Exploring deep, dark underground caves, and walking surrounded by dinosaurs – the Dan r Ogof National Showcaves Centre for Wales has it all! I hadn’t been to Dan yr Ogof since a school trip more years ago than I’d like to admit (or even remember), and Stew didn’t think he’d ever been. So when we Read More
ON Thursday night, I told our boys we were taking them to the park the next day. It was a new park that we’d never been to before – Bute Park, in Cardiff.I asked what they thought we might see there, and was give the answer “foxes, or owls”, and a look of ridicule when Read More
Holidaying with two young children can be tricky as we want to make sure we choose somewhere we can all enjoy. For me, that means staying somewhere pretty, where I feel like we’re getting away from it all. For Stew it means finding new places to see. And for the boys it means having the Read More
“This is AWESOME!” With his foam finger in the air, blowing his horn and jumping up and down, we had one excited little boy as the Monster Jam trucks revved their engines on Saturday afternoon. We’d been invited to watch Monster Jam at Cardiff Principality Stadium, and to be completely honest I had no idea Read More
Looking for ways to entertain a nearly four-year-old on a long haul flight was pretty daunting, but we made sure we were well equipped with books, games and toys for the eight-and-a-half hour journey to Barbados. As part of our bag of tricks was a Leapfrog Leapstart system, which we were hoping would keep him Read More
To say my first few weeks of following a food and exercise plan set by a personal trainer was a complete success would be a lie. But then again, it wouldn’t be fair to say I failed either. Let’s go with it being a time of change. If you missed my last post, I’ve taken Read More
Turtle Bay Swansea opened a couple of months ago, and I’ve been keen to try it out after hearing good reviews about the Cardiff branch. When we had a couple of child-free hours a few weeks ago we headed straight there to escape the drizzly Welsh weather in favour of some Caribbean sunshine … well, Read More
We’re the kind of family who love a day trip, and will find any excuse to visit somewhere new. I’ve said it before, but when you work full time and only have two days off a week, you have to make the most of them. When we were very kindly gifted a Britax Advansafix III Read More
Christmas presents for toddlers are a bit of a minefield for me. There’s just so much out there that I really struggled to decide what we should buy for our two boys. I’ve spent hours online getting ideas of gifts for 18-24 month olds and preschoolers, but I think we’re finally almost done for this Read More
Father Christmas at Hamleys Cardiff is about as close to the real deal as you can get – and that’s a bold claim. I’ll never forget seeing the excitement in our three-year-old’s face as he played games with him and read through his Christmas list at the weekend. At the risk of sounding cheesy, it Read More