My daughter’s homework this week is to paint a picture using the Victorian water colour techniques they had been learning about at school. They were asked to do a portrait of someone who is important to them – a family member, a hero or a friend. “I’m going to paint...
Wow! What an amazing day! I’m so proud of our beautiful city for hosting the UK’s second biggest half marathon and the first Commonwealth Half Marathon. Around 25,000 runners took part today. Runners of all shapes and sizes and all different levels of running experience – from world class elite...
I was chatting to some mum friends a couple of days ago about pantomimes and Christmas theatre shows. Off the top of my head I named about 10 they could take their children to see at different theatres. “I’m in the middle of writing a family theatre guide,” I offered...
As my children would say, it’s just ‘eight more sleeps’ until I take on my very first half marathon. The Cardiff Half. Or to give it its full name, The Cardiff University Cardiff Half Marathon. On Sunday 7 October I will be one of around 25,000 people running 13.1 miles...
This article contains Amazon affiliate links meaning if you make a purchase via this link I will receive a small percentage at no extra cost to you. I’m a real bookworm at heart but when my children were young it was so hard to find the time to read....
Paid collaboration with Sn-ap Travel Is it possible to go to London as a family and not spend a small fortune? That was the challenge set to us by Sn-ap Travel over the school summer holidays. The company have recently brought their low cost coach service Cardiff with daily routes...
My stomach has never quite recovered from having three children in just over four years. I was incredibly lucky that my first two babies left my tummy virtually unmarked. But after my third, it took a long while to lose the baby weight, and when I did the area below...
With the big kids safely back at school, it’s time for the babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers of South Wales to reclaim the parks, soft plays and other attractions during the week (until the next school holiday, at any rate). Here are seven big attractions in South Wales which run dedicated...
*paid collaboration with Sky One and A Discovery of Witches Tense, atmospheric and gripping, A Discovery of Witches is the much-anticipated new drama premiering on Sky One this Friday. The eight-part series is set in Oxford but a lot of the filming actually took place here in Cardiff. I’ve been...
It was back to school for us today. Year 4 for Miss E; Year 2 for Little Man; reception class for Littlest. All three children in full-time school and a whole lot of tears for mummy. If you’ve been reading Cardiff Mummy Says for a while, you will know what...
We loved seeing all the decorated owls around Bath during our recent press trip to the city. (The trip was a paid collaboration with National Express, with hospitality from Visit Bath, and Bath Boutique Stays. You can read more here.) There are 82 of the sculptures across the World Heritage...