As a parent I'm always looking at thrifty ways to live life and provide for my kids. The truth is that family life is expensive and there always seem to be things that need buying. One area where I try really hard to save money though is when it comes to gifts - both for my own kids and for others - and hence I'm always after ways to buy toys cheaply. I'm often trying to pick up things that I know my kids wants for birthday and Christmas in advance when I see them in a sale or promotion, and I also have a "present cupboard" where I pop things that I pick up over the year that can then be used ... read more
Introducing Glitterbelle
In so many ways Little Miss C is such a girly girl - a huge fan of princesses, pink and anything sparkly. It's funny in a way as I'm not sure I can remember having that sort of phase myself, but it's what really seems to make her happy right now. She was therefore delighted when the latest review book from Parragon turned up - Glitterbelle The Sparkliest Princess Ever! Glitterbelle lives in a palace at the top of a hill with her Mum, The Queen, and her Dad, The King. She's not exactly a fan of a typical fairy tale princess life though and Glitterbelle much prefers to whizz round on her ... read more
Review: Little Princess Hama Bead Gift Box
Well the Halloween Hama beading may be over for another year, but the Hama love is not waning! CraftMerrily recently sent us a couple of Hama Bead gift boxes to review and the first of these has proved to be such a favourite with Little Miss C that I have to admit that we're yet to properly tackle the second one. The Little Princess Hama Bead gift box comes with one princess shaped peg board, 3000 beads, and instruction sheet and a piece of the required ironing paper that you use when fixing your designs. Being a typical four year old girl (and one that happens to be a huge Frozen ... read more