10 Fab Christmas Advent Calendars!
One of the best things about Christmas i think is the build up to it. It’s just so exciting waiting for the big day to come. Listening to Christmas songs, eating mince pies and best of all, opening our...
View ArticleVisiting Santa’s Grotto at Derby Intu Centre
On Saturday my and my two youngest kids where invited down to Derby Intu Centre to visit Santa’s grotto. I haven’t been to Derby in years even though I only live 30 minutes away by train, So was a...
View ArticleGetting Ready for Christmas with Baker Ross Christmas Crafts
Can you believe that Christmas is less than 3 weeks away! Our family are really looking forward to Christmas this year, even more than last year. We actually put out tree and decorations a week earlier...
View ArticleMaking Christmas Memories with ELC #ComeandPlay
Christmas is my favourite time of the year. I just love spending time with my family and the looks on the kids faces on Christmas morning when they open up their presents. Christmas was always a...
View ArticleFun Christmas Jumpers From Morrisons
On Friday 16th December is National Christmas Jumper day with money being raised for Save the Children. All 3 of my kids will be going to school with their Christmas jumper on and each donating £1 to...
View Article#GiveABook This Christmas with Scholastic
Love of Reading I have always loved reading books and I have always encouraged my kids to do the same. My eldest son Ryan, used to love books when he was little, but now he is 11 it can be difficult to...
View ArticleStill Looking for Some Last Minute Christmas Gifts
I have now done all my Christmas shopping. I have all the presents, all the wrapping paper and all the food too. But If you are anything like my sister, you will still have loads to do. She often...
View ArticleFestive Drinks Round Up
A Little Drink at Christmas I am not normally a big drinker but I do like to have a drink now and again, and I always have a few at Christmas. It’s a little tradition for me and my husband to have a...
View ArticleChristmas Toy Gift Guide 2017
Well it’s that time of year again. Yes, Christmas is just a few weeks away and my kids have already wrote down their wish lists. I think this year there is more toys than there ever has been to choose...
View ArticleFor Her Christmas Gift Guide 2017
I think that I am the easiest person to buy for out of everyone in our family. My mum and sisters are quite easy to buy for too, but I like anything! There hasn’t been a Christmas gift that I have...
View ArticlePlaymobil Advent Calendar Jewel Thief 2017
I love all the different kinds of advent calendars you can get nowadays but I think the best ones for kids are definitely the Playmobil advent calendars. Each year they bring a few different new ones...
View ArticleFor Him Christmas Gift Guide 2017
Every year I find it harder and harder to find gifts for my dad. He is just the hardest person to buy for. When I ask him what he would like he just says’ don’t get me anything’, which is really...
View ArticleFoodies Gift Guide 2017
Do you have a foodie lover in your household? If so, here I have put together a few great gift ideas for them. I love my food and my biggest weakness is chocolate. You can be me any kind of chocolate...
View ArticleLast Minute Christmas Gift Ideas
If you are still looking for some last minute Christmas gift ideas, then you have come to the right place. I like to get all my gifts throughout the year as it save me money. But if you are one of...
View ArticleOur Traditional Christmas Eve Box
I love Christmas time, just spending time with my family is so perfect. We also have a few Christmas traditions that we do every year and sometimes we are still adding new ones to the list. We also...
View ArticleKids Christmas Gift Guide 2018
I love doing my Christmas gift guides every year, and with each year that goes by there seems to be more things to choose from. This is great, but on the other hand it can confuse you even more of what...
View ArticleFor Her Christmas Gift Guide 2018
There are always plenty of things to buy for women at Christmas time – jewellery, chocolate, make up, candles, books, the list is endless. Here are a few of my 2018 ‘For Her’ favourites. Fudge I...
View ArticleFor Him Christmas Gift Guide 2018
I have shared my For Her Gift guide, now it time for the For Him Christmas gift guide. Buying for my husband and dad can be quite tricky, as my husbands asks for loads of dvds and nothing else. But I...
View ArticleStocking Fillers!
Right, so you have got the main presents sorted out, now you just need a few little stocking fillers. Here are my favourite items to add to their stockings this year. Diary’s How about a pretty new...
View ArticleChristmas Advent Calendars 2018
When I was a kid the only advent calendars that I can remember available where just the cheap chocolate ones for a £1. Or the picture ones, with nothing but a Christmas scene behind each window. But...
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