‘This place is bigger than our front room. And our kitchen. And our upstairs. Put together.’ Those were the first words to come out of my mouth as I walked into our suite at Ellenborough Park hotel in Cheltenham. Apart from an unintelligible combination of ‘woooooah’ and ‘ohmywordwouldyoulookatthisplace’, of course. And it was no understatement, […]
Family: Tomorrow you start in Reception (a poem for my son)
Tomorrow you start in Reception, The calendar tells me it’s so. It’s been scribbled in red for months now, But wait: where did that time go? I bought your uniform, your shoes, your PE kit; Spent hours labelling all of your clothes. We’ve tried them all on in the front room, But tell me: where […]
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: Mallory Court Hotel review, Leamington Spa (without the kids!)
It’s been more than a year since the husband and I went out for dinner just the two of us. I know you’re meant to do these things a lot as grown-ups – I read the same late-night posts on Scary Mommy as you, and I know ‘date nights’ are what keep toddler-tired marriages ticking along. But two kids, […]
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: Heathrow Windsor Marriott Hotel review with kids + GoPro video
Finding a hotel with family rooms – especially interconnecting rooms, where grown-ups can sleep in one room and kids next door – can be tricky. And that’s doubly true when you’re looking for somewhere within close reach of London. So when the Heathrow/Windsor Marriott Hotel asked if we’d like to come and stay to test […]
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