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 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 […]
Family: To the nursery teacher who called to say my son had settled, thank you
To the teacher at my son’s new nursery, who phoned to tell me he had settled almost immediately after a particularly awful drop-off this morning, thank you. Thank you for knowing that, an hour after I walked away from him – as he cried and kicked and screamed his way through another defiant display on […]
Family: How To Do Legoland With Toddlers And Under-4s
We took the kids to Legoland Windsor for the second time a couple of weeks back and had such a lovely day. Last time we went – almost a year ago to the day – my eldest, then a toddler, was only just tall enough to go on a handful of the rides, and my […]
Travel: 34 Tips For Taking A Toddler To Center Parcs Woburn Forest
So you’re taking a baby or toddler to Center Parcs? Let me fill you in on some essentials you need to know before you go… We’ve been to Center Parcs a lot. Like, really a lot. The husband works at Woburn Forest, and we’ve been to the other 4 villages several times, so it’s become […]
Travel: 50 Things To Pack For A Beach Holiday With Toddlers
We set off on our first overseas family holiday – to Sicily – with our 1-year-old and 3-year-old kids a few weeks back. I still have bad memories of working out what to pack for a previous holiday to Tuscany – my first ever trip with a baby (when I packed everything including the kitchen […]
Travel: 6 Indoor Activities For Toddlers At Center Parcs
It feels like an age since I wrote about outdoor activities for toddlers at Center Parcs, so it’s high time I ticked off things to keep young children – that’s babies, toddlers and preschoolers – busy indoors. While I focussed on our stay at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest last time, I’ve covered several different villages […]
Family: What Did You Do Today? Your Response, Vs Your Toddler’s…
Ever wondered how your account of your day compares to your toddler’s? Wonder no more… _______ What you say: My toddler is really interested in farm animals – particularly the porcine variety – so today we watched a special programme about them. It also touched on family values and sibling relationships, so it was really […]
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 […]