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When you think of tree houses, you would be forgiven for thinking they’re exclusively in the children’s domain. However, tree houses are becoming so popular and sought after as a holiday venue. I have a dream holiday wish list and while New York is firmly at the top, staying in a treehouse is definitely right up there. There’s something so magical …
On Monday, I shared with you the first post about our recent trip to Efteling and today I’m back with lots of information and photos of what it’s actually like inside the World of Wonders. It was such an amazing experience, I can’t wait to dive in! Efteling is now almost 65 years old and was designed by artist Anton Pieck, …
I’m so excited to share with you the first part of our Efteling trip. I have LOTS of pictures, so I thought I’d start by showing you our lovely cottage and give you a peek inside the amazing Efteling hotel too. Efteling is a theme park in Holland, with a magical difference. We were all so excited to stay there …
We have had the pleasure of going to Camp Bestival for the last two summers. Our first year, was when Ava was just over 2 years old and we had such an awesome time. Last year, she was able to enjoy even more of what this amazing family-friendly festival has to offer. Set in the grounds of the stunning Lulworth Castle, …
As a blogger I’ve had some incredible experiences. Some have been weird and wonderful, but the most unusual has to be my trip to see the guys at Explore, the adventure travel specialists, last week. They had got in touch to see if I fancied testing out their amazing software. Which uses EEG to track emotional reactions to visual stimuli, …
We’re so excited to be flying to the Netherlands at the end of January to experience Efteling. What’s Efteling I hear you say? Well, let me tell you. Eeeek, I can’t wait! I already know that Efteling will be a magical fairytale, having spent hours perusing their site in advance of our trip. Efteling is a theme park, but a theme …
At the start of the week we went with friends on a barge trip to meet Santa. It wasn’t your average Tuesday! It was such good fun and it was lovely to spend time with our friends. After lunch and a present swap, we boarded the barge and the girls listened to a story, met Santa, sang and danced until totally …
This time last week, we headed to Dijon for our first family visit. Regular readers will know that our family will up sticks and move across the channel next June. My hubby has been over there a few times with work and so he is familiar with the area. For Ava and I, it would be our first visit. The main reason …
Last week went to Paris for the first time. I had been invited to attend the Efluent 5 International Blogging Conference, which is hosted by French magazine Parole de Maman. From the 150 bloggers attending, 15 UK bloggers where invited to the event. It was so lovely to be one of those chosen. I was flying from Southampton and so on Monday morning I …
Last week I visited Paris for the first time. I was there for a conference, which I will share more about tomorrow. However, as part of #Vlogmas were I’m sharing a video each day in December. So I thought I would share a little video I made of our Paris downtime. I hope you enjoy! [vc_video title=”Paris” link=”https://youtu.be/IbO6ik7a8cI”]
Ever since I learned of its existence a couple of years ago, I have been yearning to take Ava to Lapland UK. Having seen many pictures from others who have been, it looked like such a wonderful place and a perfect magical Christmas experience. Before our visit, Ava received a gorgeous personalised letter from Father Christmas, complete with posh wax …
Chessington Christmas Tail We had our first experience of Chessington when we went to their Halloween Adventure. We loved it so much and were thrilled to be invited back to the Christmas tail. For those of you who haven’t been before Chessington is a wonderful mix of animals, marine life and theme park rides. Our Halloween adventure was such fun …
Relocating has long since been considered to be one of the most stressful experiences in life. Moving your family to another town can be super stressful. Moving them to another country can be a huge undertaking, one which needs a lot of planning. In June next year, we move lock stock and barrel to France to start our new life (at least …
As part of my wedding anniversary present from hubby, I received tickets to see Sara Pascoe and Joe Lycett in London. The date coincided with #BlogFest, so hubby decided to meet me in London after the conference. Union Chapel gig venue We love staying away from home and have had our fair share of trips this year. However, this one …
If you’ve got a winter getaway planned or are lucky enough to live somewhere warm and just want to take advantage of the few remaining beach days before the holidays get here, now can be a perfect time to go! The beaches probably won’t be quite as busy, meaning it’s an optimum time to go. Uncrowded beaches allow you to …
At the end of last week we went to stay in London at the Draycott hotel. The Draycott hotel is a five star luxury hotel in the desirable Borough of Chelsea and describes itself as the epitome of elegance. We set off on Friday morning and were a little hampered on the journey, as we weren’t aware of the M4 closure. Consequently, it …
Since we have been parents we have been on many kid friendly days out, but had never made it to Chessington World of Adventures. Last week, we were invited to attend during their Halloween extravaganza. We couldn’t wait to go and see what they had in store. Ava has been really switched on to Halloween this year, so she was …
Last Monday we fancied a day out and so we headed to Wellington Country Park, for their special Halloween event. Wellington isn’t too far from us and they often run special themed events, which Ava loves. We have been to a Fairy and Princess Party day previously, an Easter Egg hunt and a few others. Last time we visited we messed …
Last weekend we were invited to go away with Cottages.com; as hubby has been working away a lot we thought a short family break was just what we all needed. Our first challenge was to decide where to go, as cottages.com cover the UK, Ireland, France and Italy. I always want to go abroad, but we decided that as it …
I’m a country girl at heart, having grown up around horses and all kinds of animals. I started riding when I was three years old and rode on and off all my life until four or five years ago. I am no stranger to a county show. I love the eclectic mix of all the countryside has to offer and …
Last week, I spent the best part of two days at one of the most wonderful blogging events I have ever been to. Baby and I had been invited to Optiwell’s end of summer party, with lots of our friends. Optiwell wanted to take the ‘mum-strain’ away from us for a while and boy did they do just that. Optiwell make it easier …
We were recently invited to take Baby to Kidzania. I had heard of it before, as my friend Katy had taken her girls. I had thought they were going on holiday from the airport pictures! For those of you who have never heard of Kidzania before I will try to explain the concept. However, it’s totally amazing and a bit bonkers, …
Last weekend we headed to the big smoke. We had received an invitation from Merlin Annual Pass to visit Shrek’s Adventure and the Sea Life London Aquarium, so we were very excited to experience both. We decided to drive, as train/tube travel can be a real pain and the bonus was the car park was right next to the Houses …
Travelling with kids can seem like a stressful experience and there’s no doubt that at times it can be just that. However, the feeling you get from showing your children new places and being with them while they experience different cultures, seeing things for the first time is totally priceless. There are certain hacks that can help to reduce any possible travel anxiety and make …
I have mentioned before that camping would never be my chosen holiday. However, I do LOVE festivals and the two go hand-in-hand, which causes me a predicament. In order the experience the festivals that I love so much I have to camp…. I decided that if I had a few more luxuries while camping, it might help me enjoy the experience …
I have written about our Camp Bestival experience here and here, but I took so many photos that I wanted to share some of them in a gallery post. I hope you enjoy! Disclosure: We are Camp Bestival bloggers and received our tickets free of charge.
Yesterday I posted a overview of Camp Bestival for those of you who might be tempted to take your family next year (tickets on sale now!), and today I wanted to share more about our personal experience, in particular what Baby got up to. Now that she’s three we knew she would be able to embrace much more …
Last weekend, we excitedly headed to Lulworth Castle for Camp Bestival. We had all been looking forward to it for months and Baby had been on a daily countdown for the last couple of weeks. We had a wonderful time last year and knew it would be an even better experience this year for her, as she is now approaching …
Last month I watched a Month in a Minute video from Sian over at Helpful Mum, it was such a lovely video and a wonderful idea. I was really thrilled when I realised she ran it as a linky and I could join in too. As I have mentioned before I love capturing our family memories on film and I …
The weekend before last we had a very quiet one at home getting over various bugs and illnesses, so we were keen to go out for the day last weekend. As we are only about 30-40 minutes from Marwell Zoological park we decided to head there. When Baby was 1, her aunty bought us an annual pass and consequently we …
