It’s another weekend full of festive events in Oxfordshire!  I love this time of year when there’s always so many activities to keep your family busy.  Continue reading →

It’s December and that means that for many of you the elves have arrived!  One tradition I like to do every year is a North Pole breakfast on the first weekend of December to celebrate the elves arrival.  It just so happened that this year the 1st December landed on a Saturday so that was ideal! Continue reading →

You may remember a couple of weeks ago we announced we were attending a special event at Coral Reef to celebrate the Zoggs DC superheros launch.  Zoggs is a well-known world-wide swimwear company whose products we have used for years.  You can imagine how excited we were when they invited us to be part of their exclusive launch event! Continue reading →

It’s a busy weekend full of Christmas events in Oxfordshire this week.  There’s so many festive activities its hard to chose what to do!  Have a great weekend! Continue reading →

I have to say it’s a bit of a quiet weekend this week as far as public events in Oxfordshire is concerned.  Make the most of it though as those festive days out will be starting very soon!  Continue reading →

We all know what the Great British weather is like.  There are plenty of rainy days all year round and as parents we all know how hard that can be on the kids.  They end up climbing the walls very quickly when we stay at home but where is best to head to on a wet day?  Here are my top places to visit on a rainy day in Oxfordshire. Continue reading →

It’s been a bit chaotic here the last few weeks what with half term, Halloween, Dad of 2.5 starting a new job, oh and a certain little pregnancy announcement.  Our feet have barely touched the ground, let alone my backside hit a seat!  Continue reading →

So the blog has been a bit quiet recently.  Quite frankly I have been absolutely shattered and crashing straight in to bed every night rather than writing up blog posts. There’s a good reason for it though…… Continue reading →

Just recently we had been really struggling to get our 8 year old daughter Lois to read.  We tried all sorts of books and just couldn’t seem to find anything that interested her.  I have a rule that they need to read 2 pages of a book each day (more if they wish).  Their school expects them to read each day as part of their homework.  Even 2 pages was a struggle though. Continue reading →