This week has been COLD – to put it mildly. We have had our first layer of frost on the ground, and the wooly hats and gloves have been pressed into service. The cold doesn’t stop Gemma and Jacob from wanting to be out and about though. Jacob has been…

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Both Gemma and Jacob are rather partial to a bit of scootering. They scooter anywhere and everywhere – to school, to town, to friends houses, and to the park. They actually both saved up their own pocket money and bought their sought-after JD Bug scooters themselves. So when we were…

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Tots 100 are currently running a competition with the lovely people over at Activity toys Direct. To enter, you simply go fantasy shopping with £750 – now that I can do!So how would we spend £750 transforming our garden into fun, all year-round family haven? I put this question to…

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Sunday afternoon.Roast dinner finished.It’s raining.Time to curl up with a film? Not in this house! Gemma and Jacob like to be OUT – whatever the weather! So today we donned our wellies and coats and headed down the road to the BMX track. We are very lucky to have this…

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As much as we love days out, some weekends it just isn’t feasible – we have other things to do at home, and we can’t afford to be out and about every weekend. But that doesn’t mean that we don’t have fun at home!   This weekend has been fairly…

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