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Animals
A day at The Stables with friends #MummyMattersSummer2016
During the second week of the Summer holidays the Beans and I caught up with friends and had a few days at home. Top of our list for a catch-up was a trip to Skegness to see MumtoC and her kiddies. This time around we had a ride along the coast to Sutton-on-Sea, somewhere I … Read more
Twin-tastic Tigers at ZSL London Zoo #MummyMattersSummer2016
It wasn’t long since we had last visited ZSL London Zoo but when we were told that Tigress Melati had welcomed the safe arrival of her twin cubs on 27th June 2016, the chance to see them proved too much for us not to visit again. We arrived just before lunch so we decided to have our … Read more
A family day at Cornish Birds of Prey Centre
I’ve been so busy getting everything ready for Christmas (I’m determined to be done by 1st December this year) that I forgot to finish telling you all about our lovely family holiday to Cornwall. I was looking through our family photographs last night and it prompted me to tell you about our visit to the … Read more
Enjoying the sunshine at Sacrewell Farm plus newly refurbished Mill House
As the Summer holidays were drawing to a close I spotted a deal on our local Groupon site to buy a family voucher for Sacrewell Farm (one of our family favourite days out locally) for just £14 so I bought it there and then. As is usually the case with me and Groupon vouchers I … Read more
How to make money-saving more fun for kids and parents
Saving money when you have kids can be quite a challenge. Kids will soon decide that it’s not fun at all, rather it is boring and dull as well. You may think the same but there are some tricks to make money-saving a lot more fun! I gathered some great tips and I am going … Read more
A Summer Safari at Pensthorpe Natural Park
Way back in 2012 when we were on holiday in Norfolk we had made plans to visit Pensthorpe but then our plans changed and we found that we didn’t have time to go. When we went back to Norfolk this Summer we made sure that Pensthorpe was one of the first places on our to-do … Read more
Our Fuel Save day trip to Snettisham Park
You’ll have to forgive me if my posts are a little out of sync since the school holidays, we have been so busy getting out and about that I have been either completely shattered when we get home and I just want to sleep OR we have been camping and caravanning so I have been … Read more
A trip to Hamerton Zoo – mixed feelings!?!?!?
Zoos aren’t for everyone I know that and to be honest I can see both sides of the argument but I visit Zoos with my children (and before I had children) because I know that a Zoo is pretty much the only opportunity that I (and they) will get to see some of these animals. … Read more