I'm not a fan of any ride that goes faster than the carousel but I do have two children who are a little (although not much) braver than me and who love theme parks of any description. So when we planned a visit to Blackpool with our friends we decided to take them to Blackpool Pleasure Beach for the afternoon.I haven't been to the Pleasure Beach for many, many years and it's changed beyond all recognition to me. For some reason, I had it in my head that it would be a much scaled down version of a theme park - more of a fair but with bigger rides if you know what I mean. Anyone who's … [Read more...]
How to be the most organised parent in school….
On school days, we need to be out of the house every morning by 7.25 to get the children to breakfast club by 7.30 and then me to work by 8.00. If we're late leaving then I'm late for work and I can't afford to be late because I need to leave dead on 2.30 in time to get back to the school by 3.00 to pick them back up again.This means that we can't afford any delays or last minute traumas so our mornings have to go perfectly like a military style operation and the preparation for that starts straight after school the day before....Straight after school uniforms are taken off and … [Read more...]
Adventures at Alnwick Castle….
I know I've not been around much lately and when I have it's really only been to tell you what a great time we're having these holidays but there's only a week left and then normal service will be resumed I promise.For now though we're still in full holiday mode here and we've had another great week filled with new things and new places. On Wednesday we visited Alnwick Castle which is absolutely nothing like I expected it to be.To some, Alnwick Castle is best known for being Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies, others will love the history of the castle and the chance to explore … [Read more...]
Why it never pays to be smug….
I'm a little bit ashamed (just a little) to admit that I allowed myself a *slightly* smug smile when I thought about what my children would write in the annual 'What I did in the Summer Holidays' write up on the first day of school this year. We've done so much these holidays that I thought they would be able to choose a few choice examples each to show what a great time they've had, making me look like a fantastic parent at the same time.So I indulged myself by asking them both what they would write about if they were asked what they've been up to in the last six weeks or so and I can't … [Read more...]
School Dinners Vs Packed Lunches….
Two years ago, I wrote about why I sent my children to school with packed lunches which was, in essence (a) because I like to know what they're eating and (b) I can make a well balanced packed lunch for around half the price of a packed lunch.Even with rising costs, I can still put together a packed lunch for much less than the cost of a school dinner but it's not as easy and I have to be very organised with baking on a Sunday night and looking out for deals at the Supermarket so I have been considering school dinners recently to make life a little easier.I keep going back to my … [Read more...]
Harry Potter World and a play with the Citroen C4 Picasso….
One of our favourite days out this Summer so far has been our day at Harry Potter World as guest of Citroen who invited us to have a test drive of their new C4 Picasso – which is strange because I hate driving and we’ve never made it past the second or third Harry Potter JWe were amazed first of all at the Harry Potter fanatics that were there from all over the world and the sheer number of visitors queuing to get in. Luckily we didn’t have to queue and got to go in through the back way (I’m sure the kids think they’re some sort of VIPs) and the attraction itself is organised so well that … [Read more...]
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