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24
Oct
2017

How to Make a Superhero Birthday Cake!

categories: Activities, Blogtober17, Recipes

Blogtober17 is drawing to a close, the topic a few days ago was Villains and Superheros. I wasn’t sure how to approach this topic even though I have a superhero obsessed little boy! Then I remembered for his birthday way back in February I made him a Superhero birthday cake and it was relatively simple to make. So I thought I would share with you how I did this, in case anyone ever needs to make one. Please excuse the poor photography, I didn’t get a good shot at the time!

What you will need

2 x 7 inch round Madeira cakes

Butter Icing and Jam

Icing sugar

Fondant Icing in white, black, blue, yellow and red

Cake/Floristry wire

Printer and paper

Method

Now, I’m not going to go into recipe details or cooking, but you will need a simple Madeira cake recipe. You can use A SIMPLE Victoria sponge, but a Madeira is denser and will hold the weight of the fondant icing better.… Read More

23
Oct
2017

Magic Santa Letter | Review | Giveaway | Discount Code

categories: Blogmas, Christmas, Giveaway, Reviews

Christmas is my absolute favourite time of the year, I am so excited it’s almost here! I always try my hardest to make Christmas as magical as possible for Finlay, I mean they don’t stay little for very long at all nowadays. So it’s really important for me to keep the magic alive for as long as I possibly can.

One of the traditions we will be keeping up with this year and one I truly love is ‘Letters from Santa’. It’s a great way to bring the magic of Christmas into your home, literally by dropping onto your doormat all the way from the North Pole! Magic Santa Letter create beautiful, high quality, personalised, Santa letters that are delivered to your door. When Magic Santa Letter offered me the chance to review one of their fully personalised letters and I jumped at the chance!

Magic Santa Letter have three different letters available, Babies 1st Christmas, Magic Santa letter and ‘Truly Magical’ Santa letter.… Read More

23
Oct
2017

Easy Halloween Popcorn Mix – Spooky and Simple!

categories: Blogoween, Halloween, Recipes

Are you looking for some Halloween themed snack inspiration? Well look no further, here is my easy Halloween Popcorn Mix ! A perfect treat to go with my suggested Horror Com Movies or my Not so Scary Kids Movies! Popcorn is a great treat to make because it really is super easy to and relatively cheap. I would also suggest it’s healthy (it can be) unfortunately I jazz mine up a little too much, but there’s a few times a year we should all be allowed to indulge and Halloween is definitely one of those times!

Easy Halloween Popcorn Mix!

What you need:

50g of Popcorn Kernals
1tbsp Oil
40g of White Wilton Candy Melts
Orange and Black Sprinkles
Orange and Green M&M’s (or smarties)

Method:

Heat the oil in the saucepan for a few minutes. Add the Popcorn Kernals (Make sure you use a lid).

22
Oct
2017

Blogtober Day 21 – Unusual Crushes!

categories: Blogtober17, Lifestyle

As some of you are aware I have been taking part in Blogtober17 all of October. A post a day to a predetermined topic. I have tried really hard to fit them in with what I was planning to talk about, have talked about or closely linking the topic into the whole parenting niche thing. Well, day 21 has stumped me with unusual crushes. My poor tired little head can’t think so I am just going to post away today, you can call it getting to know ‘me‘ better!

My top 5 Unusals Crushes

Name: Taylor Hanson

Unusual Because: He had long blonde hair, most people thought he was a girl!

I can imagine a lot of you, especially the younger lot are thinking who? But let me tell you, when I was 13, I was in Love with this boy. I seriously thought he was the one and we woulget married and have a hundred kids.… Read More

20
Oct
2017

DIY Kids Halloween Basket Ideas – Peek if you dare!

categories: Blogoween, Blogtober17, Halloween

Are you looking for some spooky DIY Kids Halloween Basket ideas this year? Look no further, I have been putting together a little DIY Halloween basket for Finlay! I first came across these baskets many years ago from Oh So Amelia. I was so impressed but at the time, BUT Finlay was still very little and I didn’t think he would get much out of them back then. Fast forward a few years and now Finlay is older, I thought it would be an ideal time to throw one together! With a couple of baby bits thrown in. Plus if you have been visiting my blog over the last few weeks you may have seen I have gone Halloween stir crazy, as I love it, so it was perfect to post up for my Blogoween series!

DIY Kids Halloween Basket Ideas

As suggested by Kerry from Oh so Amelia, I went searching on EBAY for my basket and I managed to get hold of one for about £4.… Read More

20
Oct
2017

An Interview With My Toddler – Finlay!

categories: Blogtober17, General, Lifestyle

I haven’t been tagged to take part in the Interview with my toddler series. However, I have been reading through a lot of them and I do love them. I decided to help catch up with Blogtober17, I would interview Finlay for the topic of Quotes! Although technically he’s not a toddler anymore, he is only just out of that bracket. The idea is you ask your toddler a series of question and share all the answers! So as I said I haven’t been tagged, I will link back to Cheryl’s post from Mummyof5miricles. Hers was the last interview I read, I hope she doesn’t mind! So over to the interview!

What’s the best Thing about being a ~~toddler~~ little boy (I had to change this!)?

Erm, going to school!

(you like going to school?)

and nursery!

(but you finished nursery though, you’re a big boy, you go to school)

yeah!… Read More

19
Oct
2017

Yankee Halloween Candle Review!

categories: Blogoween, Blogtober17, Halloween, Reviews

When I saw that Yankee Candles had released a Halloween range of Candles I began to smile. That smile turned to laughter and before knew I was cackling like a witch high on eye of newt! Why? Well, I am a huge fan of Yankee candles! They are my all time favourite scents and I just couldn’t hold in my excitement. Yankee, wonderful sniffy scented candles and Halloween! Two of my favourite things together. Imagine my delight when I found out I was being sent some of the range to review. I hopped on my broomstick and did a few loops for joy!

So for those of you not in the know. Why are Yankee Candles so great? The simple answer is they last for a very long time and they smell divine, before, during and long after burning. I find many scented candles, just don’t do what they say on the tin.… Read More

18
Oct
2017

Could Your Excessively Shy Child have Social Phobia?

categories: Blogtober17

I am still behind with Blogtober17, we have a bug in house, first Finlay, yesterday Emmie and yesterday I woke with it. I am going to power through though. To help me I am going to combine the two topics of Old Photos and Phobias. I have spoken briefly about suffering with anxiety and I even touched upon having anxiety as a child. Well, when I was looking through my old photos I came across the one above. It’s our family holiday when I was about 4. I don’t remember much of it but everyone looks pretty happy apart from me. And I remembered, the sheer terror I was feeling. You can just make it out in my frown, my wide eyes and holding tightly onto my own hands. I was petrified. There were so many people in this room (I think it may have been a Haven Entertainment evening).… Read More

18
Oct
2017

Keeping Healthy This Halloween With Chemist.co.uk!

categories: Blogoween, Halloween, Reviews

As the season changes from Summer to Autumn and the weather gets colder, the days get shorter and darker. We can all appreciate the change can be hard to adjust too. Add to this all the winter germs, the hype of Halloween and don’t forget all those extra sweeties. Keeping ourselves, and especially our little ones healthy during this time is extra important and Chemist.co.uk understand this!

Chemist.co.uk is an experienced and trusted online licensed, UK based pharmacy and they offer the best prices on medicines, health and beauty products. I was recently given £50 credit to review their services and products that will help keep our little family healthy this Autumn and Halloween.

Chemist.co.uk, sell a variety of different products which include but not limited too, baby foods, bath toys, toothbrushes, vitamins, supplements and so much more. They have a wide variety of products conveniently separated in clear headed sections making the website easy to navigate.… Read More

16
Oct
2017

Halloween Pumpkin Pie – The Easiest Recipe about!

categories: Blogoween, Halloween, Recipes

Halloween would not be complete without a pumpkin. Often though, as we carve them into Jack-o laterns, the innards are just strewn into the bin to rot. What a waste! I have been guilty of this too. It wasn’t until last year and I decided to grab a cookbook and make Pumpkin Pie, that I realised how delicious it really was! So this year I really wanted to post a Halloween Pumpkin Pie recipe so you too can use every last bit of your pumpkin!

Now, unfortunatley with a new baby I just haven’t had the time (or energy) to experiment in the kitchen. However, one of my fellow bloggers has! Donna from Bobsy’s Mum has very kindly offered to Guest Post for me. Donna, a busy mum herself, shares her own recipes on her blog which she describes as mostly super kid friendly and offers advice on how to save time and money and most importantly enjoy cooking when you are busy!… Read More