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Its less than three days until the party of the century…..and Operation: Mad Hatters Tea Party is in full swing.

The invites were sent out last month and I have had so many compliments on them (hoping I haven’t set the standard too high when it comes to the actual party!).  I used Paper Shaker to design them and was hugely impressed by the wide range of options and images there were on offer.  I went for a pink theme with lots of clocks, reminding people not to be late for this very important date. Read More →

My big 3 0 may have come and gone but that doesn’t mean the celebrations have to stop.  In less than 2 weeks I will be making a pilgrimage back to The While Isle to relive my youth and embark on my lifelong plan of growing old disgracefully.

With age may come wrinkles and a delightful jiggle when you walk, but it also brings with it life experience and a little more money in the bank.  Life experience is telling me that budget flights are no longer the way to go, and my bank balance saying its OK to book a hotel that doesn’t make you share your room with a family of cockroaches.

We have booked flights with BA (hello complimentary G&Ts) and I am even considering valet parking at the airport! Not sure if this is luxury or laziness though?

We have booked into Read More →

You are never alone when you have books, or at least thats what I believed growing up as an only child. I may not have had siblings at home with me but that didn’t mean I couldn’t go on adventures with friends.  Solving mysteries with The Secret Seven, getting into trouble with My Naughty Little Sister, even going down drain with Flat Stanley…reading fuelled my imagination and never failed to make me feel happy.

Ever since I found out that I was going to me a mother I have dreamed of sharing books with my girls.  Pouring over the pages, reading the words aloud, savouring these ordinary moments that will shape their futures. Read More →

I was part of the hundreds (well it felt like hundreds anyway) of bloggers who, last weekend, were asked to be part of the #MorrisonsMum campaign.

Kindly Morrisons gifted us with £80 of vouchers to spend in store on all we would need for a Bank Holiday weekend of fun. They wanted to show all of us, and for us to show all of you, what the new, cheaper Morrisons looked like, and hopefully report back with tales of great deals and even better service.

My nearest Morrisons about 10 minutes drive away isn’t very big so we headed to the next town to visit the superstore that is located there. Read More →

There has been BIG news coming out of the LolliBop camp this week. The UK’s biggest kids festival has announced it’s most exciting line-up to date, with CBeebies Superstar Justin Fletcher headlining on Saturday and Sunday and Mister Maker taking over the main stage on Friday.

The event, which this year takes place at the brand new venue Hatfield House on August 15th to 17th, also welcomes stars of CBBC’s Big Friday Wind Up Sam & Mark to LolliBop for the first time. Read More →

The weekend just gone marked the start of 9 days off work for The Essex Husband.  Just over one whole week of uninterrupted family time. 100% bliss.

Starting as we meant to go on Sunday was spent in London having fun family adventures.

We attended a lovely HP Easter event at The Museum of Childhood and were treated to an afternoon of Easter crafts and printing activities.  I was hugely impressed with cards available to print at home from HP creations and will be making many more of those this weekend for our loved ones.  Aside from this the girls took part in a very cute Easter themed photo-shoot from which I cannot wait to see the photos! Read More →