Paid collaboration with Jammie Dodgers Oaty Bites “What’s our snack Mummy? What’s to eat? I’m starving!” The minute I collect my children from school this is the chorus I am usually greeted with. No “How are you, Mummy?” or “Hey, we did this really cool thing at school today”....
*paid advertorial with The Red Dragon Centre Who says January has to be boring? Even if you’re healthy eating or not drinking alcohol January is one of the best months of the year for a trip to the cinema with the impending movie industry awards season meaning the release of...
Paid collaboration with The Book of Everyone I can hardly believe Little Miss E is now eight years old. I know it’s a complete cliché but the years really have flown by. It seems like no time at all ago she was a tiny baby being placed in my arms...
in association with St Fagans National Museum of History What a wonderfully festive and feel-good evening we had at St Fagans Christmas Nights yesterday. The National Museum of History looked so beautiful decorated for Christmas. I actually gasped when we walked in and saw the new entrance building all lit...
Thanks to Christmas Kingdom at Celtic Manor Resort for inviting us along From the minute we started driving up the long steep entrance to Celtic Manor Resort it was clear the hotel had gone to town on their Christmas decorations. Tree after beautifully-lit tree lined the road with the twinkling...
Thanks to Hamleys for inviting us along That moment when your three and a half year old sees Father Christmas walk through the door and his eyes light up and his whole face smiles so much you can feel the magic and excitement in the air. I just want to...
*thanks to Admiral Ice Rink for inviting us along to skate A visit to Winter Wonderland in Cardiff’s civic centre is one of our annual family Christmas traditions. We love visiting in the early evening when it’s dark enough so that you can see all the beautiful lights but before it...
*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...
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...
*In association with Aviva Community Fund 2017* As the clock hits 10.30am, the 280 children of Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Pont Siôn Norton Primary School in Pontypridd file out from their classrooms and onto the yard for their morning playtime. In the junior school yard, an orderly queue forms as many...
*in association with National Roman Legion Museum/National Museum Wales Little Miss E is studying the Romans at school so we thought it was time to pay another visit to Caerleon. Just half an hour from Cardiff, the town has some of the most significant Roman remains in Europe. Known as...