The beautiful knitted poppies are back at Roath Lake here in Cardiff – a tribute to our fallen servicemen and women ahead of Remembrance Sunday on 11 November. This year is extra poignant because Remembrance Sunday falls on the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day and the end of the First...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with tickets for the show in exchange for this review For someone who loves musicals so much and has been reviewing theatre for close to 20 years, I’m embarrassed to tell you that last night was the first time I’d seen Wicked....
Paid collaboration with The Red Dragon Centre as part of our role as family blogger ambassadors. Thanks to Bella Italia for providing us with our meals. Bella Italia at The Red Dragon Centre had a big refurbishment over the summer – and my children and I finally got to check...
So that’s Halloween over for another year. Next stop – fireworks and bonfires. Here are 14 events happening in and around Cardiff from Friday through to Monday. Please do add details of any I’ve missed in the comments below, on the Cardiff Mummy Says Facebook page, or you can tweet...
Like a lot of families, playing with Lego is a daily occurrence in our house. My children can’t get enough of the stuff. My middle child had a Lego-themed seventh birthday party recently and my four year old can’t leave the house without a pocket-full of Lego mini figures. So...
Paid collaboration with St Fagans National Museum of History To begin with, my children weren’t quite sure about yesterday’s Halloween Nights event at St Fagans National Museum of History. We’d only been there for a few minutes and a ghoulish witch crept up on us. It felt like she appeared...
With half term covering both Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night there are so many amazing family-friendly events going on over the next week or so. I can’t even tell you how long this events guide took to put together… ages! Please please please help me out and give this a...
Thanks to the Sherman Theatre for providing me with tickets to Lord of the Flies in exchange for this review When news emerged last summer that a female Lord of the Flies film was being discussed in Hollywood, there was one meme that stuck in my mind. It said that...
Paid collaboration with St Fagans National Museum of History St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff has always been one of my favourite places to visit (even before I took on a role as family blogger ambassador for them). The open air museum really brings history to life with...
Paid collaboration with CJCH Solicitors Cardiff Mummy Says is delighted to be working with CJCH Solicitors on an ongoing series of articles exploring legal matters relating to families. The series has already covered how to appeal a school admissions decision if your child didn’t get into your first-choice school; why...
We love Roald Dahl in our house and we also love Lego so you can imagine how excited we were to see the fantastic Lego sculptures of some of the author’s most famous child heroes, currently on display at Wales Millennium Centre. The characters actually arrived at the Cardiff Bay...