Tales of One Mummy Blogger & Her Superhero Sidekick

Alternative Ways to Lose Weight

Anyone who has followed my journey to lose weight knows how pleased I am to finally be getting back into a healthier body thanks to a combination of diet, exercise and changing my mindset. I love doing exercise now and can see the benefits of it and that’s why I was interested in this guest post by TheTherapyLounge about alternative ways to lose weight as this is something I have tried to lose weight in the past as I cannot survive on salads and apples alone. However, an over emphasis on the skinny body, especially for women, is one of [...] Read more »

Princess Fancy Dress Costume Review

My wardrobe appears to have become a giant dressing up box for Roo lately, she’s taken to wearing my shoes in the house and yesterday draped herself in my scarf as a dress. That coupled with her Spiderman dress up costume I think it’s safe to say that we’re firmly in the grip of loving fancy dress right now. So when I got the chance to review a princess fancy dress costume from Jokers’ Masquerade fancy dress shop I knew it would go down well with Roo. Jokers’ Masquerade has the largest online collection of adult fancy dress costumes and Halloween [...] Read more »

When do you talk about stranger danger?

It was saddening this week to see another young girl go missing in the UK. Tia Sharp has been missing since Friday when she left and began the 5 mile walk to go and get flip flops. She never arrived and there is no CC TV footage of her as yet. I cannot even begin to imagine what her family are going through but still find it hard to comprehend how at just 12 years old it can be considered normal and save for any child to walk five miles with no mobile phone on her. It frightens me as [...] Read more »

Make Your Own Play Shoes Tutorial

Roo is at that age where she loves dressing up, whether it’s playing princesses, wearing mummy’s shoes or her spiderman costume we’ve had some great fun making or own versions of fancy dress kits in the house over the holidays. One thing that is really fun and simple to do and something as well that little one’s can join in with is making their own play shoes. Plus as a craft activity for the holidays it’s relatively cheap to do this and can be adapted for boys and girls. We had a good hour or so worth of fun making [...] Read more »

Mad Dash Meal Planning Monday

Eek, the first Monday in August and I have approximately 30 minutes until my mini superhero sidekick Roo returns from a play day at nanny’s – hopefully exhausted and ready for a bath and a story and then bed time. Thankfully that’s enough time to get my meal planning Monday post up for the week and hopefully inspire you all out there to join in with Mrs M’s Meal Planning Monday linky at the same time. So here it goes. This week on the board we have: Monday – now a firm staple in our house featured at least once [...] Read more »

Summer Holiday Fun with The Gruffalo & A Legoland Windsor Discount Voucher

The weekend was great – a real family affair of summer holiday fun which has resulted in a new addition to our household. On Saturday Daddy E, Roo and myself were off to see The Gruffalo Live at the Town Hall in Birmingham. We had planned to catch the 9:25 am train from our local station into Birmingham to save on travel costs but as the train was late, and with no warning, didn’t stop at Landywood station as a result we ended up having to rush back home and pile into the car for a mad dash down the [...] Read more »