Jurassic Kingdom at Birmingham Botanical Gardens
We were invited to go along to the Jurassic Kingdom event at The Birmingham Botanical Gardens, and the girls were excited to go and see all of the dinosaurs on display!
WordCamp London – with the kids!
At the weekend, we went down to London for the annual WordCamp London conference. WordCamps happen all over the world, and are dedicated to all things WordPress! If you don’t know what WordPress is, it is the blogging software that runs this website, and also how I make my money as a self employed web …
Mother’s Day crafting with Homebase
On Saturday, Georgie and I headed to our local Homebase store to take part in a special blogger’s craft workshop, where we made gifts for Mother’s Day from Homebase products. Georgie loves arts & crafts and so the morning with Jane from Tea & Crafting was right up her street. Jane had been challenged to …
A Day at West Midland Safari Park
Yesterday we spent the day at West Midland Safari Park, which is one of our favourite local attractions. We’ve visited several times both before we had kids, and with the children, though we hadn’t made it over in the last few years since we moved a bit further away.
The Snowman at the Birmingham REP
On Wednesday evening, we went into the City Centre to go and see live stage show of The Snowman which is currently on at the REP theatre in Birmingham. We were invited along to review the show and had a really lovely evening.
What the Ladybird Heard at Town Hall, Birmingham
Yesterday James, Georgie and I headed into the city centre to see the live show What the Ladybird Heard, based on the picture book by Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks. Unfortunately our Lydia couldn’t join us as she came down with the chickenpox over Christmas. Surprise, surprise… not!
Marvel Universe Live!
We were invited along to the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham, to watch the Marvel Universe Live! show, and to attend a Meet ‘n’ Greet with some of the cast. Read on to find out what we thought of the show, and check out our highlights video at the end of the post. Simply put, the …
The Overtones at Symphony Hall, Birmingham
On Saturday evening we headed into the city centre to see The Overtones at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham. We were given a pair of complimentary tickets to their so we could attend and blog about the show (such hard work!). The support act came on at 7:30, with singer-songwriter Ben McKelevey accompanied by Marc Danecker who …
Seeing Santa at Sea Life B’ham
On Sunday we headed to the Sea Life Centre to visit the penguins and check out their Christmas “Meet Santa” event. The girls never get tired of visiting the centre, so they were eager to go & check on their favourite sea creatures, and find Santa in his grotto!
Christmas at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
On Sunday morning we headed over to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to check out their Santa’s Grotto. Both Georgie and Lydia were very excited to see Santa (they can’t get enough of the big guy!), and we enjoyed a lovely lunch in the tea rooms afterwards, and spent some time in the Mini Museum too.
