Deciding where to take your children to see Father Christmas is a big decision. This is the stuff childhood memories are made of – and the photos will be cherished for years to come. Parents find themselves debating whether they’re happy with a cheap and cheerful Santa at a school or...
Isn’t Christmas magical when you have young children? I don’t know about you, but I can’t get enough of all things festive. I’m definitely trying to make the most of it for those precious few years while my children are young. There’s so much going on in and around Cardiff...
I know it’s only the start of November, but I’ve already had two conversations in the last week about Elf on the Shelf and people are sharing elf-related articles on Facebook, so I figure it’s about time I wrote something about it on my blog. And what better place to...
I love Christmas, I love books and I love living in Cardiff – so you can imagine how much I love this book:...
What Mummy really wants for Christmas Santa, are you listening? I promise I’ve been good. I know you don’t deliver to mums, But I really think you should....
Our elves have just landed on the kitchen table, ready for the countdown to Christmas! I can’t wait to see my children’s faces in the morning! Each elf on the shelf has written a letter of introduction and brought lots of goodies with them – wooden advent calendars, Christmas pyjamas, Christmas jumpers,...
Thanks to everyone who read and shared my recent post on festive family things to do in Cardiff. It’s great to see so many people getting excited about the festive season. I’ve had a few people ask me the best places to see Father Christmas in and around Cardiff. The...
This week my children asked if we could have the Christmas music on in the car. It’s still November but straight away I said yes. The me of five years ago would have been completely horrified by this. “It’s only November!” she would have shrieked. “There’s still a month and...
Is anyone else feeling festive yet? I’ve been trying to decide which Christmas events in Cardiff to go to with my family this year. I started making a list, and the list turned into this blog post… so I thought seeing as it is the season of good will, I...
Yes, yes, I know it is only October and Christmas is still more than two months away, but I’m not going to apologise for bringing it up, because if you want to do this one, you’ll need to get yourself organised fast! I’ve also had three conversations about it in the past...