Paid collaboration with Pugh’s Garden Village Wenvoe One minute you’re a child being dragged around a garden centre on a rainy bank holiday weekend; the next you’re a parent dragging your own children around a garden centre on a rainy bank holiday weekend. Thankfully garden centres are a lot more...
Thanks to Almost Always Muddy and Wales Millennium Centre for inviting us to review Almost Always Muddy is a wonderfully inventive and fully interactive show where children and their grown-ups create the set, props, characters and the storyline – meaning every performance is completely different and full of its own...
Thanks to Pieminister Cardiff for inviting us to review There’s something so comforting and nurturing about pie and gravy. Especially on a Sunday. And especially when someone else is doing the cooking and clearing up. We were treated to a family meal at Pieminister in Cardiff at the weekend. Quality...
It’s almost school holiday time here in South Wales with most children finishing this Thursday for just over two weeks. As always there’s plenty going on to keep them entertained. I’ve rounded up everything I can find for the Easter weekend and school holidays plus a few events later in...
As I mentioned recently, I’ve been feeling a bit overwhelmed with the busyness of life. And so on Friday morning, in an attempt to escape the bustle of city living for some fresh air and something more serene, Littlest and I went on an adventure to Forest Farm Nature Reserve...
*We paid for our meals ourselves and Octavo’s Book Cafe did not know we would be writing this review My daughter didn’t believe me when I told her we were going for lunch in a book shop. “You’re joking, aren’t you Mummy?” she said. “You can’t possibly eat food in...
Paid collaboration with St Fagans National Museum of History Usually when I write about St Fagans the focus is on the different historical buildings – the old farm houses; the school; the miners’ cottages; the chapel; the mill and so on. That’s not surprising given there are around 50 original...
*paid association 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...
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 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...
Have you have ever been scrolling through Facebook or Instagram, seen a photo of a friend’s child and thought “I have that exact same photo of my kid”. It’s been happening to me a lot recently so with that in mind I put together this list of 19 photos I...