Category Archives: Creating precious childhood memories or something (days out)

Crazy Chimps Opening Party – 14/04/13

Posted on April 14, 2013 by katese11

I am in shock. It wasn’t Crazy Chimps’ fault but oh my…We’ll get to that bit later. It has something to do with that oh-so-angelic boy driving the yellow truck. We’ll get there. So, today was the opening of the … Continue reading →

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Lazy Town Series Launch – 05/04/13

Posted on April 6, 2013 by katese11

A few years back – well, about 8 years back- Nathan was having a conversation with our niece Natalie, who was around Roo’s age then. She was telling him all about a friend of hers called Stephanie who would only … Continue reading →

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Things to do at half-term in London

Posted on February 14, 2013 by katese11

Happy Valentines’ Day! Reuben and I made these lovely heart-shaped chocolate brownies for Nathan as a secret surprise. It wasn’t the most secret or surprising…in fact, the secret was hinted at yesterday morning, when Reuben sent Nathan off to work … Continue reading →

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Bertie&Boo Adventure Island – 09/02/13

Posted on February 9, 2013 by katese11

Sooo…what to do with a rainy Saturday afternoon? One option was to drive around the M25 with some friends (yes, they were doing it for fun), which would have sent the kids to sleep but might just have sent me … Continue reading →

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Riding the ducky boat – a trip with London Duck Tours

Posted on February 8, 2013 by katese11

You may remember some time ago, in a long week of quarantine, the kids and I went on a “ducky-spotting” adventure –  we followed the ducky boat and watched it splash in at Vauxhall. Now, I showed this to the … Continue reading →

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A fun family day out on the Old Kent Road

Posted on February 2, 2013 by katese11

You can’t say I never show my kids a good time. This week we’ve been to the cinema to watch a DVD, the cinema again (Eva only) to watch one of the worst movies ever and to various playgroups and … Continue reading →

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Rain Room – 19/01/13

Posted on January 19, 2013 by katese11

Yesterday was a day when lots of straightforward things went wrong. Today was a day when complicated things went right. That’s a nice change. Let’s not dwell on the hours it’s taken me to get Eva to sleep, and the … Continue reading →

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Seussical the Musical

Posted on January 4, 2013 by katese11

This was always going to be a risky one. Back in November-time, I got a Groupon offer for “Seussical – the Musical”. I’ve never actually bought a Groupon offer before, so had no idea how quickly they sold out. It … Continue reading →

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Southbank Christmas Market – 16/12/12

Posted on December 16, 2012 by katese11

Regular readers of mine will know that my watchwords for this blog are “accuracy”, “clarity” and “focus”. I would never offer anything up to you that was “half-arsed”, “rambling” or “irrelevant”. And I’d like to think that these words reflect … Continue reading →

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The Christmas Pudding Race and the “Rise of the Guardians” Funland – 01/12/12

Posted on December 2, 2012 by katese11

Longest blog title. EVER. What it should have said was “we wandered around Central London a bit in the cold”. But in doing so, we both watched “The Christmas Pudding Race” and visited a winter playground in Leicester Square. I … Continue reading →

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