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More than just a holiday camp

November 13, 2018 by Milla Leave a Comment

Without invading his privacy too much I can say only that The Boy has not been having the easiest time of late and his confidence has taken a beating as a result. As a parent this has to be one of the saddest things to see happening to your child and The Man and I have been working our socks off to support and encourage our little boy.

Currently I’m 100% a stay at home parent. The Man has been working away during the week so I’ve been around to take up the slack and paying for a holiday course wasn’t really something I was considering until we were offered a day on The House of Fun half-term course in return for a couple of mentions on social media. I had a look into the course and saw that unlike many of the other courses I had seen advertised this one offered cookery and art alongside the endless sports options.

Review of Emily Brown and the Thing at The Cornerstone Arts Centre

December 9, 2016 by Milla Leave a Comment

Normally writing a review is a careful balancing process weighing up good against bad and trying to give a balanced view, but this isn’t the case with The Cornerstone Arts Centre’s Emily Brown and the Thing. I could even, if I were feeling very lazy, sum it up into one brief, yet to the point, sentence: go and see this play.

We’re spoilt, in Oxfordshire, with great arts centres and small theatres showing some really great quality productions, especially around Christmas time. Didcot is within easy striking distance of where we live which is why we’re so lucky that they feature productions as excellent as this. Based on the book of the same name by Cressida Cowell, of ‘How to train your dragon’ fame, Emily Brown and the Thing is a charming, light hearted piece of theatre from Tall Stories that appeals to the very young right through to adults. We were nervous at taking the one year old Girl along to live theatre, but she sat, entranced, for the entirety, even joining in with some of the interactive parts and swaying along to the music.

Ten gender neutral gift ideas for 1 year olds

October 17, 2016 by Milla Leave a Comment

Please don’t let the title of gender neutral gift ideas for 1 year olds put you off reading this. It doesn’t have to mean that you buy everything in yellow and rigorously avoid anything with even a hint of polarity to it. I just like to offer suggestions of toys and gifts that will do for either girls or boys, especially as, at only one, they’re still so fluid in their play and haven’t succumbed in any way to societal expectations of what’s appropriate. So if you have a grandchild, godchild, niece or nephew to buy for – or even if you’re struggling to think of something your own child will enjoy this Christmas or for their first birthday, perhaps this will help.

A Mark Warner holiday review of the San Lucianu resort, Corsica (part 2)

July 18, 2016 by Milla Leave a Comment

Turns out a holiday at the Mark Warner San Lucianu resort is full of so many activities and positives it takes over 4,000 words to do it justice. As a realistic blogger I am aware that few readers are prepared to digest that long a blog post in one go, so I split my post into two parts. If you haven’t read the first half yet, you can find it here: A Mark Warner holiday, review of the San Lucianu resort, Corsica (part 1).

Mark Warner holiday review of the San Lucianu resort, Corsica (part 1)

July 14, 2016 by Milla 2 Comments

I have a lot to say in my Mark Warner holiday review, so for ease of publication I split it into two parts. Please read the second part here: Mark Warner holiday review of the San Lucianu resort, Corsica (part 2)

“And now we have an award for a young man who introduced himself to everyone as being a bit shy, which I think we all know is not the case, so for [The Boy], the “shyest” kid on resort!”

Quidco High Street – put to the test!

May 4, 2016 by Milla Leave a Comment

It’s all too easy as a mum of small children to get stuck in a sartorial rut, especially when it comes to buying new clothes – let’s face it, anything you buy for your kids will not only be guaranteed to fit them better than anything you buy for yourself, but they will also look cuter and it will probably cost less, too. Having been a mum for over four years now, I’ve well and truly settled into my ‘uniform’ of scruffy jeans, t-shirts and baggy jumpers. They’re practical, hard-wearing and I’m not too gutted when I get noses or (as happened this morning) baked bean juice wiped on them.