Photographs © Dan Tsantilis. We’ve got a lot of love for Peppa Pig in this house. The littlest is verging on obsessed – Peppa was her first ‘proper’ word (aside from mama and dada), and it’s the first thing she says every morning, remote-control in hand, waiting for me to switch on the TV. Peppa […]
Travel: Take Me Back To… Stanwick Lakes
**Update: seeing as everyone’s asking me where The Boy’s t-shirt is from, it’s Mini Boden!** I came across these photos of Stanwick Lakes today and am now suffering from a severe case of summerlust (yes – I just made that up. It’s a bit like wanderlust, only I’m wishing I was in another season, rather […]
Travel: Legoland Windsor with a baby and toddler
I was a bit apprehensive about taking the kids to Legoland. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve always wanted to go, and I’ve always thought they’d love it, but with them being so young (3 and 1) I thought we’d wait a few years to justify the ticket price. Then my sister offered us some […]
Review: Santa’s Grotto At Frosts Willington
We’d not done the whole Santa’s Grotto thing with the kids before this weekend. Not properly, anyway – the closest we’d been was a makeshift Santa at playgroup who looked a lot like my friend’s dad wearing a beard made out of cotton wool. At the grand old ages of 3 and 1, the kids […]
Travel: Is it worth taking a baby and toddler to Whipsnade Zoo?
In our case, no. It’s not worth taking really young kids to Whipsnade zoo. Bear with me while I put that into context. Back in September we kicked off a 2-week staycation with a trip to Mead Open Farm and loved every second of it. The following day, though, things took an unexpected turn when […]
Travel: our day at Mead Open Farm, Leighton Buzzard
We’re officially on staycation. The husband has 2 weeks of annual leave, and I have 2 weeks left on maternity leave. So we’ve got 14 days to pack in as many family-friendly things to do as possible before we’re both back at work and reality kicks in. We had our main summer holiday in June […]
Travel: our day at Moggerhanger Park, Bedfordshire
We spend a lot of time at our local park (I never have been very good at staying in), so we decided to try somewhere new a few weeks back. The weather was looking a bit gloomy so we settled on Moggerhanger Park, which is only a 15-minute drive out from the centre of Bedford. […]
Travel: our day at Emberton Country Park, Buckinghamshire
I’m always amazed to find lovely new places right on my doorstep. How I’ve never heard of Emberton Country Park – despite living down the road from it for 30-odd years – I’ve no idea. But this weekend we paid a visit for a family picnic, and it was definitely a case of better late […]
Family: All creatures great and small (my toddler hates bugs)
I think it started with ants. For some reason we had a load of them come in the house a few weeks back, and it didn’t go down too well with The Boy (or, indeed, me. Thank you Raid). Since then he’s screeched at the mere sight of one in the garden, freaked out every […]