If you’re as old as me, you’ll remember Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat from the early 1990s. Revived for the stage in 1991 after a 10 year absence, it was huge back then. Heartthrob of the day Jason Donovan starred in the lead role, followed by children’s television presenter...
Just five minutes into Naomi’s Wild & Scary at St David’s Hall Cardiff and an alligator snapping turtle has weed all over the stage. Naomi Wilkinson, children’s television presenter and all-round adventurer, just about manages to hold it together and carry on. And then the turtle does it again. The...
*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...
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...
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...
Both Cardiff Daddy and I remember visiting the Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo and The aMazing Hedge Puzzle when we were younger, him with his family and me with my school, so we were keen to take our own children as part of our stay in the area last weekend. As...
It’s Mothering Sunday next weekend and The Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay invited us along today for an early treat, as part of our role as blogger ambassadors for the centre. Our day included my choice of film at the Odeon cinema complex – the newly-released Beauty and...
It’s lambing season at St Fagans National History Museum, with more than 150 expected to be born this month. I took my toddler along today to see the newborn lambs, as part of our role as blogger ambassadors for the open air museum, which is home to more than 100...
Parc Play has long been one of my favourite play centres to take my children. It’s nothing like your typical play venue. There’s no ball pits or multi-coloured bright plastic climbing structures. Instead, it’s a part outdoor, part covered-indoor-but-with-an-outdoor-feel venue which encourages fresh air play all year round. For older...
I’m not embarrassed to admit that I love a good cheesy romantic musical film. Right at the top of my list is The Wedding Singer which, along with Dirty Dancing, Grease, and Rock of Ages, is a film I never get bored of watching. Released in 1998, the film was...
Lucky Cardiff Daddy! I do all the work on Cardiff Mummy Says and he gets sent gorgeous designer clothing to review. Online retailer Mainline Menswear asked him to pick an outfit suitable for a Valentine’s date night and to tell them about any significant first dates. Here’s what he chose....