• Cake,  Food,  Parent Blog,  Yorkshire Blog

    Birthday Bank Holiday Fun

    Our Bank holiday celebrations started on Thursday when we celebrated Thomas’ 4th Birthday. I cannot believe that my little boy is 4 year old. It seems like 2 minutes ago that we were bringing him home from the hospital, watching him crawl for the first time, take his first steps, say his first word, bring his little brother into the world and now 4… yes 4 years old.  We started off celebrating by opening Thomas’ presents. He mostly got money this year as his toy box is overloaded with toys and he has a mountain of clothing so we decided to ask for money so he could choose his own things.  He…

  • Cake,  Reviews

    Baker Days Letterbox Cake

    If someone offers to let you review cake, there isn’t many times I would turn it down and so when Baker Days offered us a cake for Thomas’ birthday, we jumped on them and screamed yes at the tops of our voices.  Baker Days make a range of cakes including a ‘LetterBox Cake’ which is small enough to fit through the letterbox and so perfect for busy parents who want a personalised cake for their child but don’t have time to wait in for it.  Their website is easy to use. After choosing an occasion, you pick the cake design and size. You are then given the opportunity to personalise…

  • Competitions,  Food,  Giveaway,  Weaning

    Munching Munchkin Competition

    As you already know, we are big fans of the Munchkin range. The full collection includes a range of colourful and clever bathing, feeding and hygiene products. We have reviewed their: Click -Lock cups – here Bath toys – here  Feeding range – here Each item from Munchkin has been designed to excite and delight children whilst making parents lives easier and more enjoyable and as you can see by the pictures, we had great fun trying out all the products and doing the reviews.  We especially loved the feeding range and for that reason, the fab people over at Munchkin have allowed us to give a bundle of their feeding range away. The prize…

  • This and That

    Never Again…

    Charlie’s 20 week scan Never again will I get to see a babies silhouette on a scan photograph.  Never again will get that first kick and feel so proud. Never again will I get kicked at 3am and scream at my tummy to go to sleep. Never again will I get that feeling when I see my baby for the first time. Never again will I see a first tooth, a first roll, a first crawl, a first step, a first word… Never again will I get that sensation, just after giving birth, where I feel empty inside… but wait, I do… I feel so empty. No baby, but not in…

  • Children,  Parenting

    All work, No Rest, No Play

    Now don’t get me wrong, I love being a mum. It’s the thing I am most proud of in my life. The feeling of knowing that I brought those 2 boys into this world fills me with overwhelming pleasure.  When they learnt to crawl, walk, and talk, I have this little voice in my head saying ‘I taught them that’, and no, before you say anything, I’m not crazy. I may talk to myself but doesn’t everyone? Oh, no. It’s just me then! Seriously though, I sometimes look back on the day we’ve just come to end of and think to myself that I’ve done nothing for or by myself…

  • Health

    Banana for Breakfast anyone?

    As the saying goes ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ but did you actually know that apples aren’t the best fruit for you. Bananas are! Bananas contain three natural sugars, sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fibre. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy which is why sports people eat it at intervals. Research has even proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a 90 minute workout so no wonder the banana is the number one fruit for athletes. But bananas aren’t just for energy, they can also help prevent illnesses and conditions.  Bananas contain tryptophan, a protein that the body converts to serotonin…

  • This and That

    Dreaming of Captain Redbeard

    This post has been written in conjunction with bed makers Warren Evans for National Share a Story Month. This is our bedtime story.  Dreaming of Captain Redbeard Thomas had a great imagination, always day dreaming about pirates and the skulduggery they get up to. He explained to his mum that one day he would be just like his friend, Captain Redbeard and would go on lots of adventures, saving princesses and collecting huge amounts of treasure.  “Maybe Thomas, but for now you need your sleep. Even pirates can’t save the world if they’re tired” Mum explained. So Thomas jumped into bed and got his head down for a restful night ahead. …

  • Reviews

    Nākd Chocolovers Mixed Case

    After everything I’ve been through the past month, I’ve decided that now will be the best time to lose weight. I don’t mind exercising and even eating healthy lunches and dinners are fine with me. The one thing that is my downfall is chocolate. I could eat chocolate till it is coming out of my ears, I just love it. Some when it comes to snacking I don’t usually go for cereal bars because I like yummy chocolatey goodness.  So when I was asked to review some bars from Natural Balanced Foods, straight away I went for the Nākd Chocolovers Mixed Case of cereal bars. The mixed case contains 18 bars in it, six…

  • Reviews

    Scrub-A-Dub-Dub, No Hands In The Tub

    There are many products that I have loved reviewing over the past year. Some are expensive, big and bulky and some small, light and inexpensive. But since it’s now been a year that I have been writing this blog, sharing our memories and my thoughts on all the products, I thought I’d write once more about the product that we get the most use out of. That is used every day, a few times a day and I now couldn’t live without it. Our Dishmatic! Yes, it’s a sponge on a stick. But no, it isn’t just that. I have a phobia (weirdo alert!!!) of dirty water. I hate touching…

  • Children,  Reviews,  Toys

    Munchkin Bath Toys

    Both Thomas and Charlie love being in the bath. Usually it takes me ages to get them to get out once they’re in and that’s thanks to Munchkins bath toys. We were lucky to be sent 3 items from the Munchkin bath range. They were: Shampoo Rinser The one part of getting a bath my boys hate is getting there hair washed. Thanks to Munchkin that’s no longer a problem. You see, the Munchkin jug is flexible which means that when usually the water will run out all over the boys faces, now the jug flexes into the forehead and the water just rinses off the back of the head.…

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