Category Archives: Reviewing the Situation

Octonauts and the Deep Sea Volcano Adventure

Posted on October 21, 2014 by katese11

Dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-de-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum-dumdumDUM EXPLORE! RESCUE! PROTECT! Yes, it’s finally time for my Octonauts Live review. All the giveaways, interviews, school-wrangling, rearranging and queuing over the Dartford crossing lead to this….two hours to kill in Central Park, Dartford. I like to be early, … Continue reading →

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Q Pootle 5 – The Great Space Race

Posted on October 3, 2014 by katese11

Now, I might have mentioned before that Reuben likes Q Pootle 5. There was a long period of time where he refused to get dressed until he’d seen it (and sometimes, that still happens). So he was thrilled to get … Continue reading →

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Aliens Love Underpants Live!

Posted on August 28, 2014 by katese11

The “Aliens Love Underpants” series really have everything in them that a 5-year-old boy could need – aliens, underpants….throw in some dinosaurs and pirates later on in the series and you’re sorted. So, when I heard the aliens and their … Continue reading →

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Kate and Mim-Mim – Coming to CBeebies Soon!

Posted on July 28, 2014 by katese11

I love exciting packages. This one was waiting for us in a sorting office in Chingford so had to be extra exciting to justify the trip up there after school. But it was! Huge and purple and shiny it contained … Continue reading →

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London Without a Toddler – A Week in the 90s

Posted on April 13, 2014 by katese11

Warning:this MSP review may contain traces of pretension. Avoid if you have a pretension allergy or intolerance. My phone tells me it’s 2014. I’m not sure I believe it…the evidence around me suggests that we are in 1998..or somewhere around … Continue reading →

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Mrs McMoon, Greenwich Theatre – 10/04/14

Posted on April 10, 2014 by katese11

It’s a sunny day and Reuben and I are on a mission. It will involve wizard trains, singing flowers and a pirate ship and we’re still planning on getting back in time for nursery at 1. That’s the kind of … Continue reading →

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Labor Day Review

Posted on March 14, 2014 by katese11

If you read my last post, you’ll know that I was off to far-West London on the District Line, having deposited the children, tired and full of sugar, on Nathan at London Bridge. The freedom was exhilarating. For a while … Continue reading →

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Competition Time!! Win Tickets to “In the Night Garden Live”!!

Posted on February 22, 2014 by katese11

I know I’ve been teasing you with this for a long time, but the In the Night Garden competition is finally here! We are giving away one family ticket to this toddler-spectacular, via the nightgardenlive.com website. All the details are … Continue reading →

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“Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures” at the Natural History Museum

Posted on February 17, 2014 by katese11

  It’s half term! I realise that I owe you all a Tree Fu Tom winner but that will come later, once I can be bothered to do some counting have finished refining the complex algorithm needed to generate the … Continue reading →

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“Tube” at the Imagine Festival

Posted on February 12, 2014 by katese11

Today, Eva and I went to see a piece of experimental toddler theatre. But more on that later – let’s start with the Imagine Festival. This year, there seems to be more to do than ever and we could have … Continue reading →

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