Tickets on sale now for Disney on Ice presents Frozen

Disney On Ice

Was there ever a time that Disney’s Frozen didn’t exist? It doesn’t feel like it, does it? It seems to have captured the hearts of everyone and is still going strong since 2013 when we first met Elsa, Anna, Christophe, Sven and Olaf. Regular readers of Mummy Matters will be aware of how lucky we have been … Read more

Easy Tips To Keep The Kids Entertained On Long Journeys

long journeys

As if going on a long trip isn’t challenging enough, it’s even harder to deal with long journeys when spending them with kids. Every parent knows the horrors that a bored child can unleash during a long-distance trip. And that’s just involving one kid. Imagine if you’re travelling with a group of restless children all … Read more

#kidsinthekitchen Activities – Week 3

Are you hanging in there, you’re nearly half way through the holidays already. How many of last week’s #kidsinthekitchen activities did you manage to do? Here’s a few more for this week . . . I think this will have to be an activity for when Jelly Bean is in bed or he will be … Read more

NOW TV Nickelodeon Swap Shop – summer holiday fun!

NOW TV is thrilled to announce two exciting new additions to its children’s entertainment offering. Viewers can now watch Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. at any time, without a contract via the Entertainment Month Pass.   To celebrate, NOW TV is launching the NOW TV Nickelodeon Swap Shop. The social campaign is asking families to get … Read more

Microsoft Parents Approved – Back to School Apps

A couple of weeks ago on a sunny morning I popped down to London for the day to meet up with some of my lovely friends at Microsoft to spend some time at the Microsoft Apartment and to get hands-on with a few of their gadgets for the summer. Microsoft know families and they have … Read more

Quarter of today’s children spend only 30 minutes outdoors

– New research reveals that the current generation of kids spend the least amount of time outside – New research[i] commissioned by the National Trust shows that children aged 7-12 spend less time playing outside compared to any other generation. According to the findings, over half of today’s children (54 per cent) spend less than … Read more

Keep the children entertained on long journeys

long journeys

Travelling with children can often be a stressful event, they just want to get there, YOU just want to get there but sadly we haven’t learnt to teleport yet and as far as I’m aware the floo powder in Harry Potter is just fictional too so until someone makes a great discovery it’s planes, trains … Read more