Families are invited to The National Sea Life Centre Birmingham from 22nd to 31st October for a Spooky Seas themed treat which will have those little ones intrigued and entertained for hours on end. Feast your eyes on the attraction’s fascinating jelly fish species. In existence for over 650 million years, these intriguing characters move … Read more
I was never really into Halloween before the Beans came along, sure I attended the odd Halloween party as an adult if one of my work colleagues was throwing one but even then I’m sure there wasn’t as much made of it as there is today. Ever since Curly was little we have got him … Read more
On Friday Jelly Bean and I visited newly refurbished and renamed store, Poundworld Plus in Wisbech. It is the second Poundworld Plus to open following the Nottingham store in September. Poundworld Plus is part of the already successful Poundworld group but it’s more that just a ‘pound shop’. Approximately 75% of their products are priced … Read more
With the half term holidays almost upon us it’s time to start thinking about how to entertain the children. What better way to keep them entertained than with some fun crafting ready for Halloween. As a family we always decorate our house for Halloween, the children love it and look forward to it every year. … Read more
This Halloween trade ghoul for giggles at Shrek’s Adventure! London as everyone’s favourite ogre and all his DreamWorks pals bring family fun to the Southbank for half term. From 24th October to 1st November the attraction will be offering guests an exclusive Halloween experience complete with witches, pumpkins and magical surprises for guests of all … Read more
Mealtimes have always been a pretty stressful affair in our house with the Little Bean’s fussy eating and her younger brothers beginning to follow suit so a little over a month ago I made a stand. I drew up a meal plan for the Beans so that I would know what to cook each night … Read more
Until I had children I had never really shown much interest in Halloween, I certainly hadn’t been interested in going trick or treating but now that I’m a Mum I want to make memories for my children, I want them to look back and say “oh yeah do you remember that time that we did … Read more
As the weeks of the new school year are flying by it’s hard to believe that we are only a few short weeks away from the October Half Term holiday. Unless we are really lucky with the weather, the likelihood is that we will be spending a lot more time indoors during Half Term so … Read more
Do you do Halloween? I have to admit I’m not big on taking the children out ‘Trick or Treating’ although last year they did walk around our neighbours who had a pumpkin outside as we figured that meant they were ‘open’ to Halloween visitors. It’s that fine line between not spoiling the children’s fun when … Read more