We really enjoy visiting Warwick Castle, there is so much to see there for all of the family. I’ve been given a family ticket to giveaway on my blog, in time for their Halloween event this half term. This is a super short giveaway so enter while you can, I’ll be drawing a winner early on Monday! New activities for 2018 include an Escape Room… Continue Reading “Giveaway: Warwick Castle family ticket”
To celebrate the PJ Masks Super Moon range of toys that I recently reviewed, I thought I’d make & share a printable PDF colouring sheet for my readers to enjoy!… Continue Reading “FREE Printable PJ Masks Super Moon Colouring Sheet”
As soon as I first saw GraviTrax back in January at the Toy Fair, I knew that this was a product my family would all love. James and the girls love to play with marble runs, and GraviTrax is the *ultimate* marble run, with all sorts of fancy tricks.… Continue Reading “Review: GraviTrax – Starter Pack + Extensions”
The PJ Masks heroes are heading off on some new adventures to the moon, and we’ve been sent a selection of the new range of Super Mooon Adventure toys to try out, and to celebrate their launch.… Continue Reading “Review: PJ Masks Super Moon Adventure Toy Collection”
I love roast lamb. It is pretty much right up there in my all time top 5 meals. When we were invited to come along and try Toby Carvery’s new menu, which includes lamb on Sundays, we were happy to go along and try it out.… Continue Reading “A lamb-tastic family meal at Toby Carvery”
This 1000 piece puzzle depicts one of Colin Thompson’s wonderful illustrations; the Collector’s Cupboard. I really enjoy this series as it is full of whimsical details wherever you look, and they are really enjoyable to put together.… Continue Reading “Review: The Collector’s Cupboard, 1000pc Jigsaw Puzzle”
Timeline British History is one of a series of Timeline games, all of which work the same way; you simply have to place cards down in the order they happened… It is deceptively simple!… Continue Reading “Review: Timeline British History”
Family wise, September was a pretty quiet month – the kids were back to school and settling in with their new teachers and so on, and I was busy before, during, and after the BlogOn weekend. It was a success, if a very tiring one! BlogOn is a Manchester based blogging conference that I help out with – I maintain the website, as well as… Continue Reading “Life Lately: September 2018”
Expected to be one of the top toys this Christmas, Boxer is a fun interactive palm-sized robot suitable for 6 years+ from Spinmaster. We were sent one of these little guys to review, and the girls think he is great!… Continue Reading “Review: Boxer – Interactive AI Robot Toy”
This year we have been away a few times with the girls, and have taken half a day each time to do some geocaching. We find it a great way to explore new areas and visit places you might not have visited otherwise, with the added excitement of the ‘treasure hunting’ element of it all. Geocaching is a global phenomenon, so wherever you go you… Continue Reading “Geocaching with the kids – on holiday”
I took a lot of the summer away from my keyboard; partly to enjoy the 6 weeks holiday with the kids, and partly because I really needed a break. I was working on a big project that finally finished with just days to go until the school holidays, and it really stressed me out – I needed to step away from a while; just sitting… Continue Reading “Life Lately: July & August 2018”
With the weather getting gradually worse it is great to have new craft projects and toys for the girls to play with indoors, and these colourful kits from Character Options are perfect.… Continue Reading “Review: Orbeez & Oonies, Creative Kits from Character Options”
I’m really looking forward to the blogger conference BlogOnToys in a few weeks. I’m helping to organise the Toy Awards and we have had some great entries – the raffle is going to be amazing! BlogOn is always a super busy weekend for us and I’ve got a lot to do in the next few weeks too. I don’t know how Laura gets it all… Continue Reading “All about me: the BlogOnToys linky”
