Last Sunday, Robot and I were invited to see the exciting experience that is Disney on Ice. Surrounded by several hundred Disney Princesses, some Woody the cowboys and the odd Arlo from The Good Dinosaur, we took our seats at the Manchester Arena and settled down with our popcorn. Once the compere had welcomed us, …
Cirque du Soleil: Ovo
Robot and I went on a mum and son night out in Manchester on Friday as the circus came to town. Cirque du Soleil is our favourite circus to watch so we were super excited to have been invited along! Ovo, Portugese for ‘egg’, tells a tale of the goings-on inside a bright and colourful …
Sunday Book Club: Moon Man
This week the book I’m featuring is one of my eight year old son’s new favourites. We bought Moon Man whilst we were at the Just So festival last month and it’s been read many times already. A story of differences, rejection and acceptance, Moon Man gave us the opportunity to discuss why people fear …
Review: BRIO Push & Go Racer
Squidge has an obsession with ‘brum cars’. Anything with wheels is a car to him: scooter, train, the vacuum cleaner… though that’s minor detail when you’re just turned two. The latest addition to our car collection is the BRIO Push & Go Racer. BRIO has been a household name for many years, and while we …
Riverside Holiday Park
We recently spent the weekend at Riverside Holiday Park, Southport. My son wanted to go camping for his birthday so we took the motorhome an hour down the road and met up with a group of friends who were there for the week. Riverside Holiday Park accepts tourers, motorhomes and trailer tents and has static …
Roald Dahl Day: The BFG Project
The BFG is our favourite Roald Dahl story, so for Roald Dahl Day this year we decided to do a few related activities to mark the occasion. We have read the book so we watched the film, and my thoughts turned to other possible ways to celebrate. In the end we decided on making Snozzcumbers …
Theatre Review: Madagascar the Musical
This evening we spent a rather enjoyable couple of hours at The Opera House, Winter Gardens, Blackpool. This is the first time we have been able to get over to Blackpool for a theatre review and we were not disappointed. Main characters Alex, Melman, Gloria and Marty were certainly dressed to impress with attention to …
Children’s Fashion: La Redoute Sale
I love a bargain and I’m not really fussed about whether an item of clothing is from the current season or not. If it’s cute and a bargain it’s going in my virtual (or actual) basket for Squidge. A couple of weeks ago I ordered a bucnh of stuff in the sale from La Redoute. …
A day in San Sebastián
During our latest trip to Spain, w drove an hour or so from where we were staying in Pamplona to spend some time in San Sebastián. We’d really only gone there because it came up on Google as the nearest beach, so we had no real expectations. The weather forecast was a bit disappointing so …
Festival review: Just So 2018
This year was our second at Just So and we had been looking forward to it for many months. We had chosen bees as our tribe and had been keeping a close eye on all the progress posted on the Just So facebook page. Once the weekend of Just So rolled around though I found …