Thanks to the Celtic Manor for inviting us to review The Nutcracker on Ice and for a family skating session at The Great Skate If you’ve visited or driven past the Celtic Manor Resort over the last few months, you will have noticed the huge new International Conference Centre Wales...
Paid collaboration with McArthurGlen designer shopping outlet We are huge fans of McArthurGlen Designer Outlet. The Bridgend shopping centre offers amazing discounts on branded and designer goods with up to 70% off high street prices. We always head there to buy new school shoes for my children from the Clarks...
Paid collaboration with National Museum Wales From traditional Welsh festivities at St Fagans’ Christmas Nights and breakfast with Mother Christmas at Big Pit to free festive films at Swansea’s National Waterfront Museum and a star-themed weekend at National Museum Cardiff to celebrate the arrival of the Tim Peake Soyuz space...
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 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...
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...