I was browsing Pinterest when I came across someone who had made magnetic slime. I thought the boys would love to make their own slime, so I clicked through to find out what I needed to buy. Unfortunately, the site I landed on was an american one which called for something called Borax. Now we …
Rowan really loves Disney’s Frozen, but I find that much of the merchandise on sale is princess-based. While we’ve no aversion to Anna and Elsa, when I googled ‘Frozen parties’ I found a lot of photos of little girls in princess dresses, a lot of glitter and ice castles made with varying degrees of talent. …
This is the first installment of Brilliant Bloggers, so it was really difficult to choose ‘The One’. Which blogger’s work do I enjoy reading so much that they just had to be the first Brilliant Blogger? This blogger has been writing stuff on the internet since the days of the dial up connection and has …
Two friends, Brown Spike and Ghost of Fame, try to cure a case of the hiccups. Follow our story including sound effects from the brilliant Storytime Sounds app from Not on the High Street. Louis is seven, and thought up the story himself. I just wrote it down because he claimed to have tired hands from …
We have had SUCH a great month in January with lots of exciting news and invitations for the year ahead. Our social calendar is looking promising already and I can’t wait to get it all documented here. We are a family who love to get outdoors. We love music, shows, gaining new experiences, learning new …
Earlier this month I was invited to a juicing event in Leeds. My sister was invited to so we decided to go together. She drove because someone had forced me to drink a considerable amount of wine the night before. We arrived in Leeds and I recovered from my *ahem* ‘travel sickness’ before making our …
After school today we tried out a game called Bunny Jump. We’ve been playing quite a lot of games lately, mostly after school or after Sunday dinner. I recently reviewed Chicken Charades from the same company as Bunny Jump, Universal Games. We loved that so when they offered to send this one I was really happy to …
I started blogging in 2011 when my friend Emma told me she had been out for the day to make her own cheese. Yes, really. I didn’t know what blogging was; I’d never heard of it. So after a bit of research and endless questions to Emma, I started a blog called Wine Usually Helps. …
I’m moving my project over from my other blog, so although this is the first 365 post I’ve done on That Lancashire Lass, I am actually kind of up to date. I say kind of because this post is actually two weeks in one – again! You can find weeks one, two, three and four …
This weekend, LEGOLAND Discovery Centre will be taken over by Ninjas! Don’t worry though, I’m sure they’re harmless. In fact, they might be ninjas you know! For the entire weekend of 7th and 8th February, all children dressed as ninjas will receive free entry when they bring a full paying adult with them. If you’re …