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  • How to Make S’mores in the UK

    I love nothing better than sitting around a camp fire drinking beer.  This probably stems from all the camping that I did as a child in Canada, minus the beer of course, I waited till I was a teen for that. Who needs Graham Crackers anyway? We used to make S’mores while sitting around the…

  • Do you eat your Pizza with your hands?

    Do you eat your Pizza with your hands?

    ‘Everybody likes pizza! It’s a quick and easy clean-up meal’ – Buddy Valastro I’ve always eaten pizza with my hands.  However, once moving to the UK, I noticed more and more people eating it with a fork and knife, which I find a tad strange.  Often when I go out with friends, I always find…

  • Clever Lunchbox for Kids

    Clever Lunchbox for Kids

    What a clever design for a kid’s lunch box! ‘We absolutely love M’s new lunchbox!’ – dinner ladies I was sent this Flatbox-Lunchbox from The Nicest Stuff a few weeks ago and I think it’s absolutely brilliantly clever!  As you can see, it opens out flat so you can use it as a mini picnic…

  • Rubbish – Children’s Play in London

    Theatre for Kids in London – Easter 2014 My daughter rated yesterday as a 110 out of 10! We popped into London yesterday to see Rubbish – a playful look at junk in the Purcell Room of the Southbank Centre by Theatre Rites.  We took the train direct from St Albans to London Blackfriars and…

  • My First Ballet: Coppélia #review

    Things to do in London with Kids during Easter  Apparently it doesn’t matter if you’re 6 or 65 years old, men in bulging tights are hilarious! I took my mother who is visiting from Canada and daughter to see Coppélia by the English National Ballet on Monday night at the Peacock Theatre  in London and…

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