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What To Wear To A Family Festival?

Family Festivals are fun to dress for

You’re packing the picnic basket, ear defenders for the kids and maybe even the tent if you are brave like us. Perhaps you were inspired by my post on why family festivals are great? But what’s worrying you is ‘OMG what am I going to wear to a family festival?‘ It’s not exactly glastonbury, and […]

Top Tips For Dealing With Twitter Terriers, Facebook Furies and Blog Bummers

Dealing with online negativity

I‘m not here today. I’m over on the BritMums Blog with my summary about dealing with online negativity or bullying. Go check it out, because it has a full description of the summary that I skipped over at the end of the panel with my Top Tips for dealing with these miserable people online:  1) […]

Britmums Live: Winning, What I liked, Outfits and a change to WIN SWAG!

Joe Browns makes great clothes

I WON! OMG I can’t believe I won the ‘Inspire’ category, partially because of what a lovely title it has and partially because of the amazing women I was up against.  I was sure I had no chance, but a couple of my friends were convinced.  However, when they read out the description of the […]

Have you thought of going to a Family Festival this summer?

Family Festivals

I know many of you won’t be even considering the hundreds/thousands of pounds that it costs to go on holiday this summer. You might also be struggling to take 7-14 days off work. I’ve got a great alternative for you … Hows about thinking about a Family Festival instead?   If you’ve never been to […]

What I am wearing to Britmums Live 2012

Outfit for a blogging conference

  Are you worried about what to wear to a blogging conference?   My main tip is to remember: There will be cooler better looking people than you. There will be people worse dressed than you. There will be fatter and slimmer people than you.   So all you have to do is: Feel comfortable. […]

Great Mothers / Fathers Day or Grandparent or Photographer Present

Canvas Pictures

  I know that shopping for Mums, Dads, Grandparents or Photographers is difficult, so I reckon you’re going to love this idea; Photos on canvas. I love having photos of the family around; I think it reminds us of happy times when we are exhausted and it stops me from panicking that I’ve forgotten about […]

What do Thomson, Guinness World Records, Whipsnade and Luton A&E have in common?

Thomson the dog

What do Thomson Family holidays, the Guiness Book of Records and Whipsnade zoo have in common? And how come did we end up in A&E  in Luton with Little Dimples? Well we got invited to a blogging event at Whipsnade Zoo hosted by Thomsons and Guinness Book of World Records during half-term. The timing was […]

What Happens When You Mix The Mummy Whisperer, Actually Mummy and Verulam Radio Together?

Radio Verulam Radio Interview

It’s just going to be a little chat between me and Helen from Actually Mummy and Dapper Danny Smith from Radio Verulam; what could go wrong? First thing to go wrong was Little Dimples projectile vomiting across the kitchen.  Hence massive clean up required and then crossing of fingers that my neighbour would still like […]

A Blast From My Past, Confessions and Review of the John Crane Wooden Scooter

Review of the John Crane Trike

I don’t do many product reviews, but when BlogMatch offered me this little scooter from John Crane I fell in love.   There are 3 reasons I love it: 1) It’s wooden and wooden toys just look a hell of a lot nicer when you are looking at a room full of toys 2) It’s […]

I need five minutes of your time for an itsy bitsy vote!

I need five minutes of your time for an itsy bitsy vote!

Guess What?!!!!!!! I’ve been jumping up and down for the last couple of weeks because I’ve reached the finals in TWO, yes that’s the TWO main parent blogging competitions this year. Thank you to everyone who nominated me! The first is the ‘BiBs’ or Brilliance in Blogging run by Britmums.  I’m up for the ‘Inspire’ […]