*in association with The Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff Bay I’m writing this review with a belly stuffed full of fries and shake after a lovely lunch at Five Guys at The Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay. Seriously, it’s been three hours since we ate and the top button of...
*In association with Poundland My children love getting creative but I’m never going to be one of those amazing Pinterest mums coming up with jaw-dropping arts and crafts projects. In fact, making stuff with three children aged 7, 5 and 3, can be chaotic, stressful and messy, so I need...
Lil Bits is a Sully-based business selling affordable sensory and educational toys for children. It was founded by local mum Sam Cole, and her husband, also called Sam, to make such products affordable to families and childcare providers. The business couple were frustrated that the equipment for the sensory play...
In association with Stock Signs My five-year-old scared the life out of me recently when he ran out into the middle of a road. It’s so unlike him. Yes, he’s an energetic and lively young boy, but he has a sensible head on him too. We’ve talked a lot about...
My youngest child turned three recently – and we really struggled to know what to get him as a birthday present. We’ve not long had Christmas, so we have a house-full of new-ish toys. Plus as the third child Toddler Boy I has inherited the classic ‘big’ birthday presents such...
*in association with Love Food Hate Waste My children are a bit obsessed with labels on food at the moment. It started a few months back when they noticed the red-orange-green traffic light system, which details the nutritional content of the food we eat. I want them to understand the...
Combining the traditional skills of circus with contemporary theatrics, Cirque Berserk is utterly jaw-droppingly impressive from start to finish. It’s a heart-stopping, visually stunning masterpiece in entertainment – and I cannot recommend it enough. I watched the opening performance in Cardiff tonight with my two eldest children, Little Miss E,...
The annual floral spectacular, the RHS Flower Show Cardiff, returns to Cardiff next month, embracing Wales’ Year of Legends with a host of themed-gardens and features to spark the imagination – and you could be there for free with this fantastic ticket giveaway! The Flower Show – which is organised...
We had a great time at Dean Heritage Centre earlier this month, as part of our stay in the Wye Valley. The weather wasn’t so good, with on and off showers throughout the day – but we still managed to entertain ourselves for four and a half hours at the...
*in association with Love Food Hate Waste For the most part, I love internet grocery shopping. My life is made so much easier when people can bring my shopping right to me door, rather than me having to take one, two or three kids to the shops. However, sometimes things...
Cardiff Children’s Literature Festival opens this weekend, celebrating the best in English and Welsh language children’s writing and illustration. Taking place over the weekends of Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th March and Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd April, the festival, now in its fifth year, will see events in locations...