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 …
Our Lapland UK experience
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 …
Baby’s Breakfast With Santa At WyeVale
This Christmas is going to be so exciting. As we head towards Baby’s third Christmas, her excitement levels are building too. She is so much more aware of the idea behind Christmas this year, which makes it MUCH more fun. As soon as December arrives I like to have the month of festive activities planned for Baby. As part of this …
Santa Baby
At the weekend we took Baby to see Santa. We have tried a couple of times over the last week or so, but we didn’t book anywhere and long queues are not compatible with a toddler. So we decided to book more of an Santa experience. Last year, Baby cried when sitting on Santa’s knee and so the last thing we …
Our Happiest Christmas
There are 77 days until Christmas…. yikes! I still have lots everything still to do. I love Christmas, but I struggle to remember childhood Christmases. My dad was very ill when I was little and I seem to have lost the majority of my memories. When we decided to try for a baby, I was so excited that I would …
Dear Santa – Magic Moments #8
Jaime at Oliver’s Madhouse creates a Linky each week for us all to share our Magic Moments. These moments can be any moment that feels magical to you, however big or small. As I was ill at the beginning of last week, I have got a little behind with Baby’s advent calendar and I also had to swap a few …
Countdown To Christmas
The 1st of December is nearly upon us and this will mark the start of the Christmas celebrations for us. Baby has a couple of festive jumpers, which will be making an appearance as soon as December arrives. As I blogged about recently I have bought Baby a special advent calendar, which has lots of little bags, in which I …



