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
With my twin sister and her two daughters having come to stay for a few days, we thought we’d have a day out and take all four girls to Legoland for the day. I’ve been quite a few times now with Jessica and Sophie but having the two older girls (my nieces are aged 8… Read More
We were recently offered a personalised Peppa Pig softback book from Penwizard to review. There were three choices of book available as follows: (Your child) and Peppa Pig go to Playgroup (or Pre-school, Nursery or School depending on preference – they are all the same story) Peppa Pig and (your child) go Swimming Peppa goes… Read More
In The Night Garden is one of Jessica’s favourite CBeebies programmes. We thought that she and Sophie would enjoy going to see one of the live shows in Richmond. The show is held in an inflatable showdome. As soon as Jessica saw the pictures of all the In the Night Garden characters outside the… Read More