It’s become a little bit of a tradition that we escape on holiday for the first week of the summer holidays. As soon as the final bell of the academic year rings, we’re swapping school uniforms for comfy clothes, grabbing ready-packed suitcases and heading down (or up!) the motorway to the airport to catch a…
Last year, Lola went on a school trip to Warwick Castle with her classmates as they were learning all about ‘Kings & Queens’ as their topic for the term. She came home that afternoon super excited, talking non-stop about her day and all the things she’d seen and learnt, her eyes wide with wonder and…
As a family of six, with all of us being very different and unique individuals, finding a holiday that suits us all can be tricky and it often takes a huge amount of planning and research to find something that works for everyone. It’s usually down to me to book our holidays, and with four…
At the beginning of December, the lovely people at Lucky Gecko sent us one of their Midwinter Discovery Boxes to review. We’d already reviewed some of their subscription boxes back in the summer holidays and the girls absolutely loved them. They still talk about them now, months later, and I knew this one would be…
Hello, everybody! Today I want to share with you another book review of a book I recently read. A company called Boolino got in touch with my Mum – they send out books for kids like me to review. They read my other reviews and said they’d like to send me a book to read and write…
I’ve been blogging for about 18 months now and, whilst I’ve not earned a single penny for my work (yet), I have been able to create some fun experiences for my girls to take part in. They may not pay the bills but they are teaching my daughters many valuable lessons: to say “yes” to having adventures; to grab opportunities with both hands; to…
Just before the summer holidays started, the lovely team at Lucky Gecko sent the girls some of their Discovery Boxes to review. They arrived on a busy mid-week morning amidst a flurry of end-of-term excitement – all three girls were so surprised to have had parcels delivered that were actually addressed to them that they wanted…