If you have a friend or relative who is an avid baker, there are several fantastic options to choose from when it comes to choosing a gift for them. Whether they have a birthday coming up, you’re planning ahead for Christmas, or you simply want to let them know that you’re thinking about them, bakers … Read more
AD: Some items in this guide have been provided in exchange for inclusion in the guide. Father’s Day will be here before you know it so it’s time to get your thinking caps on and find something for that special Father in your life. This year is a little easier for us since Daddy has … Read more
The Problem We all have them, I’m sure of it? The teen who grunts at you if you dare speak to them, barely acknowleding your existence or worse still, that of their younger siblings. They stare at screens all.day.long! Computer screens, games consoles, TVs and if you suggest they might like to get out in … Read more
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