CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE FOR 8 YEAR OLD BOYS

 Hello lovelies, today I thought I'd share with you a gift guide for 8 year old boys! As you know I have two boys, one is 11 and the other is 8 and I don't know about you but I find it harder every year on what to get and never know what to get for their age range other than anything to do with gaming! Thats where Wicked Uncle comes in, it is an amazing website to find things for all ages! Especially if you have a family member or friend who wouldn't have the slightest idea what to get your children, you can point them in the right direction with Wicked Uncle as it's the most easiest run website and has sections for all ages and for girls/boys/all and categories. It made Christmas shopping that little bit more simpler.

THINGS TO DO WITH KIDS IN BIRMINGHAM

Hello lovelies, last week I braved the train on my own with two kids in tow on the way to Birmingham. Some may say that's a doddle and others may quince at the thought, alas it was actually really good! We go to Birmingham quite a lot as a family with that be me, the kids and Dan or me, the kids and Nanny Jayne! 

BRIO FARM RAILWAY SET

Brio Farm Railway Set £34.99*

Hello lovelies, this post is way overdue sadly! I was really poorly with the flu and my computer broke, just wondering what the third thing is to come my way! But here I have for you a gorgeous railway set that your children will adore, especially animal/farm lovers.

SCHLEICH DINOSAUR AND CAVE SET

Schleich Dinosaur and Cave set £44.99* 

Hello lovelies, the boys have absolutely adored this new toy set they received from Schleich! My boys are massively into dinosaurs so they were over the moon to get this awesome package. 

ZIMPLI KIDS SLIME BAFF

ZIMPLI 

Hello lovelies, I feel like I come on here and make the same excuses, but I really have been truly lost since I lost my mom this year and my head has just been a huge fog but these lovely people keep sending me lovely things for my kids so I need to get my butt into gear and start writing again. Even when I'm going through the worst time my children are what pick me up and when they're happy it gives me happiness. What has been making them very happy is getting messy in this glitter slime baff!

NEW EPISODES OF KAZOOPS, MORE ADVENTURES WITH MONTY AND JIMMY JONES

Hello lovelies, today I'm sharing with you a mini review of the new episode that will be on your screens at 4.20pm this evening on CBeebies. Me and Oscar have been with Kazoops from their starting journey and both been big fans of it since. We were very lucky to watch the show before it aired on TV and got sent a link to watch the new episode before it airs tonight.

HOW YOU KNOW YOU'RE APPROACHING THE TERRIBLE TWOS STAGE

A walk in the forest that lead to blood,sweat and tears.

Hello lovelies, so today I thought I would share with you how my gorgeous angel faced boys turned into feral fuckers aka terrible twos aka demonic children. Both of my boys were absolute angel babies, they slept all the way through luckily they still do, got to give them that. They were so quiet just general all around amazing people. When they hit 18 months WOAH what happened? Which demon came in their head at night and changed them? Bring them back, please. 

GIFT GUIDE FOR BOYS AGED 1-5

Hello lovelies, as I have two boisterous boys I thought I would do it in two sections, one for ages 1-2 and one for ages 4-5. I have put a bit of a selection in there, my son is 4 but looks about 6 he is very mature for his age and plays with things a little higher than his age but obviously you know your own children and what to get for them.

KEEPING CHRISTMAS MAGICAL WITH THE PORTABLE NORTH POLE

Hello lovelies, today I have for you a special post especially if you have little ones, who doesn't love the magic around christmas? I thought Christmas was amazing before kids now it's even more amazing, watching them grow up and get excited for the big man coming, talking about the big man I have a website that you and your children are going to love!

MUMMY MONDAY | BAKER ROSS ARTS AND CRAFTS

BAKER ROSS Owl Ceramic Tea Light Holders £4.96 (pack of four)

BAKER ROSS Paint Pens £9.99

Hello lovelies, so I'm so annoyed! The lovely team at Baker Ross sent us a big brown box full of goodies, I filmed it and I've only gone and lost the video, absolutely gutted! But along side these gorgeous owl tea light holders they sent us some christmas ones, some jelly like dinosaur toys and does anyone remember those jelly men you threw up the wall and they would fall down by themselves? Well we got sent them too with some paint pads and paint pens, thank you so much Baker Ross and huge apologies for not being able to share with people what we got!

The Owl tea light holders anyway... We received this four pack of tea light holders and had lots of fun painting them, I thought these would make great christmas presents, I think family members would really appreciate something personal and 'handmade' from the kids at christmas and they also have a huge range of christmas stock on their website, if you love arts and crafts then you will absolutely love their website its amazing they have everything you can think of on there.

I thought the paint pens were awesome, less messy and a lot easier for Oscar to hold onto. He really enjoyed painting all of his owls and I will try my best to get a video of us doing the christmas tea light holders! Was really gutted because I showed Lawson of too in this video a no one has seen him on my Youtube channel yet, I will try my very best to get us all in. I would get crafting for Christmas now, spruce your house up or give gifts to loved ones.

MUMMY MONDAY - NAPPIES.

Hello lovelies, a bit of a new one on Mummy Monday feature this week, I thought for all the other mummy's out there and daddy's of-course I would share my experience with nappies and which ones I found the best and nappies I would never repurchase again. Obviously everyone's experience is different and my little man drinks a hell of a lot and fills his nappy very easily but I think some brands should not have on the front super dry because it is a massive fail. The prices below are for nappies of a size 5/6 as that is what size Oscar is currently and the standard packet size.

My top three -

Aldi - Mamia Ultra dry £4.49 - By far the best ones we have had and the cheapest! They look really comfy on him and snug, they keep him dry all night and he is a very good sleeper from 7pm till 8am! They have even won awards for being the best nappy and for dryness. No leaks, soft, high and he loves the little animals on there aha.

Tesco - Loves baby ultra dry £5.97 - If were in Tesco's and nearly out of nappies we pick some up, Aldi are like our top nappies but these come in second best only slightly, again great at keeping him dry at night time, comfy and very soft great if your child has sensitive skin and they always have good offers such as two packets for £10 and they have a great amount of stretch in them for baby's on the move.

Asda - Little angels comfort dry £5.97 - Asda nappies usually have great offers too such as two for £10, we don't go to Asda a lot as there isn't one in out town and it's just easier for us to get ones locally but when we have been out and had these nappies they have been great! They leave no leaks, soft and there quite high up for when they do those nasty number two's all up there back, you know what I'm on about parents, yack! Brilliant value and great also for little ones on the move.

Nappies I haven't got on that well with -

Pampers - Simply dry £5.60 - I think people who are new to parenting believe Pampers are the best or the most expensive nappies are the best and I think they couldn't be more wrong. Not always the most expensive of things always work out to be the best. This is a price based from Asda I know Pamper's nappies range in price wherever you buy them from.What gets me is this particular nappy claims to have an extra dry layer and protective leak cuffs? Well Oscar always leaks in these and is really wet by morning once he has slept in them, I actually gave away pretty much a whole packet after trying them for a few days so we will never be repurchasing those again, but like I said before every one has different experiences and Oscar also had rashes from these nappies.

Morrisons - Little big comfy dry £5.89 - Sorry I completely forgot to put these in the little collage above but these nappies are like paper thin, they don't last more than a couple of hours without leaking through, again we gave these away after persevering but had no luck with them. 

Boots - Super dry extra absorbent £4.99 - Not extra absorbent at all, soaked his sheets after the first night of using these and again don't last longer than two hours in the day. I had high hopes after the woman said she used these with her children and found them great, when your a new mum you will try anything! After searching high and low for the best nappies you want to try every shop and brand going but these didn't work for us at all unluckily. Everyone has there own favorite though and works with whats best for them.

Overall winner - ALDI MAMIA ULTRA DRY