We always buy the Beans one DVD each for Christmas. We still try to do our #familyfilmnight as often as we can although this isn’t every weekend like it used to be, we always seem to have such a busy schedule. For the Family Pete’s Dragon This is a film I remember from my own … Read more
Star Wars and I go way back, right back to my late teens when I first began watching the movies and I loved them. I wanted to be Princess Leia, my cousins and I would try to style our hair just like hers, obviously I wouldn’t be seen out in public like it now but … Read more
One of the most well-received gifts that we ever give to family and friends at Christmas are the Photo Gifts from PhotoBox. I have been using PhotoBox since the Beans were babies to create Calendars, Diaries, Photobooks, Canvasses or just to order prints. The one year I ran out of time to get them ordered, … Read more
The Beans always remind me how much they love the fact that I am a blogger when they receive a new download code for one of their Nintendo consoles so I have been a very popular Mummy these last couple of weeks with a number of new releases coming our way. New Style Boutique 2: … Read more
Over the next few weeks we will be celebrating Beanie Boy’s 5th birthday and Curly’s 14th birthday. We have pretty much got ourselves sorted for Beanie Boy’s birthday but it definitely gets more difficult as they get older because most of the things that you immediately think of for a teenager cost a fortune. One … Read more
One thing that I know we will be doing this coming Father’s Day is enjoying our weekly #FamilyFilmNight as it has become a key event of our family week. We switch off all technology, other than the TV and DVD player of course. We snuggle up on the sofas and beanbags with a bowl of … Read more
Mother’s day might have come and gone, but we still have Father’s day to celebrate this September. And as such, racking our brains for ideas on what to give to our loved ones always becomes a habit during that time of the year. Receiving handmade gifts is more than likely on the top of your … Read more
Maybe it’s just that I’m getting older and more interested in the outdoors myself and so I’m noticing it more or maybe it’s been the downturn in the economy but I definitely feel that more and more people are turning to the outdoors as a means of entertaining themselves and their families. As a family … Read more
Come on, what would Christmas be if we didn’t have chocolate?! I paused for a moment today when buying stocking fillers for the Beans to question whether or not they really needed chocolate, no probably not BUT it’s Christmas and everyone deserves chocolate at Christmas. I can barely make it through a standard day without … Read more