We recently popped into town and, while we were there, headed into House of Fraser to visit their in-store grotto, which has been running each Christmas at the store for quite a few years now. … Continue Reading “Visiting the Grotto at House of Fraser”
This next printable in my series of freebies is a pretty basic but fun Christmas crossword aimed at primary school level kids, with a bit of help from an older sibling or adult for the spellings and so on. Enjoy! Download Pin it for later
Around this time five years ago, we had our offer on this house accepted and were preparing to purchase our first house. We didn’t get the keys until March the following year, but we knew which house we’d be moving in to – and boy, does it need a lot of improvement.… Continue Reading “Thinking ahead: our house plans”
Last week we attended the press night for The Wizard of Oz at The REP Birmingham and were absolutely blown away by the show. It was totally fantastic, from start to finish – all four of us really enjoyed it.… Continue Reading “The Wizard of Oz at The REP, Birmingham”
I’ve got another Christmas freebie printable for you today – or more accurately for your kids. Lydia really loves doing sudoku puzzles, so I thought I would make some simple Christmas themed ones for her, and share them with you too. These are definitely ‘easy’ rated puzzles aimed at kids, but let me know in the comments if you want some similar festive ones which… Continue Reading “Free Christmas printables – Sudoku”
Last weekend we spent a morning enjoying some time at one of the kids’ favourite places, the Birmingham Sea Life Centre, which is currently looking pretty festive for their Christmas event! You can visit Santa in his grotto (included in the standard ticket price) and enjoy a Christmas film in the 4D cinema.… Continue Reading “Merry Fish-mas! Visiting Santa at Sea Life”
As a long time Disney fan, I really enjoy doing a good Disney themed jigsaw – and I also love a nice Christmas jigsaw puzzle – so this puzzle joins the two themes together which makes for a pretty great jigsaw.… Continue Reading “Review: Ravensburger Disney Christmas 1000pc Jigsaw Puzzle”
Following on from my free “Dear Santa” letters which is one of my most popular printables in the lead up to Christmas every year, I thought I would create & share some new Christmas themed printables this winter! I’ll be sharing a couple of these a week throughout December. First up is a simple but fun Christmas themed wordsearch, using lowercase letters to make it… Continue Reading “Free Christmas printables – Wordsearch”
At the weekend we headed down the road to visit Cadbury World to check out what they have on offer this year for their Christmas Celebration Weekends. The girls really enjoy visiting Cadbury World – especially the chocolate making area!… Continue Reading “Christmas Celebration Weekends at Cadbury World (2018)”
Paw Patrol: On a Roll! is a great introduction to platform games for young children; balancing the line between being easy enough to stop them getting frustrated while still being challenging enough for them to not get bored.… Continue Reading “Review: Paw Patrol: On a Roll! [Switch]”
On Saturday afternoon we are heading to Digbeth to visit the Etsy Made Local event organised by IDEAS Birmingham, a team of locally based Etsy sellers.… Continue Reading “Etsy Made Local – IDEAS Birmingham”
On Saturday morning we headed over to Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) to see Rudolf, their new children’s theatre show suitable for children aged 4+. … Continue Reading “Rudolf at MAC – live theatre for kids”
One thing that the children look forward to and really enjoy each winter is going to visit Santa – or his ‘helpers’ at least – and taking part in as many of the festive activities in the West Midlands we can manage. Where we live there are plenty of places to go and see Father Christmas, with various options in Birmingham and the surrounding area… Continue Reading “Where to see Santa & other festive days out in the West Midlands (2018)”
