On Saturday we headed down to Hatton Adventure World to check out this year’s Enchanted Christmas Kingdom programme. We took Sophie, one of the girls’ best friends, with us, and the three of them had a whale of a time exploring everywhere and enjoying all the different festive activities.
There are so many options when you are planning your trip to visit Santa in the Birmingham area. We’ve been to a few in the last few years, and will be reviewing several here on the blog over the next few weeks. If your child wants to write a letter to Santa this year I …
On Wednesday evening we went along to the launch event of the Magical Lantern Festival at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. There are two themed lantern trails around the beautiful gardens, with festive Christmas lanterns, and a series of Wildlife & Nature lanterns. In addition to these, there is a fantastic lantern to represent Birmingham; a glowing …
At the weekend we headed to the NEC for MCM Comic Con. We didn’t tell the kids where we were going until the day before and they were ridiculously excited, especially after I told Lydia that she might just see Supergirl! We were given press passes for the purpose of this post. We were especially interested …
This morning I’ve been in London at the 2016 Dreamtoys event, to find out what the top toys are this Christmas. Each year a panel of “leading toy retailers” come together to look at the latest and greatest toys, and to predilection which dozen toys will be the best sellers for the Christmas period. I …
Yesterday evening I spent an enjoyable few hours at the Birmingham REP at their opening night of Simon Reade’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Currently touring the country, this play is an enjoyable reselling of Jane Austen’s most famous and beloved novel. I was invited to review the performance and given my tickets free of …
Last weekend we headed over to the NEC in Birmingham to go to BRICK LIVE, the UK’s largest LEGO show. To say we were all excited would be an understatement. We are a family of Lego addicts so to be let loose in a huge exhibition hall (make that 2 halls!) full to the brim of Lego was pretty much a surefire way to make us a family of very happy geeks.
Yesterday we headed to the Barclaycard Arena to watch Disney on Ice Presents Frozen. Find out what we thought of the show, and get a peek at the show via my video!
A week or so ago, we headed over to Wansford near Peterborough to meet up with James’s Dad for a family trip on the Nene Valley Railway. The girls love steam trains, as does their Grandfather, and the NVR is a sort of middle point between our homes, which was great for meeting up for …
While we were in Dorset for a long weekend recently, we used our Sea Life passes to check out the Jurassic Skyline tower, which is a 53m tall 360 degree viewing tower in Weymouth. Formerly named the Weymouth Sea Life Tower, Jurassic Skyline offers amazing views over the coastline and Weymouth itself. On a clear …
