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Sutton House’s Surreal Santa’s Grotto – 05/12/15

I like to think my kids have a certain amount of balance in their lives. I’ll give you an example – here’s the lunch Eva and I had yesterday: Vegan vegetable soup, hand-prepared by small children and cooked over a … Continue reading

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Christmas Family Theatre Preview

I went to Costa today and  I swear to you, it was Christmas in there. They had a Christmas tree, Eva was eating gingerbread Santas and I sang along to “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”. So don’t tell me … Continue reading

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Family Travel Show – 31/10/15

  This afternoon I experienced a little bit of deja-vu. Sitting on a bus on Kensington High Street, wrangling some giant balloon creations….weren’t we doing this last week? Why, yes we were but the run up was very different. Last … Continue reading

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The Shard – 30/10/15

Of late, Reuben has acquired a new interest to go with all the other obsessions. He’s into London Landmarks. Is it because his mother’s a London blogger and has dragged him around the capital on blogging jaunts for six years … Continue reading

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Cancer With a Toddler – Holly’s Story

Let me introduce you to Holly. She’s been on the blog before, putting us up one Christmas in Germany and hanging out with us in London but this post is a little different. It’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and … Continue reading

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Family Travel Show Winner Announced!

The Family Travel Show is almost on us and it’s time to reveal the winner of the giveaway. It’s… Charlotte Story!! Congratulations Charlotte – tickets are winging their way to you now. We’ll be reporting back too, hopefully with some … Continue reading

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EasiYo Brunch – 24/10/15

The quest to understand West London continues. Yesterday morning found us wandering around Earl’s Court, trying to find a way out from the Piccadilly Line. What seemed like an exit landed us on the District Line platform, at which point … Continue reading

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Big Fish Little Fish Spooky Special – 18/10/15

Put your hands in the air! It’s the BFLF Halloween special, at the dark and cavernous Shapes in Hackney Wick. Of course, this being BFLF it was the middle of the afternoon when we went in and not remotely dark … Continue reading

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Highams Park Playground – 16/10/15

I’m a special kind of tired today. The kind of tired that you get when you go out for a rowdy curry night with the local mothers and then get up for the school run and then wait ages for … Continue reading

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GIVEAWAY!! Win Tickets to the Family Travel Show

Does anyone else struggle to find a holiday that’ll work for your family? I always leave it late, book somewhere in a hurry and we have an average-to-good time, sometimes in accommodation that’s average-to-bad. But you don’t have to be … Continue reading

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