Category: Parenting

  • 7 Recommended iPad apps for 7 year olds

    7 Recommended iPad apps for 7 year olds

    With Summer holidays looming I thought it may be an idea to share a few of our favourite iPad apps.  Finding new apps can be a bit of a minefield.  I’ve lost count of the number of iPad apps we have downloaded and it turns out they were rubbish. You can’t always trust online reviews…

  • Could you give a REAL Fairy a Home?

    Could you give a REAL Fairy a Home?

    My Own Fairy Door – Review “Everything you can imagine is real.” – Picasso I absolutely love these Fairy Doors, put them inside our outside and invite a fairy to come and live with you.  I’m all up for anything that stimulates imagination, encourages creative play and promotes writing. I’ve just survived the school holidays…

  • Card Games for the whole family – Giveaway

    Card Games for the whole family – Giveaway

    Dobble is Brilliant! As a family we really should play games more often.  We have a sideboard full of games from Kerplunk to Kerfuffle plus a few traditional ones like The Game of Life.  We do play cards on occasion and daughter a dab hand at Snap, Go Fish and War. However, I had never…

  • Dubai with Kids on a Budget

    Dubai with Kids on a Budget

    Things to do with Kids in Dubai I’m a huge fan of the Middle East, but if I’m honest Dubai; where everything is done to excess and they boast pretty much ‘The World’s Largest’ everything from buildings to shopping centres to water fountains, was never on my list of places to visit as a family.…

  • Win £200 Worth of Sainsbury’s Vouchers

    Win £200 Worth of Sainsbury’s Vouchers

    Childhood Obesity is on the Rise in the UK This will come as no surprise to anyone as we have seen the features on the news.  Genetics, unhealthy diets and lack of exercise are always at the heart of this discussion. I was in a school awhile back to deliver a training session, which had…