Dear Mummy, we’re so lucky in Hampshire to have some wonderful attractions available to us. From outdoor adventures in the New Forest to beach days and loads of soft play and museums we are truly spoilt for choice. Just when we thought we couldn’t find another place that would surprise us in lands Flip Out … More Flipping Brilliant at Flip Out Basingstoke!
Dear Mummy, Basingstoke is my hometown and we are lucky that there’s always lots to see and do. This summer from the 14 July to 13 August 2017 Made in Basingstoke Festival is happening across the town and comprises of four themed weeks entitled Create, Taste, Discover and Make. The Festival will showcase the town’s artists, foods, attractions and people … More Made in Basingstoke Festival
Dear Mummy, the Easter holidays are upon us and social media is awash with things to do over the next 2 weeks. Along with days out exploring the countryside and getting fresh air we’re on the hunt to find things to do with kids that don’t involve travelling miles away. Things that are outside the … More Join in The Entertainer Unboxed Event this Easter!
Dear Mummy, we’re so excited! Now that the John Lewis advert has been shown its officially the annual countdown to Christmas 2016. Everything is now downhill until the big day. With Christmas light switch ons to winter markets these are our top festive picks in Hampshire. Perfect for getting you into the spirit of Christmas! Christmas Light Switch … More The Christmas Count Down in Hampshire!
Dear Mummy, you’ve been with Specsavers for over 10 years and have always loved their customer service, but recently they have gone above and beyond in your books. Little folk, like me, are now getting the VIP treatment from this high street optician in the form of dedicated kids clinics. Anything that makes me happy and … More Kids Clinics at Specsavers…a child’s view
Dear Mummy, woweee it sounds like you’ve had the most random of weeks! You visited Festival Place Shopping Centre’s Big Brand Fashion event. Which gave you the perfect excuse to be pampered and have a leisurely stroll about our local shopping centre, you watched the summer fashion on the catwalk and received some fashion tips. Just what you … More Beauty and the zombies – Our week in photos
Dear Mummy, we’ve been super busy over Easter and have crammed a lot in, with days out, a wedding, shopping, events and training. It’s been crazy hectic and we’re gonna need a holiday to recover from the holidays!! My mummy has eaten her body weight in Easter eggs, visiting Hotel Chocolate and indulging in her … More Our Easter in an (nutshell) eggshell
Dear mummy, what a week we’ve had! It’s great to have my folks back home from their travels in New York. We’ve been doing really festival things this week like putting up our Christmas Tree, reading some Christmas stories and singing some carols. (Well trying to..) It’s the first Christmas that I’ve really understood who … More A very festive week
We’ve just heard of some special ‘spooky’ events coming up in Hampshire and wanted to share them with you. We’re massive fans of Halloween so love participating in pumpkin carving, apple bobbing and dressing up. These are the places we will be visiting this October. 1) Festival Place – Basingstoke Spooktacular event –30th October –31st October 2015 Free … More Spooktacular events in Hampshire 2015
Dear mummy, I may be only small and still at nursery but we’re still interested in all the back to school ranges which pop up in September, especially all the new stationery which is available in shops. Here’s our Top Paperchase Picks from their Pony Party range, which is the design that we both … More Back to School Top Picks
Dear Mummy, you had a wonderful evening at the LUSH Store in Basingstoke recently. Having been invited down to a bloggers event to see some fab summer products. If you haven’t heard of Lush (where have you been?!?) it is a highly respected and trusted cosmetic brand in the UK. It’s renowned for its stance … More Summer at LUSH
My time at BritMums Live and home again… Dear Mummy, we’ve had a really unusual weekend. Very hectic and frantic but rewarding. My mummy attended a blogging conference called BritMums Live 2015 in London. She got to meet other parenting bloggers and listen to some fabulous speakers. She finally met some of her online friends … More My time at BritMums Live 2015
Our Easter weekend in photos! Dear mummy, phew! What another hectic weekend! We like being busy even in the mixed weather. Over the Easter weekend we visited #EatStreet at Basingstoke’s Festival Place Shopping Centre. Here we picked up some last-minute chocolate from Hotel Chocolate, enjoyed free food tasting from Costa and Nado’s and watched the … More Our Easter weekend in photos
#Lockyourlove this Valentines Day “Love is in the air, everytime you look around” Dear mummy, I think that’s how the song goes?!? This week at Festival Place Basingstoke they are holding a very special event called #lockyourlove just in time for Valentine’s Day. Have you ever been abroad and seen padlocks on railings from tourists … More #LockYourLove
All Our Own Crafts Pop-up shop in Basingstoke’s Festival Place, Hampshire. Dear Mummy, we popped into Festival Place in Basingstoke over the weekend and stumbled upon this great little shop that only opened a couple of week ago. It’s called All Our Own Crafts. It’s a pop-up shop selling crafts and other fun stuff made … More All Our Own Crafts
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