How can it be only Tuesday? Already this week I've endured the kind of trauma that would reduce most adults to a quivering wreck, cowering in a corner with a towel over their heads. First up, I suffered the world's most ridiculous cat-related injury. I tried to avoid tripping over a hungry cat at the top of the stairs yesterday morning, wound up terrifying the cat, who promptly attached himself to my toes by his claws, almost severing one of my toes in the process. It's TWO DEGREES outside … [Read more...]

  It's no secret that we're big Playmobil fans round these parts. I've been lucky enough to meet one of the founders of the company on a visit to the Playmobil HQ in Germany, and Flea has been a Playmobil playologist for the last two years, which has involved trying out loads of Playmobil sets. Her top recommendations from 2012 can be found over on her blog, Flea Reads. This week, we were sent a Playmobil advent calendar. Now, as it happens, we bought our own Playmobil advent … [Read more...]

Last month, a lovely PR person wanted me to try some Elizabeth Arden 8-hour cream. Apparently, Elizabeth Arden cream is famous, and a classic because it’s been around since 1939. It moisturizes and protects your skin, and apparently it’s great for chapped lips, rough spots on your knees and elbows, and it softens tough cuticles. It sounds great, right? Well, unless I stopped to consider that now I'm supposed to worry about rough spots on my knees. I have approximately 55 billion … [Read more...]

Unless you’ve been hiding in a bunker in recent weeks, you will know that there’s a Royal Wedding on the horizon. Photos are as much a part of a wedding as cake and tipsy relatives, although a fellow blogger recently commented that I apparently look like a midget amputee in my own wedding photographs (admittedly, it was a strange dress, and I’m not sure the cape really helped matters). Anyway, to celebrate the Royal Wedding, the nice people at Eye-Fi are offering one of my readers the … [Read more...]

Thanks to everyone who took part in the MEGA Bloks competition on the blog last month – where I challenged you to build something amazing using Mega Bloks. We had some fantastic entries and our two winners of £150 of toys for their kids, as chosen by the folks at Mega Brands, are: Yummy Mummy, Flabby Tummy and Kelly Brett Here are their winning creations! Giraffe Chair (mid-build) We also have two runners up, who each win £50 of toys from Mega Brands, so congratulations to: Second Time … [Read more...]

   I’m an enormously creative person. I have a GCSE in Art, you know. Yes, strictly speaking I scraped through with an ‘F’ grade, but that’s because the teachers didn’t just understand what my work was trying to say. That’s why I was so thrilled when MEGA Bloks asked if I’d like to run a competition to find the UK’s most creative constructor. Then they told me I couldn’t win, which was a bit of a blow, frankly. Still, if you fancy winning one of two top … [Read more...]