The Railway Children – Kings Cross!

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I read E. Nesbit’s The Railway Children when I was about ten years old and I remember the story being totally gripping. It must have stayed with me all these years too because when Florence and I were invited to the Kings Cross Theatre to see the new stage adaptation I managed to go over most of the story with her prior to attending the theatre. At having only just turned 5 the play might have been a touch too old […]

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Weetabix Weetabuddies!

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You know when children can’t say a word properly and then because their way of saying it is so sweet the whole family end up pronouncing it the way they do forever more? Well Weetabix is one of those words for us! We no longer call them Weetabix and instead we all refer to the healthy, yummy and filling breakfast as ‘waferbiscs’ because that is how Florence pronounced it when she was teeny tiny! We also eat a lot of […]

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Mickey Mouse Hits Subway!

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The first time Florence had a ‘Subway’ we were on our way to a birthday party, late, hungry, waiting for a bus and there was nothing else in the vicinity of where we were. Subway just wasn’t really on my radar and if it hadn’t been for a lack of anywhere else I probably wouldn’t have gone in but since that first visit we have been many times. It very quickly became a favourite with Florence’s and she loves it […]

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Win A Family Ticket To In The Night Garden Live!

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Technically Florence is well past the In The Night Garden stage. I say technically because really and truly at five years old she is too old for it now but… She loved it from very early on, got loads out of it at the time and the programme became part of our daily routine with her. It still is part of our daily routine because of course Jimmy is still very much in the thick of his time with enjoying […]

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5, 4, 3, 2, 1 BLAST OFF!

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As Londoners we like to take advantage of all the wonderful things to do here which cost absolutely nothing. We are so lucky in the capital that there is actually a tremendous amount including most of the museums which as well as having free entry also have lots of hands on activities for children and The Science Museum is absolutely one of our favourites. It’s a fair old journey for us on the tube and takes around an hour but […]

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Peppa Pig’s Big Splash!

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We’ve been to see Peppa Pig’s Big Splash live stage show every year for a few years now and we never tire of it. We never really tire of anything Peppa realted if I’m honest, the programme, the theme park and of course the toys! Jimmy doesn’t go anywhere without his wobbly wobbly piggy, which is a weeble version of Peppa and we have lots of the sets too. There’s a new set out right now which looks awesome by […]

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A Frozen Birthday Party!

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Florence turned five on New Year’s Eve and ten days before her actual birthday we held a ‘Frozen’ birthday ball for her as her party (she chose the theme and Disney’s Frozen was her absolute top choice – of course)! It’s a party that’s been a long time in the planning with many, many Google searches, Amazon and ebay purchases and plenty of Pinterest surfing for ‘Frozen’ themed party ideas! In the end we pulled it off I think and […]

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Family Finance And Pocket Money!

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I remember a time in my teens when I felt very embarrassed at the prospect of using a coupon. I wonder now what on earth was wrong with me but back then if my Mum cut one out of a newspaper or magazine I used to shudder at the thought! Why did I worry what other people thought of me and WHY did I think using a coupon was ridicule worthy anyway? It’s just money saving after all… (You have […]

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Disney On Ice – 100 Years Of Magic!

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The last time we went to see Dinsey On Ice we went entirely unprepared. I had no idea that as soon as we got off the tube we would see swarms of little Princesses all dressed up like their favourite Disney character and that Florence would feel incredibly left out if she was the only one without a costume on! We loved it anyway, the show was jaw droppingly good and so very exciting but she remembered about the dress […]

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Cirque Du Soleil – Kooza!

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I remember years ago my Mum telling me about this circus she’d heard of ‘It sounds totally amazing and out of this world’ she said. I have always remembered her saying that and whenever I hear anyone speak of Cirque Du Soleil I think of my Mum. Naturally then, when I was invited to the premiere night of their new show KOOZA, which is on at The Royal Albert Hall in London until 19th February 2015, it was my Mum […]

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