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Cheesestrings Spaghetti

Cheesestrings Spaghetti

A few weeks ago a little bag of fun was delivered to our door. There were no toys in the bag. Just a few packets of the new Cheesestrings Spaghetti. Garden Girl and Garden Boy clamoured to be the first to receive one of the small purple bags and they eagerly ripped them open once [Continue]

Kids Company at Whiteleys

On Monday our Little Garden Helpers and I hopped on a train and headed into London for a tea party hosted by Camila Batmanghelidjh, the founder of  <a href=”http://www.kidsco.org.uk/about-us” target=”_blank”>Kids Company</a>. For those of you have not heard of Kids Company, it is a fabulous charity that [Continue]

Tinkerbell: The Great Fairy Rescue

Tinkerbell: The Great Fairy Rescue

On Sunday Garden Girl and I were absolutely thrilled to have the opportuity to attend the premiere screening of Tinkerbell; The Great Fairy Rescue. For days beforehand Garden Girl had been telling everyone she met that she was going to meet the real Tinkerbell. She asked every morning if it was Sunday yet and had her green fairy costume ready for [Continue]

VTech Kiddizoom Video Camera

VTech Kiddizoom Video Camera

VTech very kindly sent Garden Girl a Kiddizoom Video Camera all of her own. She has been using it for about a week now and the novelty hasn’t worn off. She loves it. Its much better than just taking photos, although you can take pictures with it too. Before I handed it over to her [Continue]

Chatimals; Delightful Talking Hamsters

Chatimals; Delightful Talking Hamsters

When I met the lovely ladies from Cow PR in London on Monday they brought along a fabulous little hamster called Oscar to entertain Garden Girl and Garden Boy and it was a huge hit. Oscar is one of three mischeivous Chatimals (Max and Sophie are his friends) that repeat back everything you say to them in either a high pitched or deep voice. Just [Continue]