*paid promotion with Admiral Insurance I feel like crying every time I look at my bank balance at the moment. This time of year is so expensive. And it’s not just Christmas for us; December is a month full of family birthdays too so a double whammy of gifts to...
*Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for inviting us As fans of the picture book, Littlest and I were super excited to be invited to see the stage adaption of The Bear at Wales Millennium Centre yesterday afternoon. It’s playing in the smaller Weston Studio theatre over the festive season and...
Paid collaboration with The Book of Everyone I can hardly believe Little Miss E is now eight years old. I know it’s a complete cliché but the years really have flown by. It seems like no time at all ago she was a tiny baby being placed in my arms...
*thanks to the New Theatre for inviting us to review “The fairest panto in all the land” is how Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs bills itself on the front of its programme. And while I can’t claim to have seen all the pantomimes in the land to know if...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for inviting me along I’d read enough reviews and articles about the new touring production of Miss Saigon to know that the general consensus from audiences and reviewers is that it’s incredible. Having seen the show last time it was in Cardiff I knew I...
Christmas can be such an expensive time so it’s great to see Cardiff Bay laying on plenty of free festive activities this month. I took Littlest along to Wales Millennium Centre this morning to see their Arctic animal trail, and to write a letter to Santa in Mermaid Quay’s Santa’s...
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...