Wow! It took me forever to put the April listings together, because with Easter weekend and the school holidays there’s just so much going on! I’ve rounded up everything I could find, but if I’ve missed anything, let me know. As always, all events are subject to change so do check...
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,...
What’s it really like…? is a new series on Cardiff Mummy Says looking at the realities of parenting for different types of families. From home educating to shared parental leave, and parenting twins to parenting a child with autism, it’s been fascinating gaining an insight into the highs, the lows...
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...
It’s been a looong and challenging week! Little Miss E, my seven year old daughter, started the week being off school with what we thought was an ear infection but turned out to be tonsillitis. Little Man O, her four-year-old brother was not happy having to go to school when she...
The fifth annual Cardiff Children’s Literature Festival started today, with events across the city celebrating the best in writing for kids in Welsh and English. We are blogger ambassadors for the festival and have been live tweeting and Instgramming from some of the events today. This afternoon, the five of...
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...
With the shops full of pink bouquets of flowers, fluffy slippers, best mum mugs and aisles full of cards, it’s difficult to avoid the fact that Mothering Sunday is coming this weekend. For many, it’s a day of being spoiled by their families in appreciation for everything they do. However, it’s...
*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...