Top Tips for Surviving the Summer holidays with kids
Enjoy stress-free summer holidays with kids using these fun, budget-friendly activity ideas across the UK!
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Record your #PassAroundTheWorld video to win great prizes . . .
Today I want to share with you a very short but sweet video that Daddy and two of our Beans have filmed as part of the Pass Around The World campaign being hosted by Allianz. The aim of the campaign is to get as many families as possible to record their own Rugby pass and … Read more
A Cherry Good way to spend a day!
As the school year was coming to a close my boys and I picked up our friends Karin and Sammy for a Mothers and Sons day out in Oxfordshire. We had been invited to a Summer Picnic at Q Gardens Farm in Abingdon by Cherry Good juice to celebrate National Cherry Day. Followers of my … Read more
Fun and frolics at Fineshade Woods
The Mummy Matters household is feeling a little jaded today, we’ve had a full-on weekend with my Sister and her beautiful family who came to stay with us for the weekend. Living a little over 3 hours away and all with busy lives we don’t get to see each other as often as we would … Read more
When the Beans took on Gullivers Land – Milton Keynes
When we went to the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show a few months ago Daddy and the Beans did a spot of dancing with Gully Mouse and were given free children’s tickets for a day out at Gullivers Land in Milton Keynes so we finally got around to visiting and had a really fun family … Read more
Oh to have a spare £100 . . .
Family – we might not have it all together, but together we have it all! I love this quote because family means everything to me and whilst we may not have everything our heart desires right now, we are working towards it one step at a time, together. I have been asked by TSB to … Read more
Me & Mine – A walk through the Bluebells (Rutland Water)
Spring is perhaps my most favourite of seasons, new life is springing, new flowers are growing and even in the darkness of a woodland floor you can see a carpet of bluebells which look so beautiful. I have been so busy just recently with one thing or another I haven’t had a chance to share … Read more
How did we fare with the Eon #SwitchOffChallenge ??
Childhood for the Beans is very different from the childhood I remember, technology has moved on at such a pace that children as young as Jelly Bean know how to operate a tablet, it just becomes second nature to them. As a parent it can be difficult to get the balance right between letting them … Read more
Easter Holidays – Madame Tussauds
DISCLAIMER: We were given free tickets for our day out at Madame Tussauds to try out Cortana. All words, images and opinions are my own and may not be copied without my permission. As I type this post, I am sitting in the car with the Beans all buzzing, talking about who was their favourite … Read more