There are loads of family-friendly things to do this Mother’s Day in and around Cardiff. Here are eight family-friendly events happening on Saturday and Sunday that are suitable for all ages. Let me know if there’s anything else happening locally you think I should add....
Our review of the new Dino Tales app Like a lot of children their age, my three love dinosaurs. Five-year-old Little Miss E is learning all about them in school and can’t wait to tell me at pick-up all manner of facts about dinosaurs. Three-year-old Little Man O is always wearing...
Being a vegetarian, I use a lot of red lentils when I cook. Don’t laugh – I know it makes me sound like a hippy-dippy cliché! They’re actually really easy to cook with and I think they taste great too. I always chuck a handful in when I’m making pasta...
Just to clarify, I’m not saying a book is the only way to tell your child that you love them. Of course you should tell them as often as you like, in whatever ways you like. However, these gorgeous books are bursting full of beautiful emotion and sometimes authors...
I have three children aged five and under. I have no child-free time between the hours of at least 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday and sometimes at the weekend, too. Therefore, when I need to go to the toilet, I almost always have an audience. It’s a good job I don’t...
In honour of St David’s Day, I thought I would share my recipe for leek and potato soup. I love soup – I batch-make it regularly, meaning I’ve always got at least three different flavours in the freezer, but leek and potato has to be my all-time favourite. I’ve been making...
One of my good friends had her first baby about five years before any of the rest of us had children. There were many things I didn’t understand about her life, as her priorities changed but mine didn’t. She talked about weaning and nappies and sleep patterns. I tried to...
When Jamie’s Italian Cardiff opened just over five years ago, it was the place to eat. Everyone I knew was desperate to dine there and there were always huge queues out the door. After all, Jamie Oliver is one of the UK’s most famous chefs with several successful television shows, a number...
Yep, I am the mum who thought baking with three kids of five and under with no other adults present would be a good idea. My eldest two had an argument mid-way through, baby knocked over a bag of flour, and it took us, or rather me, 45 minutes to clear...
(Update 6 February 2018 – this article is one of my most popular ever on Cardiff Mummy Says. It went viral when originally published in February 2015… and resulted in me getting all kinds of threats and vile messages. It’s suddenly started getting lots of views again – in part...
I love any event where my children can get properly involved and even better when that event is free – so we were keen to head along to Home Sweet Home at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay this half term. This mini-city has overtaken the foyer of Wales Millennium...