If the thought of a long haul flight with three children fills you with dread, welcome to my world! On our recent flight to America I was so stressed about how to keep the boys entertained that I couldn’t really see past the flight and get excited about the holiday. As it turned out, these …
We have been to many theatres but I think Epstein in Liverpool is one of my favourites. This year, it will launch a youth theatre and they are looking for talented young locals. Aged between 14 and 19 and live in Merseyside? You are invited to attend open auditions on Saturday 8th July! Successful applicants …
On our recent holiday there were some things I really couldn’t have managed without for E. I’ve listed a few of them here as suggestions for anyone taking a young ‘un abroad. Steriliser At nine months old, he’s still bottle fed and of course those bottles need to be sterilised. I’m not a huge fan …
We were in Orlando last month and although most days were brilliant, the day we spent at Wild Florida was probably one of my favourites. Before the holiday I spent time looking for different things to do in the area and trying to schedule things in on different days. I found Wild Florida through Trip …
We do enjoy watching a good, entertaining stage show and The Lowry is one of the places we visit most. They have a lot on offer for families like last night’s performance of The Emperor’s New Clothes. See Hodge Podge Days’ review of the show here. Whether you have a toddler or a teen there is usually …
We’ve been using the Izmi baby carrier for a couple of months now and have really been able to get a good idea of whether or not we like it. Izmi say: The launch of the new Izmi Carrier means that, for the first time, parents and babies can enjoy the soft intimacy of a …
We love a good book in our house, especially ones that make us laugh! That’s why we’re voting in the Lollies this year with Scholastic. We recently read Tom Gates: Dog Zombies Rule and David Walliams’ The World’s Worst Children, both of which were a huge hit with the boys, though they didn’t make this …
It’s been a while since I saw any of my lovely blogger friends so I was really looking forward to meeting up with Jane and Ben from Hodge Podge Days this week. The weather was lovely so we decided to visit Fletcher Moss Park in Didsbury, Manchester. The boys and I had never visited this park …
It’s been a truly awful week here in Manchester. Awful. I have spent a few days in a weird sort of wallow. Sorrow for my fellow Mancunians, despair at the state of the world, anxiety about a whole host of things. How do you tackle those types of feelings and prevent them pulling you down …
We often go for reasonably long walks with the kids. Either to explore a new place, to learn something new or simply to blow away the cobwebs. Wherever we go, we take necessary supplies with us. If we’re just walking around the local country park we don’t take much, but if we’re going slightly further …