‘How do I get my baby to sleep when we go on holiday?’ It’s a question I found myself frantically typing into Google before our first overseas trip with our 9-month-old baby boy. Fast-forward four years and that baby boy is at school, now has a younger sister, and has been on more holidays than I did in […]
Travel: Venice with kids – 7 essential tips plus how to get a gondola ride
Do you catch a gondola? Ride one? Get one? I don’t know. I just know that I Googled ‘how to do gondola ride Venice’ and ‘Venice with kids’ a fair bit before we went to Italy in June, and didn’t quite find the info I was looking for. So, here it is. Here’s what we […]
Travel: our first Eurocamp holiday to Ca’Savio and Bella Italia, Italy
I’m going to start this review with a confession: I thought Eurocamp was all about camping. I’ve grown up knowing the name – it’s one of those brands that everybody’s heard of, after all, and I remember friends going on Eurocamp holidays with their families when I was growing up. But, not being the world’s […]
Travel: When MEXIco came to Bedford (and my kid stole my job)
Perhaps unsurprisingly, I’ve never taken either of the kids to a press event before. But on Tuesday night I found myself in the middle of a tequila-tasting masterclass at a new restaurant launch with my four-year-old in tow. Because, you know: life. To be fair, he was really good for most of it, only losing the plot […]
Travel: bright and bold kids’ beachwear from Boden
We just got back from our mini family road trip across northern Italy. We. Are. Pooped. We started on the Adriatic coast, visited Venice, stayed over on the shore of Lake Garda, then set off south to Tuscany, fitting in all sorts of lovely places on the way. We’re all nice and brown, very tired […]
Travel: JoJo Maman Bebe meets Carbis Bay Beach, Cornwall
JoJo Maman Bebe very kindly sent the kids some clothes from their new Safari Adventures collection a few weeks ago, and we finally had a reason to wear them today at Carbis Bay Beach. We’re in Cornwall for a family wedding, and today there was a big family lunch after the main event yesterday. The […]
Travel: Languages, and why you don’t have to be fluent to flourish
I’ve just written a guest post about how to help your child learn a second language. It’s for One Third Stories, whose subscription-based Story Boxes are designed for kids aged 4-9 and delivered by post for £12.49 per month. More importantly though, they’re brilliant. I blogged about their whirlwind kickstarter campaign a while back, and I’ve […]
Travel: our Sicily daytrip to Ortigia, Syracuse with kids
We’re in the process or organising a road trip across Italy with our kids this June. My four-year-old starts school in September, so it feels like a good year to do an extended holiday. Plus, I went freelance at the end of last year so, for the first time ever, it’s only the husband who […]
Travel: The boy designed a Trunki and it’s not pink. (I know, right?)
We had a good couple of years where my son’s favourite colour was pink. He was adamant that it was the best colour IN THE WORLD and that everything should be pink (and white – white was also allowed), and it’s only recently, some time between the ages of three and four, that he’s decided […]
Travel: Winter Wonderland at Center Parcs Sherwood Forest
*Updated 09/11/17 with dates for Christmas 2017!* Earlier this week we got back from a visit to Center Parcs Sherwood Forest, as part of the Winter Wonderland season. We’ve been on lots of Center Parcs breaks before (more about those here), but never at Christmas, and it’s fair to say they go all-out on the […]