Earlier this week we spent the afternoon in Manchester city centre, one of my favourite places. We met my mum and started our quest to find all the Bee in the City bees. They are so lovely and the trail is so popular you often have to queue for a minute or two at each …
Next week, Hotel Football are running a week-long Summer Football Camp on their indoor rooftop football pitch, Heaven. Positioned right next door to Old Trafford and with views of both the stadium and the wonderful city itself, Heaven is the perfect place for children aged 7-12 to try out new skills or fine tune some …
If you’re a regular reader of this blog you will know that we are big fans of family festivals. We try to get to as many as we can over the summer and our second one of 2018 was Timber Festival in The National Forest. Timber is organised by family festival experts Wild Rumpus and …
We do a fair bit of driving to and around new places we want to explore, and we love a good road trip. There are some things that make our trips that little bit more comfortable though, so I’ve put together a little run down of the bits and bobs we use on our travels. …
Your kids are at the most adorable age in their lives right now. They’re inquisitive about things and explore every corner of the house because that’s just how they learn. This is why playing is a great opportunity to learn and practice new skills for them and to spark different interests. And there sure isn’t …
When you’re forking out a huge amount on taxes, tuition fees, and the other pieces which go into your kid’s education, it can be hard to see where all of the money is going. With much of their work being done at home, it doesn’t always feel as though you’re getting a good deal when …
We’ve recently been trying out the Vauxhall Crossland X. The Crossland X is a crossover SUV and part of the X range alongside the Mokka X and the Grandland X. Everyone seems to be buying an SUV these days, particularly families like ours, and so the Crossland X needs to offer a USP if it …
It’s so hard to choose where to go on holiday, isn’t it? If money was no object, and there were no wars or unrest, where would you go on your next family getaway? My top ten, in no particular order, would be: Barbados I’ve been once before to Barbados and had the best holiday. I’d …
I have been on lots of weekends away with family and friends over the years. Usually at least once a year there is the opportunity to get away for two or three nights with our nearest and dearest to a beautiful country house or a group of lodges. I haven’t written much about those weekends …
Sometimes, people have the misconception that home educated children don’t have the same opportunities to socialise as often as those in school. I know, because I used to be one of those people. The last twelve months have opened my eyes to many things – and one of them is the sheer volume of social …