UK Family and Lifestyle Blog
Reviews of products we have used from beauty to toys and household. Reviews of places we have visited for days out and nights away
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Lucas was recently sent* a mobile medical centre to create his own Peppa Pig adventures. The Peppa Pig Mobile Medical Centre is part of Peppa’s New “when I grow Up” collection from Character Options. This play set suitable for age 3 and above is a push-along ambulance which opens up to reveal a full medical centre inside! […] Read more…
I was recently sent* Magicubes from Geomag for Lucas to explore. These wonderful, colourful magnetic cubes are from their early years and pre-school range of toys. We received 4 sets of the new additions and Lucas eagerly opened the first set which consisted of 4 cubes with multi coloured sides one with an eye. Lucas straight away realised […] Read more…
Lucas was very lucky a couple of weeks ago when a parcel was sent* to him from Toy Star containing not one, but two ride on cars! He received a Range Rover and a Mercedes, both in red, his favourite colour. The Mercedes is a scaled down replica of the Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS […] Read more…
Lucas was recently sent* some Plus-Plus to review. Plus- Plus is a fun, interactive building system where a child can be creative and strengthen motor skills with shape, colour and form. Plus-Plus are interlocking building shapes that require only the child’s imagination. You can build 2D or 3D and mix and match different sets […] Read more…
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Lucas was recently sent* a Casdon Chip n Pin Till and a Casdon Shopping Basket to review. He was especially pleased with it as he has been choosing magazines recently that have food and shopping toys in so a parcel full of toy food and his own till made him very happy. Casdon are well […] Read more…
Last week, my Grandma, Lucas and I went to Chadwicks in Standish for some dinner. Since 1761, the Chadwick family have lived and worked within 200 yards of the present High Street site. Throughout these years, they have served the community as both farmers and butchers. In August 2000, they rebranded as Chadwick Family’s Emporium of Fine Foods […] Read more…
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Lucas loves vacuuming and is always wanting to use ours when we get it out so when we were offered the chance to receive* a Casdon Dyson Cord Free vacuum to review, I couldn’t wait to see his face. When it arrived, he was absolutely made up with it. It is a direct […] Read more…
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Stickle Bricks have been around since 1969 and are still going strong. Lucas was sent* some to review including the Stickle Bricks Build It Big box and the Fire Engine set. Stickle Bricks are colourful plastic shapes with small soft spiky bits all over them allowing the child to interlock them and join them up […] Read more…
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Lucas was recently sent* a couple of items from the Little Tikes STEM Jr range. They currently have three items in the range, the Wonder Lab, Tornado Tower and Builder Bot. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and maths. STEM learning takes an integrated approach to show children how elements of each subject […] Read more…
A couple of weeks ago we were invited* to Bolton food and drink festival. Last year I went with my friend for afternoon tea, this year I went with D and Lucas for afternoon tea but also to go to the children’s show too. Bolton food and drink festival has an abundance of […] Read more…