What a day! Last night I remembered I was meant to be somewhere important today. I’m suffering from some serious brain fog at the moment, my head being filled with excitement of moving house (which still feels like I have forever to wait) getting my oldest ready for starting school and a million other house jobs. …
Blast Off! with Eureka! this February half term
Eureka! The National Children’s Museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire is reaching for the stars this February half term as they celebrate the European Space Agency’s first British Astronaut Tim Peake’s mission in space with a whole fortnight of rocket science for their event Blast Off! running from Saturday 6th to Sunday 21st February 2016. Bring …
Meet Santa and explore the festive night lights at Eureka!
The Christmas season is in full swing and the big man in red has taken up residency at Eureka! The National Children’s Museum in Halifax, West Yorkshire and will be meeting children every day until 23rd December – leaving plenty of time for him to head off to make a few special deliveries on Christmas Eve! …
Inspire Yourself At The Festival Of Thrift
I am a huge fan of all things frugal and we live as ‘green’ as possible, so an event of pure thrift is just our cup of tea (with the teabag used twice for extra enjoyment!). The festival takes place in Darlington on the 26th and 27th of September at Lingfield Point and offers visitors a …
The Baby Show, Birmingham NEC
Back in February we visited The Baby Show at London’s Excel. I was heavily pregnant and we were spotting for super bargains for our new baby. Fast forward to 3 months later and we were back visiting The Baby Show, but this time in Birmingham and with baby Ivy. We were still looking for bargains, …
Ickwell May Day Festival
Yesterday (Monday 4th May 2015) we took a 5 minute drive to Ickwell, to see the famous Ickwell May Day celebrations on the village green, along side the celebrations of Beltane. Records show that the Ickwell may day festival, has been a custom tradition since 1563, The festival starts with the traditional procession from Northill church, half a mile …
The Bedfordshire Baby & Toddler Show 2015
On Sunday 19th of April, I had the great experience of visiting the Bedfordshire Baby Show, at Bedford’s Athletic Stadium. It was the first baby show of its kind for Bedfordshire and everyone was very excited. The Bedfordshire Baby and Toddler Show delivered us with a superb day of shopping, information and entertainment aimed at …
The Baby Show, London Excel 2015
It’s the morning after and I’m aching all over, my husbands wallet hurts, and so do my feet. No! I wasn’t on some crazy night out in London (A matter of years ago I may well have been) but yesterday we were rocking out at the London Baby Show. Somehow I managed to be on my …
For The Curios
There is a shop tucked away somewhere in the deep murky depths of Milton Keynes. A shop in a loft to be precise, and the area of MK is Little Brickhill. The 2 year old shop is one of mystery and wonder. A celebration of freaks, death and the bizarre. The shop is Crystal Curios …
The Beautiful Crazy Bug House
Recently we went to the Butterfly World Project in St. Albans for a family day out. The centre has lots of fun little gardens to walk around and enjoy. One garden in particular caught my eye. Named The Theatre Of Insects, and designed by Ivan Hicks, it aim is to create the most bizzare and …
The Day We Met A Mammoth
Yup, you read that correctly. We met a mammoth. A real one. And we didn’t need time travel! The Natural History Museum in London are holding the fantastic exhibition Mammoths: Ice Age Giants at the moment, all about our favourite extinct wooly things. We headed on the train to London and made our way to …
A Birthday Picnic
The plan was to have a nice day out at a local forrest centre to celebrate Willows best friend, Williams 2nd birthday. I was to bring along a scrummy picnic, we could let the kids run riot while we have a good catch up and gossip. What happened? In true British fashion, it rained. All.bloody.day. …
Woburn Safari and Birth Certificates
Agh home. Yes home. ” A safari park?! Is she mad?! I always said she was a bits of a monkey!” Believe it or not my birth certificate states that I lived at Woburn Wild Animal Kingdom (before it later became Woburn Safari Park). My mum and dad were keepers along with my granddad and …
Aww Butterflies
It was a bank holiday, nothing to do, bored and it was only 9am. Jay knows the area of St.Albans and Hatfield really well and we decided that a little drive over to that side of town was a must. After a little Googling for something to do we discovered the Butterfly World Project, situated …