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The Way Back Home with The Belfast Children’s Festival

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If you remember, back in February the lovely people at Young at Art invited me to the launch of their 18th annual Belfast Children’s Festival. I found out loads about what was planned for the festival this year and we were also invited to attend and review one of the shows in March. Time flew by fast and last Friday, on a gorgeous spring day, Emma and I took the train into Belfast and went to see the adaptation of The Way Back Home, by Oliver Jeffers at The Lyric Theatre. In all honesty, I should have been better prepared. I should have bought and read the book with Emma before we went to see the show but it had been a busy week for this mummy and it just didn’t cross my mind. We love Oliver Jeffers, we have several of his books already and like his work and original illistrations. The Way Back Home is beautifully illustrated as well and has so many subtle messages for the young reader, about friendship and camaraderie …

Tuck n’ Snug for a Better Night’s Sleep

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Emma is a great sleeper and once asleep, she stays put until the morning. But she is a great bed wriggler too which means that many times, her duvet ends up all crammed in a bed corner and she would sleep without a cover over over for hours! When I learned about the Tuck n’ Snug covers, I immediately emailed the lovely PR team and asked if we could review, as I wanted to see if these special duvet and pillow covers would make a difference to Emma’s quality of sleep. The concept is simple yet very efficient: to a normal duvet cover strips of fabric have been attached on the sides and to its bottom bit so they can be tucked under the mattress. The strips secure the duvet in place, making incidents like we have every night with a normal cover impossible. This is not to say that the cover does not allow for plenty of room to wriggle in bed, as there is still plenty of opportunity for that! What did we …

My Slimpod Journey

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In January, I wrote about realistic plans and tools for getting fitter this year and I included two revolutionary (in my view) products: the Polar Loop 2 and the Slimpod Gold. I have found both products nothing short of amazing in the past month, as they both continued to motivate my weight loss and promote my self-esteem. If you have been on any weight loss program, as I have been previously so many times, you know that motivation starts to wane around week two, as deprivation of nutrition kicks in. These two act totally different to a weight loss program as the accent with both is on movement and choices, rather than depriving yourself of food. My Polar Loop 2 keeps me in check daily. I find myself consciously moving more as I am eager to clock in the 12,000 steps I need to be doing each day. I have felt an incredible sense of pride last night when I checked my activity tracker charts and saw that in the past two weeks I have …

Kitchen Trotter – A Review

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I have always had this desire to learn about new cultures, places and countries and this includes learning about their food as well. Emma has inherited my love of discovery so when we were offered the chance to review the new Kitchen Trotter cooking kits and learn more about Indonesia, I knew it would be something we would both enjoy. The cooking kits by Kitchen Trotter are unique in their concept: they offer a culinary world tour in a box. With authentic products, carefully selected and sourced, the box delivers an explosion of fresh and novel tastes, each month different and enticing! Although the boxes are primarily designed for the foodie and the connoisseur, I found out that they are perfect as an introduction to new tastes for small children too. Tonight, Emma and I decided to cook a noodle dish from the booklet that accompanies the box and it has been a very pleasant experience for both of us. Not only the bonding and the spending time together but also the chance to sniff, …

Kaya Jewellery – A Perfect Mother’s Day Gift

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One of the reasons I LOVE blogging is that I get to work with so many wonderful brands and unique companies! Take Kaya Jewellery, for example, the latest of the brilliant companies I have had the privilege to work with recently. Not only do they design stunning jewellery for any occasion (I will give you a round-up in a wee second) but they have also a strong penchant for charity work and support actively the Eduki Foundation and through them, the education of 10 beautiful children in Gambia! Where do I start now, the Kaya jewellery is so beautiful and diverse, I am afraid I won’t be able to do it proper justice in a blog post! First of all, and down to the nitty gritty, I love the fact that delivery is free and fast (our order arrived within 24 hours) and that orders come presented in beautiful and again, in a choice of two options of beautiful, FREE gift wrapping! Their jewellery ranges from occasions (like the fast approaching Valentine’s Day) to children’s …