When we moved to our house nearly nine years ago, the first thing that I noticed was a burglar alarm, this had never been in my thinking, both houses we had lived in previously were in quite a busy area, with lots of people out and about all the time, even when we lived on … Read more
All of my children adore Disney films, it is something all seven of them can sit together and watch, so when saw the adverts on TV about DisneyLife I was a little bit curious, and when I saw that Mumsnet had put a call out for bloggers to put DisneyLife through its paces, I knew … Read more
When Xene was a toddler, she used to eat EVERYTHING, but the older she got, the more fussy she became, this carried on for quite a few years and I did worry about how much food she was having, luckily she loved fruit and some vegetables so she always hit the right weight on the … Read more
None of my children are into designer labels, they just want clothes that fit and are hard wearing, living in the countryside we spend a HUGE amount of time outdoors so they like clothes that are not too flimsy. When I went to the Argos Christmas In July event I fell in love with their … Read more
This year our Christmas Dinner may be for just the nine of us, or possibly eleven, depending on if Asa’s parents decide to join us, to me nine isn’t that many to cook for (I do it every day!) So it does make me smile when people get stressed about cooking for a large amount … Read more
Every year I struggle with what to get my husband, dad and father in law, as the boys are starting to get older, they are slowly moving into that category. Lochlan still has lots of computer games, consoles etc on his list, but the smaller gifts such as pyjamas now have to be adult size! … Read more
I have always loved playing Monopoly, when I was a child, a game of Monopoly would go on forever, in fact we used to play it in the evening and it would get left there until the next night because it would take so long to finish a game. So I was very intrigued to … Read more
Last week I saw a journalist put out a call for girls aged 11 and 12 for a magazine article, so I asked Neva and she happily agreed for me to put her name forward, as she really enjoyed doing the Argos YouTube Reviews last year. However when I got an email back, … Read more
Last week the children and I received this Top Secret Mission. Inside was THE coolest gadget ever… Introducing Spy Net Vibrasonic Walkie Talkies…. This is what they have to say about the coolest gadget of the year “Using bone conduction tech to enable you to hear sound, there are no speakers! The Spy Net Vibrasonic … Read more