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...
When the man I now call Cardiff Daddy and I celebrated our first Christmas living together, we didn’t have a lot of money. We bought the cheapest fake tree we could; a pile of cheap decorations; and a little blue and white fairy to put on the top of the...
Thanks to the Sherman for inviting us along Fair play to Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre; they create exceptional children’s theatre. The Wind In The Willows is this year’s festive offering for older children, continuing their annual tradition of adapting classic children’s books for the stage. We saw it at last night’s...
Thanks to Christmas Kingdom at Celtic Manor Resort for inviting us along From the minute we started driving up the long steep entrance to Celtic Manor Resort it was clear the hotel had gone to town on their Christmas decorations. Tree after beautifully-lit tree lined the road with the twinkling...
Thanks to the Sherman for inviting us along A trip to the Sherman Theatre has been one of our Christmas traditions for at least five years now. Their shows for younger children are always so warm-hearted, well-executed and a real pleasure to watch. Taking place in the Sherman’s smaller studio...
*Thanks to The Gate for inviting us along At around an hour long, and with plenty of audience involvement and catchy musical numbers, Hansel and Gretel at The Gate is a perfect show for families with younger children this festive season. I took my youngest child – three and a...
Never mind counting down to Christmas; my children have been counting down to the arrival of the elves for weeks now! This our fifth year taking part in elf on the shelf and all three of my children are super excited to welcome their little friends back into our house....
With the sun shining and no plans this morning, Littlest and I headed to Dyffryn Gardens, the beautiful National Trust property in St Nicholas in the Vale of Glamorgan. Their 12 Days of Christmas trail has just launched – and as we loved it so much last year, we couldn’t...
Thanks to Hamleys for inviting us along That moment when your three and a half year old sees Father Christmas walk through the door and his eyes light up and his whole face smiles so much you can feel the magic and excitement in the air. I just want to...
Ever since our trip to Bluestone Kingdom of the Elves we have been embracing all things Christmassy in our house. I don’t care that it’s only November; it won’t always be this magical so I am making the most of it while I can. One of our favourite things to...
*thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for inviting me to review The reviews have certainly been divided on Tiger Bay The Musical, currently playing at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay until Saturday 25th November. The national newspapers weren’t impressed. It was, they said, overly ambitious, derivative and too long. On...