Seriously, is there anything better than a cup of tea or glass of milk and a cookie when you get home from school/work/shopping/the gym? How about a cup of tea or glass of milk and a MASSIVE cookie, oh yes! I was recently asked to try out a rather scrummy selection of cookies from the Byron Bay Cookie Company and, being pregnant and thankfully therefore not dieting, and craving milk like there is no tomorrow, how could I refuse them? That would just be mean. *Rubs hands with glee*. I nearly snatched the postman's hands off when my selection box arrived, and was delighted to discover ...
Treat Your Valentine with Baker Days
I am beginning to think that the fact that I am pregnant again may have hit the radar of some PR bods. I recently reviewed some rather lovely home chocolate making kits, I will shortly be reviewing some very delicious cookies, and giving away two LARGE variety boxes of these so stay tuned to be in with a chance of winning, and I was delighted when asked to review the following Valentines cake for Baker Days. Baker Days are an online company making personalised cakes for any occasion, and with Valentines Day getting ever closer, what could be nicer than a sweet and scrummy cake delivered ...
Yummy chocolate making kits from chocchick.com
Now here is a product I was delighted to review! The rather lovely folks over at chocchick.com recently sent me two of their wonderful chocolate making starter kits to try out. W and I had great fun making chocolates at home which not only turned out to be delicious but are naturally high in anti-oxidants, gluten free, dairy free, soya free and refined sugar free. And they couldn't have been easier to make. We opened up the Choc Chicos Chocolate Kit for Kids to discover all the ingredients we would need: Organic cocoa powder Organic cocoa butter Sweet Freedom, a ...
Product Review: 360 Toddler Anywayup cup
Last month W was very kindly sent the 360 toddler cup to try out from www.anywayup.com. We have spent a good few weeks putting it through it's paces and to be honest I have mixed feelings about it. I should state however that W LOVES it. He really does. It is always the first beaker he reaches for from the cupboard and whether this is down to it's aesthetic appeal, it is very bright and colourful, or down to the sipping action required I am not quite sure. The 360 toddler cup has been designed with a circular-valve system allowing your child, with a gentle sipping action, to drink ...
Product Review: Some rather nice boots from Barratts
W is definitely an outdoors boy. "Shall we go for a walk?" is generally met with an excited dash under the stairs to retrieve his shoes and coat and then an equally excited dash for the front door, whatever the weather. As such he is starting to wear through shoes quite quickly so we were delighted when he was sent a very funky pair of Kickers by Barratts to try out. First reaction was sheer delight. "New boots Mummy!". I suspect this love of shoes is perhaps something he has inherited from me and not his father. Initially they were a little tricky to wrestle on to his excited, ...
Product Review: Philips Avent DECT Baby Monitor
When my old baby monitors gave up the ghost after 18 months I was delighted when Philips kindly offered to send me a new set to review. Now some of my regular readers may have had a little giggle at the somewhat, let's say retro-appearance when I posted this shot of the old ones... ...so I was delighted when the parcel arrived and I unpacked these. They look somewhat more modern don't you think? The other truly delightful thing was that they were ready to use. We simply plugged in the baby unit and we were good to go. We have now used them for over a month and here are the best ...
Prize Draw: Photo-Canvas, Making the best of your photos
I was recently asked if I would like to review a photo-canvas from www.photo-canvas.com. Mr B and I had actually been thinking for some time now that we should really do something with some of our honeymoon photos so we were delighted when this opportunity arose. Photo-canvases are becoming an increasingly popular way of displaying digital photos and at www.photo-canvas.com your picture is printed on a woven canvas which is then hand-stretched over a strong, anti-warping frame. It took me a while to decide on which photo to send them but eventually I decided on this one. This shot ...
Trunki: A fun suitcase for children
We were delighted earlier this summer when we were asked to review a Trunki suitcase for Idealo. They kindly sent W a Green T-Rex Trunki suitcase for use over the summer holidays. For those who have yet to see them the Trunki is a small colourful suitcase designed specifically for children. Each has a fun design, in our case a dinosaur. It has fast become one of his favoured posessions and has imaginatively been nick-named Rex. So far we have taken Rex on trips to stay with both grandparents and actually played with it a great deal at home too pulling it along, and riding on it across, the ...
Davina for Next: The conclusion…again!
Oops! Well after feeling all sad last week that the Davina for Next bloggers challenge was over, apparantly there was no need. As it wasn't! I was a week early and it actually ends now. Apologies. So, this IS my FINAL official Davina for Next post, promise, although as I am using the stuff on a regular basis it may well pop up here and there in the future. Actually, I am rather pleased that I get to write one more as I finally got my grubby little paws on the MAGIC PUMPS! They arrived last week and I have been putting them through their paces, pardon the pun. I have so far ...
Davina for Next: Week Three Update
Goodness, we are already into the third week of the bloggers "Get fit with Davina for Next" four week challenge and, amazingly, I feel like I am really hitting my stride now. At the start of the month I was really not sure how much, if at all, my fitness habits would change, but receiving the lovely Davina for Next gear really gave me the incentive to give it a go and now I am actually starting to enjoy it....MOST of the time. Last weeks efforts consisted of... WEDS: 5.3K run with Pam. Mercifully it was a flat route but sadly there was no Monty with us so although there were no ...