One of Sophie’s birthday presents was the VTech Toot Toot Drivers Train Station which has been a big hit in our house. Admittedly Sophie has mostly enjoyed taking apart the track that has been so carefully constructed and wandering off with pieces of track or the train but Jessica has loved playing with the train… Read More
Over the last few years, my mother-in-law has given me spa vouchers for my birthday. They were a very welcome treat before I had children and now they’re even more gratefully received. This year’s birthday present was a spa retreat for two at Stoke Park and so hubby and I left the girls with Grandma… Read More
Both my girls love In the Night Garden and when I spotted the Ninky Nonk Musical Activity Train in the shops, I knew what I wanted to get Sophie for her first birthday. Jessica had also spotted it and kept wanting to “have it, Mummy!” every time she saw it. The train consists of the… Read More
The King’s Curse is the sixth book in the ‘Cousins War’ series of historical novels by Philippa Gregory which covers the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudor period as seen from the perspective of some of the women who were key players during this time. This final novel in the series is told… Read More
Jessica loves crafts and being creative. One of her favourite things to be creative with is Play-Doh, so she was very excited when she received the huge Play-Doh cannister for her birthday a couple of weeks ago and saw all the bits inside ready for her to get creative with. The cannister contains the following:… Read More
Having enjoyed two previous treasure trails around Wantage and Chalfont St Peter, I thought we’d try another in Petersfield, the town where I grew up. This trail was a Spy Trail – the answers to each of the clues would give us one or two letters to cross off a grid and lead us to… Read More
As Sophie has become increasingly mobile, bath times have become more difficult. I got into the habit of bathing the children together early on as it made the bedtime routine easier but once Sophie was able to move about more, it became almost impossible to bath her in the big bath with Jessica as I… Read More