite quotes from children’s books. Are any of these among your favourites? Are there any you would add to the...
How did it get to March already?! Here’s my regular round-up of what’s going on for families this month in and around Cardiff over the next few weeks. I’ll be publishing another post later this month of events taking place in the Easter holidays – but this should keep you...
Every week, I read blogs that make me laugh, blogs that make me cry, blogs that challenge my thinking, blogs which support me as a parent, and blogs which inspire me. Seeing as you’re reading Cardiff Mummy Says, I figure you like blogs too. So I’m excited to continue my new...
Welcome to a new regular feature on Cardiff Mummy Says, collating the best of my month on Instagram. Instagram is fast-becoming one of my favourite social networks. I was rather late to the Instagram party as I always thought I wasn’t very good at taking photos. And while I’m by no means...
This dish is inspired by the wonderful Deliciously Ella, whose second cook book – Deliciously Ella Every Day, released a few weeks ago – I am slowly working my way through. I’ve mentioned previously on my blog that Ella Woodward is one of my foodie heroes. Having been vegetarian since...
I was chatting to some of my friends about Mother’s Day gifts and about how commercial the day has become. None of us especially expect anything expensive or extravagant (although admittedly we wouldn’t complain too much if diamonds/a designer hand bag/a spa day were thrown in our direction). Most of...
*Paid collaboration with Castell Coch as part of our role as blogger ambassadors with Cadw We made the most of the dry and sunny weather this weekend and headed to Castell Coch, Wales’s famous fairy tale castle nestled in the woods at Tongwynlais. As regular readers will know, we’re blogger...